Science Investigation: Is the Gingerbread Man Waterproof?
This week in science, we investigated a question inspired by The Gingerbread Man story…
Would the Gingerbread Man have been safer swimming across the river or climbing onto the fox?
The children worked in groups to order the method before carrying out the investigation independently. They…
Investigating liquids
In Science, Willow class have been investigating the viscosity of liquids and how it affects how they pour.
We carried out our experiments using our plans from the previous lesson and recorded the results.
Science Investigation: Who Was Quicker – The Tortoise or the Hare?
This week in science, we explored a question inspired by a traditional tale…
Who was quicker – the tortoise or the hare?
To begin, the children recapped their learning about the five animal groups and discussed the characteristics of animals in each one. We then compared the tortoise and the…
EYFS Literacy: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
This week in EYFS literacy, the children brought our focus story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to life through an exciting outdoor learning activity… in the rain!
The children worked together to re-enact the story outside, becoming fantastic creative problem solvers as they thought carefully about…
Visit from our school chaplain.
Oak class had a visit from our school chaplain, Kevin. He worked with the team on discussing friendships and what are friendship makers and friendship breakers. This was good preparation for our year 6 who can use the lessons learnt in the next chapter of their lives when they move to high…
Viking visitor
Oak class welcomed a Viking visitor into school. This gave us an opportunity to explore Viking artefacts that we have been learning about. The children were very surprised at how heavy the shields were that they carried in battle and enjoyed looking at all of the swords and axes that we…
Green power car.
Oak class had great fun learning how to drive our Greenpower car ready for our race day in June.
Viking museum
Oak created a Viking museum using their knowledge they have gained throughout our history topic. The rest of the school came to visit and were amazed by the Viking artefacts on display.
Creating working torches
Using our circuit building knowledge we designed and created a working torch. You can tell by these pictures how pleased we are with the results.
Standon Bowers
Some of the children in Oak class had a great time at Standon Bowers on residential.While we were there, they took part in a variety of different activities such as, bridge building, caving, climbing, orienteering and archery. This helped us to develop our team work skills and encouraged us to…
Fantastic Fraction Finding in Year 1!
Year 1 have been busy mathematicians this week as we explored finding quarters of a quantity!
We started by reminding ourselves that a quarter means 4 equal parts. To help us understand this practically, we used 4 paper plates to represent the 4 parts and carefully shared counting animals…
Creative Designers in Maple Class!
Over the past few weeks, Maple Class have been busy becoming designers and engineers during our D&T project! The children were challenged to design and create a sturdy, imaginative pencil pot that was both appealing and fit for purpose.
First, the children carefully explored different ideas and…
