Pebble Art
What a wonderfully creative time we’ve had during Art Week! This week, our classroom was full of imagination as we explored the work of pebble artist Erzsebet Szilajka.
Inspired by her beautiful creations, the children became artists themselves, using pebbles as the main feature of their…
Art Week Fun: Minibeast Nature Suncatchers
This week for Art Week, Maple Class have been getting creative outdoors by making beautiful minibeast nature suncatchers – and what a wonderful link to our new Science topic on micro-habitats and minibeasts!
The children began by exploring our outdoor area, carefully collecting natural…
Creative Creatures: Our Spider Sculptures
As part of our art topic on paper sculptures, Maple Class have been busy working collaboratively to create a giant spider sculpture.
We began by looking closely at spiders, exploring their structure and key characteristics. The children noticed important features such as the number of legs, the…
Green power project
Our Green power project is well underway in Oak class. This week we have been measuring the frame of the go-kart so that we can begin to make the bodywork.
We have decided our theme will be the rainforest.
Watch this space to see how it turns out.
Red Nose Day
The children had a great day today dressed up funny to help raise money for Red Nose Day.
Thank you to everyone who donated.
Tasty Treats for Pig the Pug
As part of our travelling tale of Pig the Pug, Maple Class had lots of fun making dog biscuits!
We talked about how Pig loves treats and decided to create our own biscuits that we could share as part of our story. The children carefully followed simple instructions, measuring and mixing the…
A Special Visitor in Our Outdoor Area!
During Busy Bee time in our outdoor learning area, the children made an exciting discovery – a friendly Common Toad hopping along the path!
The children watched carefully as the toad jumped across the path and headed towards the tyres, where it cleverly hid amongst the leaves. We talked about…
Science
Oak class have been exploring electricity and resistance in circuits. The children were set several challenges to see who could make their bulbs the brightest.
Maths Challenge: Building Sausage Dogs!
In our EYFS maths lessons this week, the children took part in a fun building challenge inspired by Pig the Pug.
The children were introduced to Trevor the sausage dog from the story and were given a special maths challenge:
- Can you build a sausage dog that is shorter than…
Traditional South African song.
Oak class have been learning how to sing a traditional South African song called Shosholoza.
This song was originally sung by men who were working in the diamond and gold mines. It was sung in rhythm of the men swinging their axes to make the hard work feel easier.
Our Village Walk Around Clifton Campville
This week our class went on a very exciting walk around Clifton Campville as part of our English learning inspired by the story Katie in London. In the story, Katie explores famous landmarks in London, so we decided to explore the special places in our own village instead!
To make our adventure…
Ball control
Practising our ball control in hockey for our PE lesson today.