This term, Year 6 have been lucky to have worked with Jack from Stan's Cafe. They are exploring the themes in the book, Saving the Butterfly: A story about refugees by Helen Cooper. They explored the story, the themes of…
This year, Year 6 had a busy world book day. They had the important job of inspiring the younger children to love reading. Year 6 role models visited Reception and Year 1 to join in their reading parties. Both sets…
We celebrated World Book Day in style with a special message from Michael Morpurgo! How lucky are we?! We also had a reading party this afternoon. Everyone enjoyed choosing books from the library and sharing them with friends (with a…
On Friday, we learned about how to use sharp knives and vegetable peelers safely. We practised using claw and bridge holds so our fingers were out of the way! Have you been able to help at home using your new…
Today, Year 6 had a fantastic opportunity to explore ‘Still Life at the Penguin Cafe’ when a dance artist and pianist from Birmingham Royal Ballet came to lead a workshop. After a fascinating look at the endangered or extinct animals…
Year 4 have been learning about the human body this half term. We have discovered the processes of the digestive system and in this lesson we took a closer look at our teeth! The children learnt about the different types…
The Baha'i faith is possibly the world's newest faith. For people who follow this faith, a special time starts on 26th February, it is called Intercalary or Ayyam-i-Ha. It is interesting that people of many faiths begin fasting around…
Last term, Year 6 started to explore existing shelters. They used the Kagan structure, Round Table, to discuss the different features of shelters such as bus stops, phone boxes ("What are they?"), bird houses, tents and umbrellas. Next, they sketched…
Today, Year 6 got to see if the transfer medium prints that they produced last week had been successful. Had they put enough medium on? Had they pressed down hard enough? To reveal the results, they had to apply water…
