22 Jan

US History: What do we know about the Victorians?

Utilising the wonderful interactive learning tool -  ‘Blooket’ - we competed to see who could recall facts and memorise facts in the timed game based on knowledge of the Victorians.

We are looking forward to building on this knowledge of this half term as we explore the Victorian era…

22 Jan

US DEAR time: improving our reading stamina

For our daily DEAR time (Drop Everything And Read) we are working on improving our reading stamina. Each day we will increase the time we read independently without the need to get up and move and about. It is such a peaceful and purposeful part of our school day…particularly as we make sure we…

22 Jan

US PSHE: Safety First

As part of our new PSHE topic: Safety First, Upper School explored different scenarios and discussed their choices, options and feelings surrounding the situation. 
 

Upper School took to the task of discussing and debating with respect and confidence. They asked questions and showed brilliant…

22 Jan

US Maths: exploring multiplication practically

Upper School used the base ten resources to explore the different parts of written multiplication questions (2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers). 
 

22 Jan

US Gymnastics Lesson 2

For Upper School’s second gymnastics lesson of Spring, they built on their sequences of balances and travelling from shape to shape from their first lesson. They used canon to vary the sequence and improved their balances (counter tension and counter balance) and ways of travel (sliding, jumping,…

22 Jan

US Art: Joan Miro’s sculptures

Following on from our first Art lesson, we focused on sculptures created by Joan Miro. We observed, compared and discussed any colours and shapes that were similar to his drawings. We discovered that birds and eyes were a common theme of his work. 
 

We sorted photographs of his sculptures…

22 Jan

US Art: exploring our new artist

Upper School thoroughly enjoyed exploring pieces produced by our new artist of focus: Joan Miro. 
 

The children observed closely and discussed various pieces, making comparisons between them. The children listened to one another and shared their opinions brilliantly.
 

We enjoyed the…

22 Jan

RE-Church Visit

The Upper School class have been learning about The Eucharist (Holy Communion) in our RE lessons this half term so today we walked down to church to learn a bit more from Rev Paul. He taught us about how special Communion is to Christians and we learnt about the symbols and artefacts used during…

19 Jan

Snowflakes and Snowmen

Inspired by the snow this week the Reception and Year 1 children created snowflakes improving their fine motor control and talking about pattern and shape. Our Year 2 children had a challenge to create a snowman with a personality!

 

19 Jan

Snow Day!

This week we were surprised by some fantastic snow on Tuesday. We managed to get outside before it all melted away and had great morning of making snowmen and playing in the winter wonderland!

18 Jan

Fun in the snow LS

We had a very chilly time playing in the snow on Tuesday morning!

 

18 Jan

Feeding The Birds

We have begun learning about British garden birds this week as we are going to take part in this years Big Schools Birdwatch with the RSPB. After talking about the different kinds of birds we see in our gardens we did some birdwatching on our field. We talked about the birds’ habitats and how at…