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A Few Good Men
‘I want the truth!’ ‘You can’t handle the truth!’ It was tense in Drama this week as the pupils acted out the famous court scene from ‘A Few Good Men’ starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. The pupils played their characters so well, shouting and throwing chairs!
Year 7
In History, Year 7 were learning all about the Queen of Scots. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne.
Nursery
Acorns and Pippins have started their jungle theme! The children were thrilled to find the new jungle jeep and tent and all of the animals to play with. We made paper plate tigers and elephants and some amazing paper chain snakes. In Forest Fun we searched for multicoloured snakes and read snake stories and we…
Year 2
We have had a busy week as we begin our new topic. We have begun to find out why the Great Fire of London was so devasting, and why the fire was able to spread as quickly as it did. In our literacy lesson we used adjectives, nouns, adverbs and verbs to write a short…
Year 1
Thank you for supporting the children in the making of their ‘Shape hats’ – they did look a treat in them and the children were able to explain how they made them and which shapes they used. We had a little dance in them and paraded around the assembly hall for us all to see….
Reception
Reception had great fun making and flipping pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. The children were fascinated that we had a gas hot plate in the classroom and wanted how the oil made the pan non-stick. They chose lemon and sugar and chocolate buttons as fillings and rolled their own pancakes … yummy! We started our introduction…
Street Art!
Year 8 were working through their sketchbook this week. Today they were researching about street art, and learning more about Slinkachu, who is a British street artist. He is best known for his Little People Project series, which consists of remodelling and repainting miniature figurines which are then installed and photographed in public places.
Outdoor Maths
Year 4 Outdoor Maths included a 2d shape hunt. They had to take a photo of each shape on their hunt sheet!
Fishing!
Year 1 went ‘fishing’ for metal ‘fish!’ using magnets in the woods on the end of a fishing rod created by the children.
Year 2 Experiments
Year 2 were doing an experiment to see how blubber keeps polar animals warm.