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Reception had lots of fun in the snow! They practised writing their name and letter sounds in the snow. It was a great opportunity to explore the changes in the seasons and allowed us to reflect and compare with our melting ice investigation last week.
This week, Nurture Groups in Years 4 and 5 have been producing stunning Autumn sunsets in watercolour. The animals silhouetted against the sunset are all creatures that hibernate in the UK. Well done Nurture Group! Continue Reading
Year 2 have made some fabulous photograph frames to give to their parents as a gift for Christmas. Our first step was to look at a variety of different types of photograph frames and decide what we would like to make.. We chose the materials which we would like to use to make our frames,… Continue Reading
As part of our look at the circulatory system in humans, year 6 class had the opportunity to find out what is actually in blood – and make blood in their science lesson! We used white marshmallows (to represent white blood cells), a handful of donut shaped cereal soaked in drops of red food dye… Continue Reading
Year 4 had an exciting visit from our friends at Newcastle University’s Brush Up scheme today. We took part in a number of fantastic activities all about the science of keeping our teeth healthy. We looked at the kind of equipment dentists use and dressed up in their protective clothing: We used disclosing tablets to… Continue Reading
We have been using a new piece of technology in school this week – Now Press Play!Using a set of unique headphones and a iPad with a transmitter, the whole class are able to listen to, act out and take part in an ‘experience.’ Year 3 ventured back in time to the Stone Age. Year… Continue Reading
In today’s design and technology lesson we evaluated a number of existing products. We assessed five different breads on the criteria of taste, appearance, texture and smell. We had a lot of fun discussing our different opinions of the breads. As a class we decided that our favourite was the white farmhouse loaf, although that… Continue Reading
As part of our ‘Animals including Humans’ topic in Science, we were visitied by Rob from Zoolab. Rob brought different types of animals into school so that we could understand further how to group them into categories e.g. mammals, reptiles, amphibians. He also talked about what the animals eat using the vocabulary carnivore, herbivore and… Continue Reading
We have enjoyed a busy few weeks in Nursery! The children have learnt lots of new skills and taken part in a range of activities linked to our ‘All about me’ and ‘Autumn’ topics. We have read many stories but a particular favourite was ‘Leaf Man’ by Lois Ehlert. The children were introduced to printing… Continue Reading
Year 2 enjoyed a visit from The Teddy Bear Hospital on Wednesday as part of our Science work about Healthy Living. We learnt about the senses and how we use them. We learnt about germs and how they spread. We learnt about how to keep our teeth healthy. We found out all about healthy eating.… Continue Reading
