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Year 2
In Forest School Year 2 made frames and used them to identify different bugs in the ground. In Art they have been painting still life pictures. We carefully painted fruit bowls and created fruit portraits in the style of Arcimboldo. Year 2 have also been learning about food from all around the world. As they…
Year 1
This half term we have been exploring place value in all its glory in Maths and this week has been no exception. We have continued to develop our understanding of the greater than, less than and equals to symbols both practically and on paper. The teachers have been really impressed by the children’s use of…
Reception
This week Reception have been working in small groups to complete jungle animal puzzles. We have been looking at numbers 4 and 5, hunting for the correct amount of objects and have been working on recognising the amount of spots on a dice by playing board games. We also painted our hands and turned them…
Nursery
Oaks class have been toasting marshmallows in the mud kitchen this week! They have also been making a splendid bug hotel in the mud kitchen area. To do this they collected leaves and twigs to place in between large logs and can’t wait to see all the different bugs visiting the hotel! The theme for…
Year 8
Year 8 had free rein to build anything they wanted out of wood this term in DT. They had to research how to build their items, draw out a detailed plan and get to work. Ella is making a sweet dispenser and Felix is making a holder for his Xbox consoles!
Year 7
Year 7 have been testing food in Science to see if it contains sugar or starch. They were surprised that onions contain sugar! In Art they have been taking forced perspective photographs, manipulating human visual perception through the use of scaled objects… in this case, making themselves into giants!
Year 6
Year 6 are reading the novel ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’. Using evidence from the text, we drew maps of Weirwold, then wrote descriptive pieces, imagining we were walking through our maps. In our descriptions we made use of powerful adjectives, embedded clauses, similes, metaphors and prepositions to add interest for our readers. Year 6 went on…
Year 5
Year 5 continued their improvisation topic in Drama this week! This time we had stories about destructive hot dogs, friendly zombies, Spongebob and Darth Vader. Improv allows you to become more positive, become a team player and makes you more creative!
Year 4
In History, Year 4 took part in a fact hunt all about Hadrian’s Wall and were amazed by some of the facts! Hadrian’s wall was built as a form of defence during the Roman Province of Britannia. In English, Year 4 created their own newspaper recounts all about the miracle web on Mr. Zuckerman’s farm!
Year 3
Year 3 showed great team work and friendship when one of the boy’s glasses went missing (they flew off his head whilst enjoying their free play). All the children were concerned and conducted a thorough search of the woods. Unfortunately no glasses were found, but they were all ready to lend a helping hand! The…