Here are a selection of the fantastic, unique and individual responses that Y5 and Y6 had in response to this year’s Black History Month theme: Saluting Our Sisters. Lots of the classes were inspired by Floella Benjamin and found out…
Today we started the final, exciting stage of our art project: the sculpting! Over the term, we have carefully explored the materials, we researched different forms of mythical creature and then we did lots of creative sketches to prepare for…
Today, Y6 got to opportunity to review their learning so far with a fantastic actor-led workshop. After some warm-up games, they got started on testing out some new TV shows all on the theme of ancient Greek life. We…
We are working towards creating our own mythological character, so today we used various sources to collect visual information in our sketchbooks to help us. We used sketches, notes and cut images to help us. In our next lesson,…
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…
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…
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…
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?
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It has been non-stop for group 3! Activities have included: team building on the low ropes, caving, rafting, to eventually taking the ‘leap of faith’ on the high ropes. Here are some great action shots from our day yesterday 💪.