This week, KS1 have created their own ephemeral art work inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. We looked at some examples of his work before venturing outside to create our own.
This half term our topic has been ‘Our World.’ Throughout this topic, we have learnt about the seasons, weather and in art, we have looked at the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy. Yesterday, Year 1 visited Harlow Carr Gardens to access a workshop entitled ‘Signs of the season.’ Children explored the grounds, identifying signs of …
Today is World Poetry Day! To help celebrate, School Council have hosted a poetry writing competition. There were lots of amazing entries and they found it incredibly hard to judge! In assembly this morning, 2 winners were announced… Ruby from Herons and Luca from Woodpeckers. A huge well done to everybody that entered! Below are …
After a successful term of running ‘Chill Out Tuesday’ for KS2 children, School Council have now swapped their club to allow Reception and KS1 children to attend. So far, it’s been very popular! The children have loved mixing with each other through playing board games, building models, reading, drawing, crafting and dancing (thanks to DJ …
Today in Herons, we have looked at our new book, Owl Babies, for our English lessons. We have listened to the story and have discussed the chronological order of events. The children had time to reflect on the feelings of the main characters and how these change from beginning, to middle, to end. They then …
This morning, Doves and Herons decided to buddy up for World Book Day. Each child chose their favourite book, magazine or comic to bring into school to share with their buddy. They read to each other and discussed their story. We couldn’t believe how quiet and calm the classrooms were! What a lovely way to …
Thank you to those who have been bringing in their dead and used batteries across the past few weeks. So far, we have recycled a total of 2553! A big thank you also to our school council team who have been out recycling the batteries at various recycling points after scores have been totalled in …
Today, we have been learning how to recognise and count money. We have completed a range of practical activities including selecting and counting pence, pounds and notes, completing part whole models and working in a shop to buy and sell different food items. The children used different coins and notes to help them with their …
In Year 2, we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Today, we completed 4 different practical activities. We sorted 2D and 3D shapes into different groups based on their properties. Some of us even managed to complete a challenge using a Venn diagram! We also created patterns using 2D and 3D shapes. Take …
Today saw the start of our new topic – but what was it going to be? Today, the children were given an orienteering challenge. Using a simple orienteering map and key, the children had to find letters hidden around the school site. Once all of the letters had been found, our new topic would be …