Year 4 were lucky enough to take part in a drum workshop today delivered by the amazing Dom from Artforms Leeds. School was full of the sound of djembe beats! They sounded great. Checkout the short video of Falcons in action on the Music page of our website.
This summer, Queen Elizabeth II has her platinum jubilee – the longest reign of any British monarch! In the 70 years that she has been queen, the world has changed in many ways. Each year group at Tranmere Park have researched a decade and created a collage. These collages, collected as one, tell a story …
Today in LKS2, we have had our Muddy Puddle Day which focused on our Topic, Temples Tombs and Treasures. Throughout the day we have engaged in 4 different activities, discovering and learning lots about the Ancient Egyptians whilst also working creatively, collaboratively and independently. Task 1 – Pyramids with Miss Ingram. For this task, we …
Falcons have been learning the names of Les Vêtements (clothes) in French. They created their own items of clothing then paraded them in a ‘fashion show’. Some children had a go at taking the microphone and doing the introductions e.g. « Ici Zoe. Elle porte une jupe. » Bravo Falcons!
On world maths day, Falcons did me a huge favour by helping me with some real life maths problems. They helped me to work out how much money my own children need to earn to top up their student loans to pay for their accommodation. On top of that they worked out how much spending …
Check out Falcons’ seismograph readings below.
This week, LKS2 were visited via zoom by a Geologist named Chris. In this session, we learned all about the role of a geologist and what the future of geoscience might look like. We also recapped our learning on volcanoes and earthquakes and then found out all about what can happen when a volcano erupts …
This afternoon, LKS2 were visited by a civil engineer. To begin with, we learned all about the roles of an engineer and the key skills you need to become an engineer. We also had a discussion about what we think engineering might look like in the future. After this, we learned about the importance of …
This week, we’ve been learning: How to multiply and divide numbers by 10 and 100. How to identify shield, composite and cinder cone volcanoes. How to further improve our descriptive powers by using similes, metaphors and fronted adverbials in our writing. How to make a paper laptop, defining the CPU, RAM and Hard Drive. And… …