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Year 5 Music
Year 5 have enjoyed learning new notes on the glockenspiel. They were able to recall last weeks notes D and B and add in note A today.
Y3 History – The Pyramids
This week, Year 3 have been continuing their exploration of Ancient Egypt by considering who built the ancient pyramids in Egypt. They had to hunt for different historical evidence around the classroom and decide whether it supported or opposed the common idea of slaves being the pyramid builders. As a class, these ideas were discussed … Read more
Year 4 – Electricity
Last week year 4 began to explore electricity in their science lessons using the schools’ electricity kits. They learnt how to create a complete circuit and how changing the number of battery cells and bulbs affected their brightness. We look forward to using other components in the future.
KS2 Reading Event: Pages With Parents
Thank you to the parents who dropped into school on Friday morning to share a reading book with our pupils. We heard some interesting conversations: children speaking about the books they love, retelling stories from picture books and some of our EAL pupils translating stories into their first language. It’s excellent to see Year 6 … Read more
Nursery Music
Nursery have been enjoying playing some instruments this week and listening to their friends’ music.
Y1 go exploring at Thrigby Hall!
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 … Read more
Volcanoes!
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
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. … Read more