On behalf of School Council and AVSED, we would just like to say a huge thank you to all pupils who contributed to the AVSED Christmas Appeal. All cards, pictures and decorations were collected this by Michelle, who was blown away by our efforts and kindness. Your kind words and creative pictures will certainly make …
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 week, year 1 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 maths, the children have been exploring number bonds. Using practical apparatus, they investigated pairs of numbers that add together to make numbers within 10. The children enjoyed investigating these number facts and worked well to record their findings using the addition and equals symbols. Great work, Skylarks!
This morning, for our topic exit point, Skylarks had a special visit from Falcons to share their AMAZING artwork with them. Skylarks had the opportunity to discuss their artwork and could speak about the different media and techniques that they had used. Falcons were really impressed with how FANTASTIC their artwork was! Well done, Skylarks!
This week, KS1 have started their new English unit on recipes. They began by learning that recipes are a type of instruction and instructions are examples of non-fiction. Then, they spent time exploring a range of recipes, using discussion questions as a prompt. We also started to identify the common features of recipes, including a …
This week, Year 1 have been introduced to ‘part-whole models’. They began by learning that the parts always add together to equal the whole. They then explored different ways of completing the parts and whole. Take a look at our learning below!
In art, Skylarks have been learning about the work of Alfred Sisley, a French artist. Today, we have utilised our pastel skills (from earlier on in our topic) to create our own seaside images in his style. We looked carefully at images of Filey, Whitby and Saltburn by the Sea and drew what we could …
KS1 Computing Day
Today, the children had a topic themed day to conclude our computing unit for this half term. During this half term, we have been learning about the different parts of a computer and input devices. To round off our topic, the children investigated, went on a technology safari and invented their own creations which required …