Master Chefs in D&T: Chopping and Juicing
As part of our Design and Technology topic on healthy eating, the children turned into master chefs today! We spent the lesson practising essential food preparation techniques, including cutting, chopping, and juicing a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Exploring Different Tools and…
Step Back in Time: Welcome to Our Class Toy Museum!
Step into our classroom, and you'll feel like you've walked into a time machine! We have officially opened our very own Class Toy Museum, filled with fascinating toys and games from the past.
The children have loved exploring these historical treasures during their Busy Bee learning time—from…
Getting Stuck into Learning in the Maple Class Digging Area!
Maple Class have had an absolute blast getting their wellies on and exploring our brand-new outdoor digging area! The children have dived straight into hands-on learning, making the most of every muddy corner.
What We've Been Exploring
- Capacity & Maths: Using plant pots, the children…
Making solutions
In Science we have been making solutions,which are special types of mixtures. We mixed 5 different substances with water to see if they dissolved.
Outdoor Maths: Taller and Shorter in EYFS!
Our EYFS learners took their maths outdoors today for a giant investigation into height and comparison!
Using our outdoor area, the children were challenged to build stacks and towers that were taller or shorter than a target height!
Hands-On Building Materials
The children worked in…
Special visitor x
Today we were honoured to meet a gentleman who fought in WW2.
Popa, Mrs Long’s grandad, came in to answer our questions about the war, life when he was a child and generally all about his long, long life.
Popa is 105! This is the first time a lot of the children had met someone who’s this age!
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Expressive brushstrokes
In our art lesson today we have been learning how colour and brushstrokes can communicate aspects of our identity. We used different sized and shaped brushes whilst experimenting with colour and painting techniques.
We are so impressed with how our personalities have shone through in our…
English: Story Maps and Dream Pets with Dear Zoo!
Years 1 and 2 have been diving into the beloved picture book Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell!
This week, the children created their own story maps to chart the journey of all the animals sent by the zoo—from the heavy elephant to the grumpy camel.
What We Did
- Creative Mapping: The children…
Filtering
In Science we have created our own filters to clean water. We had to use 6 different layers of materials which would trap the dirt but allow the water through. Our water was much cleaner at the end but we still wouldn’t drink it!
Outdoor Maths: Exploring Teen Numbers and Partitioning!
What a wonderful, hands-on maths lesson we had today! Years 1 and 2 took their place value learning outdoors to consolidate their understanding of teen numbers using natural materials and physical movement.
Using our natural surroundings, the children represented the place value of each teen…
First Steps in Computing: Exploring Our New Chromebooks!
Excitement was in the air this week as Maple Class got to use our brand-new chromebooks for the very first time!
What We Learned:
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Logging On: Every child practised finding and typing their own unique username and password. This is a huge milestone for building independent digital…
Personality Portraits
In our Art lessons we have created a continuous line drawing of our selves. This proved to be quite a tricky skill, one which we haven’t attempted before, however we persevered and tried our very best.
Next, we used our ideas to communicate our identity in the self portrait and wrote these…
