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…
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…
Bar models
Year One have been working hard in Maths using Bar Models with the support of Rally Robin. Building on our prior knowledge using fact families. We are able to create number sentences e.g. 5 + 3 = 8, 8= 5…
Why do we have rules?
For RHSE Year 1 have revisited classroom rules. Using Rally Robin we discussed why we have rules around school and if they are the same or different. We understood that rules are there to keep us safe, to learn, to…
Part- whole model
This week has been a busy week. In Maths Year One have been learning about part- whole models and using these to create number sentences. Using our KAGAN: Rally Robin we are now beginning to understand fact families: 3+5 =…
Comparing numbers 🔢
We've been busy in maths comparing numbers using greater than, less than and equals. We worked really hard with our KAGAN partners to complete lots of different calculations, some had 2 and 3 parts to it before we even use…
🚂Y6 History – Learning about Famous ‘Steamies’, using the Kagan structure “One Stray” 🚂
As the second part of our learning about the history of steam locomotives, today Year 6 studied one of a few famous locomotives. Then the new ‘experts’ went to other tables to teach their peers. Everyone enjoyed it and lots of…
Partitioning using dienes
Year 2 have been working hard in maths partitioning numbers into T (tens) and O (ones) using dienes. We worked hard with our KAGAN partners, take a look 👀
Differences between countries
In English we have been reading a lovely book called Lila and the secret of rain and it’s set in a country called Kenya. So in our geography lessons we have been looking at and comparing both countries. Take a look…
DT in Y6: Designing Playgrounds
After lots of Kagan work using structures such as Round Table Consensus and Round Robin, we explored what we thought a good playground should have, before refining this into a set of must-have design criteria. Then we learned measuring, marking…