Today, the children completed a carousel of 4 different shape activities; sorting 2D shapes, sorting 3D shapes, making patterns using 2D shapes and making patterns using 3D shapes. Sorting 2D and 3D shapes: The children were given hoops to create a Venn diagram and had to sort the shapes based on the categories they were …
Herons have continued their topic work on ‘Time Travellers’ and have started to travel back in time beyond living memory to 1666 and the time of ‘The Great Fire of London.’ The children have learnt about London in the present day using Google Earth and aerial photographs. We used these tools to help us to …
This afternoon, we discussed the five senses and performed simple tests to find out more about them and answer questions. For sight, the children used blindfolds to cover their eyes and tried to complete the following tasks; reading a book, building a tower out of Lego, putting on a jumper and building a jigsaw. For …
All of the children in KS1 have worked so hard to design, make and evaluate their own T-shirts. Today, they had the opportunity to take part in a fashion show in front of Reception, Year 3 and Year 4, where they showed off their BEST poses in their FABULOUS T-shirts. Well done KS1. You were …
Yesterday, the children has a wonderful afternoon filled with festive party games and music! We had fun playing musical statues, musical bumps, Christmas corners and pass the parcel. The children then enjoyed their AMAZING Christmas snacks and treats whilst listening to festive music! Take a look at how much fun we all had!
This week, Year 2 visited Bradford Industrial Museum. As part of our topic ‘All Dressed Up,’ we wanted to learn how cloth is made from wool. We got to complete the process ourselves – sorting the wool, carding, spinning and finally weaving. We learnt about the life of children in the mills over 100 years …
In small groups, we have created sand sculptures of things we might see at the beach or in the sea. We used different tools to create texture and pattern.
This morning, for our Topic exit point, we had a special visit from Red Kites and shared our AMAZING artwork with them. Herons has the opportunity to discuss their artwork with Red Kites. They spoke about the different media and techniques they used and which piece was their favourite. Red Kites were really impressed with …
Today, we have been representing numbers to 100 using tens and ones. The children worked in pairs to choose a number and find different ways to represent it. They used concrete resources such as; numicon, base 10, counters, multi-link cubes and bead strings. They also drew pictorial representations to represent numbers to 100.
This morning, we have been celebrating Roald Dahl’s birthday. We have been learning about who Roald Dahl is and why he is important. We have discussed different books he wrote for children and even had chance to read some of them with our friends.