Skylarks class have been investigating structures from around the world. They worked in groups to try to identify the type of structure, what it was made from and most importantly what made it stable!The children came up with some brilliant ideas and noticed that for many structures, the base is wider than the top, helping …
As part of our topic work, the children have been learning different strengthening techniques in order to make their towers stronger. Today, the children rotated around the three classrooms, completing different activities. They learnt that triangles are stronger than squares and that diagonal struts add additional support. They also rolled paper to add strength and …
This week, Year 1s have been exploring number lines to 20. Today, we focused on estimating on a number line. We had to investigate the half way point and draw interval lines to help us.
Today, the children had to select different money and make the same amount. They worked in partners or independently to complete worksheets where they needed to select the correct coins or notes to find the total value. We discussed how this can be done in a variety of ways for some amounts. Afterwards, the children …
Year 2 have started their new unit of work in maths and we started by looking at pence & pounds. We discussed the different coins and notes and the value that each one has. We worked in partners to fill in in different sheets where we had to recognise different coins and notes, count money …
After running for a term for years 1 and 2, Chess Club started at break time today for years 3 and 4. There were some fantastic games happening this morning! If you’re currently in Red Kites, Woodpeckers or Falcons and would like to come to chess club, it will run in the LKS2 shared area …
This week, the children have been investigating numbers 10 to 20. They have been recognising the place value of each digit in these numbers and have been representing them in various ways. We followed this up with playing matching games and representing different numbers ourselves.
Today, the children took part in an investigation about exercise. We asked the following question: Which activity will make your heart rate faster? Before exercising, we made an observation by checking our pulse. We discussed that our heart rate was fairly slow, steady and not very strong. After completing a workout, we checked our pulse …