Stone Age Boy
In English Willow class, to link with our topic on the Stone Age, have been reading Stone Age Boy.
We then wrote our own stories based on this story.
Traditional Tales Science Experiment – The Princess and the Pea
As part of our learning around traditional tales, the children carried out a science investigation inspired by the story of The Princess and the Pea.
We wanted to find out how many layers it would take before we could no longer feel the “pea” hidden underneath!
Our Reception children became…
Conkers trip
What an incredible time we all had at Conkers!
To support our topic on The Stone Age we worked with Ranger Jack to take part in many enjoyable activities.
We did, cave paintings using sticks and feathers to create a story.
Played different tunes on a drum using stones or sticks.
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Art Inspired by Clarice Cliff
This week in Art, the children explored the work of famous artist and designer Clarice Cliff, looking closely at the bold colours, patterns and designs she used on her pottery.
Using her artwork as inspiration, the children created their own colourful tree paintings using a fun paint blowing…
Science Investigation: Is the Gingerbread Man Waterproof?
This week in science, we investigated a question inspired by The Gingerbread Man story…
Would the Gingerbread Man have been safer swimming across the river or climbing onto the fox?
The children worked in groups to order the method before carrying out the investigation independently. They…
Investigating liquids
In Science, Willow class have been investigating the viscosity of liquids and how it affects how they pour.
We carried out our experiments using our plans from the previous lesson and recorded the results.
Science Investigation: Who Was Quicker – The Tortoise or the Hare?
This week in science, we explored a question inspired by a traditional tale…
Who was quicker – the tortoise or the hare?
To begin, the children recapped their learning about the five animal groups and discussed the characteristics of animals in each one. We then compared the tortoise and the…
EYFS Literacy: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
This week in EYFS literacy, the children brought our focus story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to life through an exciting outdoor learning activity… in the rain!
The children worked together to re-enact the story outside, becoming fantastic creative problem solvers as they thought carefully about…
Visit from our school chaplain.
Oak class had a visit from our school chaplain, Kevin. He worked with the team on discussing friendships and what are friendship makers and friendship breakers. This was good preparation for our year 6 who can use the lessons learnt in the next chapter of their lives when they move to high…
Viking visitor
Oak class welcomed a Viking visitor into school. This gave us an opportunity to explore Viking artefacts that we have been learning about. The children were very surprised at how heavy the shields were that they carried in battle and enjoyed looking at all of the swords and axes that we…
Green power car.
Oak class had great fun learning how to drive our Greenpower car ready for our race day in June.
Viking museum
Oak created a Viking museum using their knowledge they have gained throughout our history topic. The rest of the school came to visit and were amazed by the Viking artefacts on display.