DT project: earthquake-proof structures
This morning, we learned about what makes a building strong enough to resist an earthquake. We experimented with various shapes and tested our first models before improving them.
Eid and Vaisakhi Party
Great fun was had at the Eid and Vaisakhi party in Year 6. Karaoke, food and fun! What more could you ask to celebrate these special days for our diverse school community!
Year 3’s Disaster Relief Centre
To launch our new topic, Active Planet, Year 3 were given the task of organising the Selly Oak Disaster Relief Centre, which could be used in a natural disaster, such as an earthquake. The children worked in Kagan teams to…
Spring 2 – Our new Kagan Social Skill Focus
This term, Year 6 had a discussion and decided to focus on the Social Skill of ‘Using quiet voices’.
Place value counters
We are learning about exchanging in maths and had a really fun time using the place value counters to help us understand. Our Rally Coach partners really helped us!
Computing – Working collaboratively…At a distance!
As the next part of our "Collaboration and Communication" unit, Year 6 worked on a fact file today. That's not so difficult, is it? Well, so they thought. The challenge became harder when they discovered that they couldn't speak to…
🐯🐨🐹Y4’s trip to Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park!
On Monday 10th October, Year 4 went on a fantastic trip to Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park. We set off in crisp, bright sunshine and had a lovely walk to the venue. We then split up into our groups and had…
Learning through Kagan in Year 3
We are getting stuck into some tricky maths in Year 3 and have enjoyed using Fan ‘n’ Pick to secure our knowledge and understanding of large numbers: And we have helped our partners partition these large numbers using Rally Coach:…