
Making Musical Instruments
Today we have been making musical instruments using recycled materials.
Thank you to all our parents who helped us find the materials we needed at home.
We will finish our instruments in the morning.
Watch this space for our finished products.

Investigating angles
Today, we made angle measures and then took them outside to find and identify different angles outdoors. We made acute, obtuse and right angles with our bodies before looking at different angles around us. We used sticks and twigs to make shapes and labelled the different angles.

Year 2 Church visit
Year 2 visited St Paul’s Church. Rev Rebecca showed us around and told us about the different things within the church.

An epic trip- Shackelton's Journey
In Year 5, we are loving reading "Shackleton's Journey" by William Grill and "Ice Trap" by Meredith Hooper.
We have learnt all about explorers in Victorian and Edwardian times and the continent of Antarctica. We have written letters to apply to become one of the crew onboard the Endurance,…
Investigating teeth (using eggs?!)
In science, we have been investigating teeth, their functions and how to look after them. We wanted to find out which drinks damaged teeth the most and so last week we set an experiment using hardboiled eggs to see the effect that different liquids had on their shells. In our groups, we chose 3…

Year 4 Art
Year 4 have been looking at two artists in this block of work. Hundertwasser was an Austrian painter and architect who enjoyed environmental campaigning. Karla Gerard is an American folk artist producing paintings and textile pieces.
The children built up their skills in drawing with a variety…

Food and Nutrition lessons
This afternoon we welcomed Mr Needham into Year 6 for the first of our sessions on nutrition and healthy eating. We had a general overview of what makes a balanced diet and got to sample some fruit and vegetables that contain a large proportion of water.
Investigating counties of the U.K.
In geography we have been learning about the 4 countries that make up the UK. We have learnt about the capital cities, the different flags, patron saints and each country's emblem. Today we focused on counties. We found out that each country within the UK is divided into counties. There are…

Practise makes perfect!
We have been practising hard (at school and at home) on our ukeleles and, so far, have learnt the chords of C and F. Next week we will go on to the chord of G and then we will be able to play loads of songs!! Have a listen to see how we're getting on.

Sharing The Enormous Turnip with our buddies
Year 1, who have been busy writing alternative versions of The EnormousTurnip in their literacy lessons this week, came up to share them with their Year 6 buddies this morning. In return, Year 6 read the same story to Year 1 - but in French!

Y1 Authors! -sharing the stories they had written
We had written our own version of ‘The Enormous Turnip’ for example ‘The Mega Carrot’. We read them to our buddies. The Year 6’s also read ‘ The Enormous Turnip’ to us but in French !!

This year’s Shakespeare’s play is revealed!
After much discussion and anticipation, this year’s Shakespeare play was finally revealed today. We began by acting out what life might have been like on a ship sailing the Mediterranean when a storm suddenly began to overwhelm it, casting the crew and passengers onto a seemingly deserted island.
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