Computing: Properties
This week Year One have continued their learning with grouping. This time we have included properties of objects This session helped us to understand that we can group by colour and not all objects will be the same. They can…
Y6 Visit to the Birmingham Back to Backs
To help us understand the context of our current reading book, “The Little Match Girl Strikes Back”, today we visited a fantastic museum - The Birmingham Back to Backs. We got the opportunity to wear some period costumes, set a…
Introducing our Y6 Reading Role Models!
During this year, Mrs Govern has worked really hard on the library and has put in place an excellent team of reading role models to spread their love of reading around the school. The bring different groups of children from…
Chinese New Year
Gong Xi Fa Cai ! Happy New Year ! We have been busy. Year One have read Dim Sum Palace. It is a fantastic book! We have watched and listened to how people celebrate with their families. We…
Spring Art Exhibition 2025
This week, Tiverton Academy hosted the first of two art exhibitions. It was well attended by our families and the children loved sharing their work.
Happy Chinese New Year 🐍
Happy Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year). It is celebrated with gifts, fireworks and dragon and lion dances and culminates on the 15th day with a lantern festival. It is thought to be largest annual human migration as Chinese return…
Computing: Grouping Data
Year One have been busy grouping and sorting objects. To help understand how we group and name groups we we set a task to work in groups we used Round Robin to support us. This week Year One have continued…
Snow Flake: Year 1 Class Trip
Year One have Visited our Local Library Touch Base Pears. We watched the theatre production of Snowflake courtesy of The Rep. We made snowflakes using pipe cleaners and learnt a song about snowflakes. We thoroughly enjoyed the…
History: Finding out about toys
Year 1's Topic for History is toys. We have been busy thinking of questions that we can ask to help us find out more information. Year 1 worked in groups to ask Mrs Zafar questions about her childhood toys: "How…
Design and Technology: Y6 Steady-hand games
Year 6 have started a new structures and electrical systems project this week. Once completed they will have designed and made our own steady-hand games, including buzzers and possibly a light. This week it was time to explore design criteria…