This week in Topic, we have been studying the work of Henri Rousseau to help us create some of our own rainforest art. To begin with, we learnt all about Henri Rousseau and discussed some of his famous pieces. We looked specifically at how he used different techniques to create layers and texture in his …
Currently in Woodpeckers, we are learning all about recounts. Yesterday, we read a recount together, then discussed and answered questions about it. Today, we have recapped the recount by sequencing the events into chronological order, then putting each of the steps into a dramatic performance! Whilst sequencing the steps, we looked carefully at the language …
Today marks the start of Anti-Bullying week for 2022. To show our support, we have all come to school dressed in odd/crazy socks! In classes, we have discussed that this represents how is it cool for us all to be different, and how we should never be unkind towards others because of their differences. Throughout …
This week in Maths, we have started our new topic of addition and subtraction. Before beginning our new learning, we have recapped what we learnt in this topic last year. For year 3s, this consisted of us using the counting on / counting backwards method and the partitioning method in order to add and subtract …
In our meetings so far this half-term, School Council have discussed how they’d like a space pupils can go to, to just ‘chill out’ sometimes. As a group we came up with the idea of running a lunchtime club called ‘Chill out Tuesdays’. Here pupils can read, draw, craft, play chess, chat to their friends …
Over the past couple of weeks in Woodpeckers, we have been learning all about deforestation. This week, we came together to debate whether deforestation is a good or a bad thing. To begin with, we put our own personal opinions aside and researched both sides of the argument. Looking at the reasons why people think …
This week school council have been decorating their suggestion boxes! These will be placed in their classes after half-term, ready to be filled with pupil suggestions. Thanks to our year 6 helpers who also helped us decorate these at lunch.
This week in Woodpeckers, we have finished reading The Iron Man. We loved the story so much, that we decided to try and bring it to life through some role play. To begin with, we looked back through our books to recap the main events, characters, settings and vocabulary used within each chapter. Then, we …
This morning, some of Woodpeckers took part in the 2022 TCS Mini London Marathon. We ran, hopped, jumped, skipped, danced and dribbled our way round the hall for 2.6 miles!
Today our newly appointed school councillors received their badges in assembly! They were all very excited and proud to show themselves off to the whole school. They also took part in their first school council meeting at lunch time, and have been tasked with their first job of finding a box suitable to turn into …