To begin our topic on Ancient Greece, the children researched the use of and decoration for the pots and vases that were used. They then designed their own - depicting scenes from Greek myths, famous battles or Olympic sports - and then created their pieces from...
This week we have been working hard on our writing skills. We have been writing instructions for how to capture the Greek mythical beasts that we designed last week in our workshop - this has been really creative and fun. We’ve also worked really hard in our maths...
In the penultimate virtual Celebration Assembly, we focus on World Mental Health Day (this Saturday (10th October)) and, of course, find out from our teachers who our Stars of the Fortnight are, celebrate birthdays and we look back on Healthy Eating Week. Take a look...
This week at Forest School, we went out in search of leaves for autumn leaf printing. We had a good look and chat about different coloured and shaped ones, and played 'leaf snap' to compare. A request for races downhill has become a bit of a thing in our class and...
In place of weekly swimming lessons, we have been delighted to welcome James from Little Soccer Stars to keep the hearts of our youngsters pumping and their skills polished! Here's a snapshot of our Year Two children out in the field today sharpening up their football...
In today’s art lesson, the Year One children learnt about artist Alma Thomas. Alma Thomas was the first African-American woman to hold an exhibition of her work at the Whitney Museum of American Art and she liked to focus on beauty and happiness in her paintings. The...
As part of black history month, Year 5 have been learning about the amazing and inspirational life of Dr Martin Luther King. After learning about the Alabama bus boycotts, we wrote our own versions of his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, inspired by the era in which...
The Year 6 children have been learning all about the origins of music that have been written and performed by black artists, from blues, gospel, jazz, ragtime, big band, rock and spirituals to the next instalment of contemporary styles including hip hop, rap and...
Our penultimate recorded Celebration Assembly is here! With one more to go, we're all hoping that before 2021 we can all meet again in our hall to celebrate assemblies together, however, as you'll see from this fortnight's edition, there are more children in school...
What a lovely morning to get outside and to our local park to enjoy some shade, breeze and yoga. Relaxing, great fitness and some impressive poses from all. Well done Year 5/6A!
