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…
Design Technology: Joining Fabrics
Year One have been investigating the best methods to join pieces of fabric together. We have trialled gluing, safety pinning and stappling pieces of fabric together. Before beginning we discussed the importance of safety and the correct methods to…
