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...
In Years 5 and 6 this half term we have been learning all about keeping our minds and bodies healthy. Today in Year 5 J we focused on the importance of a healthy diet and learning about the constituents of the main food groups. We then got creative and made models of...
Year 5 have been super creative this week; designing and making our own musical instruments and even composing some music for them to play! We’ve also been experimenting with planting seeds, learning how to write biographies, taking part in Yoga sessions and focusing...
Year 4 got themselves into teams to take on Dr Jellybean's Escape Room today. The children had to solve some very difficult puzzles by building a skeleton, reading a periodic table and searching all over the classroom to find their way out onto the...
How exciting to leave the classroom for some alternative education about graffiti! Our guide Kia, a street artist himself, led us to all manner of sites to explore this colourful and controversial art form. We learnt the names of some of the most prolific artists...
What a lovely gallery of self-portraits the children in Year 4 have created as part of their home learning projects. Well done to all the children for their amazing work!
This morning we were visited by the children in Year 6 who came to read us stories for World Book Day. We all really enjoyed this and it was nice to chat to the older children and get to know them a little better 🙂
This week Year 5 & 6 took part in our first 'Tennis Serves' session run by the Young Hackney Sports team at Rosemary Gardens Tennis courts. The children took part in a number of games designed to improve their hand eye coordination and footwork before moving to...
