Curriculum – Queen's Hill Primary School

Year 4 Roman Catapults

11th December 202410th December 2024

This week all three year four classes have been putting their design and technology skills through their paces building Roman catapult models. The children have been closely supervised measuring, sawing and gluing the different parts together in our final activity from what has been an extremely engaging history topic. There has also been opportunities to test out the firing capabilities of their long range-range weaponry using rubber missiles and plastic soldiers. Mr. Cross was pleased to hear there was no bloodshed!

Year 6 Time & Tide Museum Trip

6th December 2024

This week, Year 6 came dressed in WWII themed outfits for their trip to the Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth. Their outfits were excellent! They travelled back in time to 1941 when Great Yarmouth was in the thick of the action as a ‘front line town’. They Discovered how the war affected people on the home front and met an ARP warden, a housewife, a shopkeeper and a Home Guard soldier. We were so impressed by their curiosity!

School Council Menu Tasting

6th December 2024

This week Children from school council were given the opportunity to taste a variety of food items and give their opinions on them. This was to help Nikki and the kitchen team think about developing the lunch menu going forward.

Year 3 Cathedral Trip

5th December 2024

Year 3 enjoyed a trip to Norwich Cathedral today.

We were so proud of how ready, safe and respectful they were.

They learnt all about what advent is and journeyed through the nativity.

Reception Science

22nd November 2024

In Reception we have been looking at floating and sinking. The children learnt about what it means for objects to float or sink, made predictions and then did an experiment using the water trays to see which objects floated or sank.

Y5 Maths Investigations

21st November 2024

This week, year 5 have taken part in not one but two maths investigations. On Monday we joined the school maths investigation day and worked using trial and error to find a solution to a problem involving money. On Tuesday, Squirrels were joined by visitors from Isaac Newton who guided them through another investigation.

Shakespeare Day!

22nd November 202421st November 2024

To kick-start their new English unit: Romeo & Juliet, Year 6 enjoyed participating in a variety of Shakespeare-related activities! Children took part in a scavenger hunt, collecting the answers to questions about the famous playwright and his works. They had to match symbols on their sheet to answers hidden away all around the playground. They discovered Shakespearean language and had to decide if phrases given to them were Shakespeare or ‘Fakespeare’. They explored the ancient grudge between the two feuding families in Romeo & Juliet: The Montagues and The Capulets and learnt about their household crests. Children were then tasked with creating their own crest, focusing on the significance of its design, colour and symbols. It was great to see how enthusiastic everyone was about our new topic and we look forward to seeing how they get on with their writing over the coming weeks.

Music Assembly

21st November 2024

Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed a musical performance assembly from Norwich School today.

They were able to hear different instruments and think about how it made them feel.

Thank you to Norwich School for providing our pupils with this opportunity.

Year 2 Science

19th November 2024

In Year 2 the children have been investigating materials. After looking at the different properties materials have, they designed and made a kite using the materials they thought would be the most suitable. This afternoon they tested their kites to see if their ideas were correct!

Year 4 – Science – teeth investigation

19th November 202418th November 2024

Year four have been learning all about teeth this half term and have set up an investigation to see what affect different liquids have on tooth decay. To do this, we have supplemented eggs in the place of real teeth as the shells are made of enamel! You can see some of the photos below after 7 days and we look forward to finding out the final results in our science lessons this week.