Today, Year 4 have been exploring the link between the volume of sounds and the size of vibrations.  We investigated using rice on top of a drum and discovered that louder sounds cause larger vibrations.  We then went on to think about how sound travels from its source to our ears, working in groups to...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been investigating the properties of rocks in a series of fun experiments today! We learnt some new scientific vocabulary (permeable, impermeable, durable and density) to help us with our experiments and group the rocks by their properties. The children tested for permeability using water, durability using vinegar and scouring pads,...Read More

Today, Year 4 have been learning about sound.  We discovered that sound is caused by vibrations.  We could feel them in our throat as we talked and then we saw the effect of vibrations when we hit a drum with rice on the top of it.  We then went on a sound walk around the...Read More

This half term we have been learning the traditional story of the Gingerbread Man. We have used ‘talk for writing’ and the children have learned actions to help them retell the story. The children have enjoyed acting in the role of the story characters and they have written their own innovated story. We have also...Read More

For our last art lesson on sculpture, year 2 and 3 looked at the work of Jill Townsley and how she uses lots of small objects to create big sculptures. We had a go at trying to recreate her spoon and elastic band sculptures ourselves. It was tricky work trying to get the spoons to...Read More

The children in class 1 have been having fun in their phonics lesson. They have been racing to collect pancakes and reading real and made up words. Super blending and sorting and great team spirit.Read More

Year 2 have had wonderful time learning about 2D and 3D shapes over the past couple of weeks. To test their 3D shape knowledge, Miss Hodkin challenged year 2 to create 3D shapes that had the correct number of edges and vertices but they were only allowed to use straws and blue tack! All the...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been learning all about the types of rocks and grouping them in different ways. This week we have been sorting rocks into man-made and natural and looking at their uses in the wider world. To help us do this, we went on a rock hunt around the school and the...Read More

The Eco Council launched a school-wide competition to promote Switch Off Fortnight and to prompt everyone to think about ways to save energy.  Entries were invited from children throughout the school to design a poster to encourage us all to switch off appliances when they are not in use and to save energy.  We had...Read More

Year 4 have been thinking about how we can show reverence for God’s creation in our day-to-day lives.  Children came up with some great suggestions of things we can do including: looking after wildlife, picking up litter, walking to school, saving energy, learning at Forest School and taking time to notice nature around us.Read More