Y5/6 Research about Tudor Life!
In our Literacy session, Y5/6 have continued researching all about Tudor life and then had the opportunity to share our findings! We have used our questioning and researching skills to […]
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Y5/6 Punctuation ‘Kahoot!’ quiz
Children in Y5/6 have been putting their knowledge of punctuation to the test today during our Kahoot! quiz. During our lesson, we added punctuation (such as commas, full stops and […]
Using ‘Hot-seating’ to explore thoughts and feelings in Class 8
During our Literacy session today, we used ‘hot-seating’ as a drama technique to explore thoughts and feelings of characters in our new class book ‘Treason’. At the beginning of the […]
Away from the desk maths in Y5/6
Class 7 and 8 have been working on building their teamwork and communication skills in today’s Maths session. We have been applying our knowledge and understanding of prime numbers and […]
Y5/6 STEM MODEL ROCKETS
Class 7 and 8 have had an amazing morning designing and creating our very own model rockets! Our challenge was to design a rocket and module that will keep Mr […]
Y5/6 use our sketching skills to produce moon crater artwork!
This afternoon, Class 8 have used their sketch books to build up a bank of art skills to help them in sketching and shading a moon with craters. We practised […]
Remembrance Artwork in Y5/6
In preparation for Remembrance Day on Thursday 11th November, Y5/6 children have been reflecting on the day that acknowledges the courage and sacrifice of those soldiers who served our country. […]
Harvest Festival Art in Class 8
Class 8 have worked extremely hard on their magnificent ‘Harvest Wreaths’ artwork. We learnt the importance of celebrating the Harvest Festival as it gives us an opportunity to give to […]
Thought-provoking P4C in Y5/6
Over the last week, the children in Y5/6 have been reflecting upon their experiences during the pandemic. We watched a video as stimulus to provoke our thinking skills and, from […]
Astronaut Training Day commences in Y5/6!
Ready… set… BLAST OFF! Our brave ‘astronauts’ in Y5/6 have had a fantastic, fun-filled day during our Astronaut Training Day. There were certain skills and characteristics we needed to become […]
Y6 Unique Discrimination session via Zoom
This afternoon, Class 8 and 9 had the pleasure of meeting with Mrs Foxley-Johnson via Zoom to learn about the different types of discrimination and the importance of equality. We […]
Using drama to demonstrate different jobs in French
Class 8 have been developing their French speaking skills as we focus on ‘Les metiers’ (jobs) this half term. This week, we used the dramatical approach ‘freeze-frames’ to demonstrate the […]
Using discussion language in Class 8
In our literacy session today, we have engaged in multiple discussions to practise using key words and phrases in preparation for our balanced argument writing next week. We have explored […]
P4C in Class 8 – ‘The Window’
In P4C this afternoon, Class 8 have had a lot of fun stimulating our thinking skills and developing our communication skills! We watched the stimuli ‘The Window’ by Jeannie Baker […]
Using T4W in Class 8
Today, Class 8 have used their sequencing skills to arrange each step of the cycle of the heart. We have then used our ‘Talk 4 Writing’ skills to form actions […]
Attendance Winner Breakfast
What a great start to our morning on the last day of term! The children in Class 8 have enjoyed our attendance winner breakfast this morning. A huge well done […]
“Ecstatic about static electricity” – Science in Y6D
What a brilliant first day back! The children in Class 8 have been exploring and observing the effects of static charges and learning about atoms and how they are formed. […]
Hot-seating as Nicholas Young in Class 8
What a brilliant first day back it has been today in Class 8. In our Literacy live session this morning, we have used the drama technique ‘hot-seating’ as an explorative […]
Class 8’s ‘End of half term Kahoot Quiz’
To celebrate our achievements at the end of this challenging half term of remote learning, Miss Dungworth and Mr Calvert arranged a Kahoot Quiz with Class 8 testing their general […]
Y6D – Creatively converting Decimals to Fractions!
In Maths, Class 8 have begun to look at how to display decimals as fractions and had a go at converting these on our very own designed ‘Decimals to Fractions’ […]
Y6D are ‘Internet Safety’ superstars!
This week, Class 8 were asked to create an internet safety poster including some of the SMART rules we have learnt about in ICT. We have focused on the importance […]
Class 8 create decimal function machines in Maths
Today, Class 8 have been learning about how to divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. We used visuals on our live session to demonstrate that when dividing, the numbers […]
Brilliant biographies in Class 8
Class 8 have been finding out about the life of explorer Captain James Cook and have conducted research into each of his famous expeditions in order to be able to […]
Place value chart creations in Class 8!
Our current Maths unit in Class 8 is decimals. One of the first things to learn about decimals is the place value which is the position of a digit in […]
Exploring Captain James Cook in Class 8
In our Guided Reading session this morning, we had the opportunity to ‘explore the explorer’ Captain James Cook from our book Stowaway. We combined our prior knowledge and new learning […]
Eager home learners in Y5/6D
Today, in our Maths distance learning live session, Y5/6D have been learning how to label our ‘x’ and ‘y’ axis and plot co-ordinates accordingly. I have been blown away by […]
Christmas Tinkercad designs in Y5/6D!
During our first week back at school after isolating but our last week of the term, we have been getting into the Christmas spirit by using Tinkercad in ICT to […]