Concert at KES
All of Key Stage 2 had a special treat this afternoon: we were invited to attend a concert given by pupils at KES in the Ruddock Hall. We heard Emmy playing Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata on the viola, followed by Rebecca…
Learning about life in ancient Greece using the Kagan structure ‘One Stray’
Today, rather than using the internet or text books to find out about ancient Greek life, each group became ‘experts’ on a different aspect of the topic. After 10 minutes of making sure that all members of our team knew…
We have been busy!
Year 2 have been very busy since we have come back from our summer holidays. We have solved riddles that were left in gift bags for us. We used our imagination and no instructions. Can you guess what we…
Kagan Co-Operative Learning in Year 1 Maths
The children are getting used to Kagan Co-operative Learning Structures and we are all learning as we go, teachers included! Kagan allows us to share work with no chances to opt out. It calls for contributions from everybody. We have…
Salt dough texture work
In our art lessons this term, we are learning about texture. Last week, we explored many different textures on the school field and made rubbings of what we found: Today, we used a range of modelling tools to transfer some…
Year 4 – texturing salt dough in Art
This afternoon, Y4 had a lot of fun texturing salt dough! To prepare for this, the children spent the afternoon last week exploring textures around forest school. They identified different texture types and used the process of rubbing to evidence…
Art – exploring sculpting materials
Later in this term, Y6 will be creating their own 3D mythical character sculptures. So, today’s task was to explore the capabilities of different modelling materials: clay, salt dough and foil (as the base of papier-mâché) By the end of…
Dinosaur Dig!
To launch our new topic, Footprints from the Past, Year 3 became palaeontologists for the afternoon. We used brushes to carefully remove sand and we discussed our findings with our colleagues. What do you think our of discoveries? Are they…
Y6 Myths and Legends Topic Day
Today, Year 6 launched their new topic with a day of dress-up. The theme? Myths and legendary characters! Which characters or tales can you spot?
🦕Topic Entry; Footprints from the Past 🦖
🦖🦕🦖 This afternoon, Year 4 enjoyed finding out about their new topic, Footprints From The Past! They became palaeontologists for the afternoon and uncovered various fossils and dinosaurs by carefully brushing away sand to uncover exciting discoveries. They also shared…