Curriculum – Page 7 – Queen's Hill Primary School

Y1 go exploring at Thrigby Hall!

18th January 202617th January 2026

Children had a fantastic day at Thrigby Hall this week. They enjoyed watching the animals ‘in action’ at Thrigby – especially the gibbons swinging around their area. They were keen explrorers, even able to spot Raja the tiger using his stripes to hide in the bamboo. As scientists, they were able to use their science learning to help them identify if animals were Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles or Amphibians. They met Scott, Zoological Director, who explained about the different animals at Thrigby and how Raja had been transported to the zoo. A fantastic day of fun learning!

Volcanoes!

2nd February 202616th January 2026

Reception have continued to learn about the world and this week we have been looking at volcanoes. We learnt about where we could find volcanoes and how they are formed. We made some class volcanoes using junk modelling and papier-Mache and then did an experiment of a chemical reaction to make the volcano explode!

Year 2 Writing

16th January 2026

Year 2 had a big shock when they came into school one morning last week and all of their chairs had been taken away! In Writing they have been learning how to be persuasive so they used these skills to create posters and letters for their class teachers convincing them to give back the chairs. Luckily it worked and everyone was able to sit down at their table comfortably again.

Year 5 Science

15th January 2026

Year 5 investigated the size of the planets and their distance from the sun today.

They were able to make predictions then complete some investigations to see how close they were.

Year 4 Music

14th January 2026

Year 4 had their first recorder lesson this week led by the music hub.

We were very impressed with their grit and determination and listening skills.

Year 4 watercolour art

13th January 2026

This week, year four have been learning new watercolour techniques which they will use when creating pieces related to the Iron Man. They worked on their brush control and saw the effects that salt and clingfilm could have on their paint.

Year 5 Music

13th January 2026

Miss Peek was super excited to have new musical stave whiteboards arrive today!

Year 5 were able to learn how to write down the notes they had been learning through the Charanga scheme of work on glockenspiels.

Year 5 Art

22nd January 202612th January 2026

Year 5 have been exploring mixed media- cityscapes and landscapes.

Today, they explored Kittie Jones and discovered how they can use different combinations of media to capture the energy and spirit of place.

Self-portraits

12th January 2026

Nursery have been using mirrors to see what colour eyes and hair they have before completing their amazing self-portraits.

Time and Tide Museum Trip

19th December 2025

Year 6 had a fantastic trip out to Great Yarmouth to visit the Time and Tide Museum. We travelled back to 1941 when Great Yarmouth was in the thick of the action as a ‘front line town’. Year 6 discovered how the war affected people on the home front and met an ARP warden, housewife, shopkeeper and Home Guard soldier. We explored how to stay safe in an air raid and took cover in a Morrison shelter. Children in the year group tried on gas masks, counted rations in the wartime shop and learned how to ‘make-do and mend’.

At school, the children finished off their Second World War unit by creating a double page spread on all of the information that they have learnt. A brilliant term of learning, completed with some excellent presentation!