Moving Magical Sea Creatures!
Today in our mixed EYFS and Year 1 class, we dived into an exciting Design & Technology lesson as part of our Moving Monsters topic. The children explored how to create different types of linkages using strips of paper and split pins — learning how simple mechanisms can bring their creations to…
Shadows
We have been learning about shadows in science. We have worked in groups to carry out a scientific enquiry to investigate how the distance of a light source affects the size of a shadow. We have discovered that the further away the light source is,the smaller the shadow is.
The Sound Collector Visits St. Andrew’s!
As part of our exciting poetry unit based on The Sound Collector by Roger McGough, the children in our mixed EYFS and Year 1 class became real-life sound detectives!
We took a walk around St. Andrew’s School—both inside and out—to tune into the sounds all around us. The children listened…
Growing Scientists!
This week, our young botanists in EYFS, Year 1, and Year 2 continued their exciting plant investigation by checking in on their sunflower seeds – and wow, what a change we saw!
We filled in our second plant diary entry and noticed that all our sunflower plants had grown taller and sprouted…
Exploring Our Wonderful World!
Our class has been busy becoming globe-trotting geographers this week as we explored continents, climates, and the poles!
We began our journey by using atlases and a globe to locate the seven continents. The children loved spotting familiar countries and faraway places. To help us remember the…
Temperature testing with Micro:bits
Building on their coding knowledge, the class decided to test the temperature in different parts of the school. Some created warnings using their Micro:bits if the temperature rise above a certain level. Very practical idea in the heat.
Some examples of the children’s…
Athletics KS2
Well done to everyone in Class 1 and Class 2 in helping our team come second in the Athletics Tournament
Magical Maths – Number Bonds to 10!
This week in Reception, we've been busy becoming number bond superstars!
We started the week by exploring "5 and a bit" using ten frames and colourful counters. The children loved working out how many more we needed to make 10, and they were fantastic at spotting how the number of empty spaces…
Shadows
In science we have been learning about how we can change the size of shadows. We carried out an investigation to explore how the length of shadows changes over the day.
WANTED: Nibbles the Book Monster!
This week in English, Class 1 became book detectives on a very important mission… to catch the mischievous Nibbles the Book Monster!
After discovering some very suspicious bite marks in our reading corner and noticing some well-loved stories mysteriously nibbled, our EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2…
Coding Creators in Class 1
This week, Class 1 stepped into the world of computer programming with a super fun session using ScratchJr on the iPads!
The children explored how to create simple algorithms by programming characters to move, turn and even jump across the screen. They experimented with different sequences of…
