Who was to blame for the outbreak of World War Two? It’s a question that has been debated throughout History and today, it was Puffin’s turn! We discussed and researched the reasons and then separated up into different people/countries/treaties that we believed were to blame. We came up with our own arguments and then came …
To round up all of our learning about World War Two over the past term, we visited Eden Camp. All of us loved finding out even more about our topic and enjoyed working our way through the huts. We were able to point out things that we already knew and had learnt about, build on …
To celebrate LGBT+ History Month, we studied some inspirational LGBT+ artists, specifically Doris Hatt and Keith Haring. We loved looking at their art and finding out about their lives. We made posters to inform other people about their amazing achievements. Take a look!
Due to Bikeability, we had to spread our Safer Internet Day across the week however that didn’t stop us! We discussed how we can stay safe on the internet in general, as well as thinking more specifically about gaming and social media. We then went into more detail about passwords and privacy. We understand that …
This week, we have taken part in Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme this year was Growing Together. We had a big discussion about how we have grown throughout our lives and how we can continue to grow. We talked about how to cope with things that life throws at us and that although trying …
Puffins and Kingfishers were treated to a unique Science lesson this week as part of our learning about the circulatory system. Dr Bowman kindly visited the school to share her expertise, performing a dissection of a heart and lungs. The session included an in-depth exploration and discussion of the key functions of the organs in …
As our Entry Point to our new topic, World War Two, we created our own time capsules to represent ourselves and the year 2021. We came up with lots of creative ideas. We presented these in groups and loved talking about what we had included and why. We then discussed how these would be different …
As the end to our topic on The Mayans, we worked in groups to create our own Mayan temple. We used our mathematical and measuring skills to created scaled models of Mayan temples that we had studied previously in our Topic lessons. The children had to accurately measure the pieces of wood before using the …
If you need to get somewhere on time, Puffins are the ones to ask! We’ve been learning all about how to read Timetables and plan journeys. We’re experts now! Not only have we been looking at how to work out the difference in times between each train or bus, but also how to work out …
As part of our topic on The Mayans, we have been learning about the ancient game of Pok-O-Tok! It is thought to be the first team sport played by humans in history. We learnt about the rules – the one we found the hardest was that they couldn’t use their hands or feet! We then …