Today, in Collective Worship, we reflected on the Queen’s Ascension to the throne in 1952 following the death of her father King George VI. We reflected on Queen Elizabeth II perseverance throughout her 70 year reign.
Maths – shape
New week – new learning! WE have focused on shape this week in maths (2D shape in particular). First, we recapped on some of the 2D shapes that we already knew and did a little more learning on some more… pentagons, hexagon, octagon, rhombus etc. We did a carousel of activities and they did such… Read more »
Science: the skeleton
This week, Class 2 and 3 took their learning outside to put on ‘outdoorsy’ spin on the human skeleton. We have been looking at the skeleton, what it’s purpose is and the bones that we have. We worked in groups to make our very own skeletons out of whatever we could find outside and labelled… Read more »
Chinese New Year!
Yesterday, Class 2 and 4 celebrated the year of the Tiger with a food tasting activity. Class 4 made numerous rice dishes for Class 2 to taste – it tasted and smelt delicious! Thank you for a lovely afternoon Mr Hopegood and Class 4 Mrs Archer and Class 2
Zones of Regulation (ZoR)
Hello all, Just wanted to do a little recall about the Zones of Regulation and how we are using it in school. The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum and it uses a systematic, cognitive behavioural approach to teach self-regulation (how we manage our feelings). ZoR helps to teach mindful behaviour by categorising all the… Read more »
Self-portraits
We used charcoal to create these wonderful self-portraits!
Truth or lie?
The children enjoyed a game of true or false in Collective Worship on Monday as we explored the theme of persevering with the truth. After telling a few exaggerated tales, I then told a true story (just like in the story of the boy who cried wolf). The children realised how difficult it is to… Read more »
Division – online games
Happy Sunday all! There has been an activity set on My Maths today for our new maths topic, division. This is not a my maths activity – it will be a message where you will find links to alternative games our students can play instead. Further learning is scheduled tomorrow, which will be My Maths… Read more »
Cave Drawings
Yesterday, in Class 2, we imagined what it would be like to be in a cave. We turned off the lights, closed the blinds and went underneath the tables to create our very own stone age drawings. This week we have looked at drawings that would make up stories and symbols that would be linked… Read more »
Soap carving
Classes 2 and 3 had a fun afternoon carving arrowheads out of soap! Thank you Mr Este, Mr Lines and Mrs Archer for organising this fun afternoon of learning.