Eagles, Skylarks and Herons used each of their 5 senses in Science this week. They tasted crisps, lemon and milk and dark chocolate and tried to decide which of them were sweet, sour, salty or bitter. They felt lots of items which were hot, cold, heavy, light, rough and smooth. They smelt a variety of …
As part of our topic ‘All Dressed Up’, the children designed and made their own T-shirts. They used joining techniques such as sewing, stapling, gluing and safety pinning alongside coiling, rolling, fringing and stamping to create their finished product. As our exit point, KS1 put on a fashion show for Red Kites and Puffins. They …
This week in DT, KS1 have learnt that fabrics can be sewn together, glued, stapled or safety pinned. We also learnt design techniques such as fringing, coiling and rolling. We had a go at completing these techniques ourselves, in preparation for creating our own T-shirts next week. Take a look at our work below!
Today children in Skylarks were comparing numbers, by adding amounts together and using greater than, less than and equal to symbols. They were even challenged to compare more than 2 numbers.
Eagles, Skylarks and Herons have been learning about animal groups recently. They learned about the characteristics of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians and sorted animals into these groups. Next, they discovered that animals eat different types of food and can be categorised as herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. They used the correct vocabulary excellently in …
In today’s maths lesson, Year 2 spent some time sorting various number sentences into true or false piles. We used counters to help us and were able to support our answers by showing the inverse.
Today, Skylarks took part in an interactive ‘I Like Myself’ anti-bullying workshop. The children were reminded that they are each different and that this makes them special. To remind them of this, they learnt a song called ‘It’s Good to Be Me’. The children are looking forward to singing it to their families after school! …
Today all of KS1 took part in their first Muddy Puddles day of the year. We spent the day outside taking part in lots of different activities. With Miss Elliott we linked our learning to maths and drew around ourselves and then measured how many leaves long we were. With Miss Bell, Mrs Chavda and …
For our ‘Hooray Let’s Go On Holiday’ exit point, Skylarks and Herons held an art gallery to showcase all of their recent artwork. They showcased their use of charcoal, pencil and pastel, alongside techniques such as pointillism. KS2 children, teachers and Mrs Finley all enjoyed visiting the art gallery and asked the artists lots of …