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Our Year 1 & 2 children have begun a new design and technology project this week. Their project is to design and make a moving monster.

We began by looking closely at a variety of mechanical and non mechanical toys and answering these questions…

• Can you name any components (for example,…

This afternoon, Upper School have been learning to recognise why some people might be judged as more historically significant than others. We first of all unpicked the key vocabulary for today and clarified the meaning of some unfamiliar words. We discussed what it meant to be judged and what…

Today in our PE lesson we have been doing a variety of activities to develop our throwing skills.

The children focused on throwing for accuracy and concentrated on throwing their beanbag or ball at a target. Our success criteria for a great overarm throw are:

• stand sideways
• step forward…

We had a fantastic afternoon listening to the children’s author, Annabelle Steadman. We can’t wait to get started on the first book of her unicorn series. 
Mrs Hurley

Following on from our work on reversible mixtures last week, the children created and observed a chemical reaction. They pretended they were working for the special effects department of the British Film Industry. They had to create a volcanic eruption using the two reactants, bicarbonate of…

Last week we began looking at money in maths. This meant we could set up our shop! The pictures show some of the children who bought items from the shop using their coins, or who had to give change as the shopkeeper. 

Middle school have enjoyed making and learning their own gymnastic sequences using the apparatus in PE over the last few weeks. 
The children have been very creative in both their solo balances and group balances.
 

In English the children have been reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret.  We reached the very exciting part of the story where the automaton revealed it's secret message... and it was a picture of the moon from the 1902 film 'La Voyage Dans La Lune' or a journey to the moon. 

We decided to watch…

Upper School demonstrated respect and compassion towards one another this afternoon - commenting kindly on their teammate’s attempt and supporting each other. They showed they were trustworthy to count their own scores and to be honest about their success. 
 

Well done, Upper…

Upper School have continue to explore portraits from a the Tudor times. This week, they have delved into the portraits painted of Sir Francis Drake - a Tudor explorer. They looked for clues in the portraits that would give the impression of personality, character, wealth, responsibility, role and…

Over the past few weeks we have been exploring the big question ‘What made Jesus Special?’.

We have been answering some key questions …

What does special mean?

Jesus was special. How and Why?

What made Jesus special?

We began by discussing friendship, reflecting on our own…

This week we have continued our science learning looking closely at plants. The children have compared different plants, looked closely and named a variety of fruit and vegetables. They’ve recapped their learning about trees and built upon their learning. 
 

Take a look at these photos to see…