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Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 7:46pm
Today, every class listened to the story 'The Dot' by Peter H. Reynolds. Each year group had a specific focus for their art and in Year 6 we had to incorporate a black dot into our art work. There were lot of different desgins and ideas shared and discussed as a class and some prtty amazing pieces of art work were produced. Below are just a few of our examples.
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 7:00pm
Today we enjoyed Art Day! Firstly, we listened to the story ‘The Dot.’ This was a new story to us all, and one we very much enjoyed! We talked about the message in the story and linked it to our growth mindset, something that has been very important for us since we returned to school. We then talked about the importance of showing pride in our work and how Vashti’s feelings change and why. To create our dot we used a combination of materials. We cut, tore, twisted, scrunched and folded these materials before sorting, arranging and finally gluing! We created our dot by 'not making a dot!' We used the negative space on the paper to create the dot. It was a lot of fun!
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 4:39pm
Year Five have been created art inspired by a short film called 'The Dot' and have had a fantastic afternoon creating their masterpieces!
The children either created their dotty pattern inside a circle or around a circle using a variety of bright colours. They ended up with some eye-catching creations!
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 3:45pm
This afternoon we focussed our art on the story 'The Dot'. We started with 2 dots on the page and went on to create a class masterpiece! We used the skill of quilling to roll pieces of paper to make a 3D piece of art. This took great resilience and perseverence as we rolled all of these tiny pieces. We ended up with very sticky hands from all of that glue!
We found it to be very peaceful and theraputic and we are extremely pleased with the end result.
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 3:38pm
In Science, we planted our own sunflowers. We learnt what plants need to survive: sunlight, water, the correct temperature and time. Every day we have been watering our plants and watching them grown. They have gone from being a seed to a germinated seed, seedling and now it is getting towards a young plant.
We can't wait to see our flowers turn into an adult plant!
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 3:23pm
Nursery took part in a whole school art afternoon. We watched a story called "The Dot" by Peter H Reynolds and then created our own dot pictures! We printed dots with paint, used bingo dabbers to make pictures and also created our own pictures starting with a dot. We had a dotty good time!
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 3:10pm
This week the children have been listening to the story "The Three Little Pigs". They have got really involved in all the activiites and have been retelling the story with puppets, building houses for the pigs and testing how strong the houses are! Which house would you choose?
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 11:32am
Cedar class use daily sensory circuits to help them focus into learning. We focus on the 3 main elements to help stimulate the brain which increases pupils concentration. First, we activate the body by completing short active tasks. Today we focused on incresing the heart rate with shutle runs. Then we use coordinating activities to focus our mind. Today we used log rolls and balancing exercises. Finally, we calm our bodies by doing relaxing exercises to regulate our emotions and put us into the 'green zone' of regulation. Today we completed wall stretches and the weighted blanket.
Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 7:12pm
Today in Science we looked in depth at the different parts of plants and what purpose these different parts have. We already knew the names of lots of different parts of plants, but we needed to recap on what all the parts are for! We learnt that the flower attracts insects and birds, the seeds grow into new plants when they fall into the soil, the stem holds the plant up, the roots take in water and nutrients and the leaves catch sunlight to make energy. We then made our plant picture! We followed the instructions to create our amazing plant pictures, talking about the different parts and the purpose of each part as we worked.
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 8:07pm
As a class we have been talking about the different changes we have noticed over the past few weeks. These have included; new plants growing, buds on trees, daffodils in our garden, blossom on trees and new life. This afternoon the children paired up and went outside with their clip boards to complete their spring checklist in the forest school area. The children enjoyed looking around the forest school area to find different signs of spring.
"Look Mrs Clark, a bird has made a nest in the tree. The birds are going to lay their eggs" Elliott
"The blossom is growing on the trees" Ellie-Mae
"The trees have buds on them. The leaves are going to grow" Harley-May
"The temperature is warmer today" Ella-Rose
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 7:13pm
This half term we have been learning the names of different fruits in French. We have been combining this with the phrase 'I like' and 'I don't like' in French which is J'aime and Je n'aime pas. We have been practising our speaking and listening each week and learning some of the spellings.
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 7:06pm
Fern Class are starting to work with Mr. Simpson to learn about Samba. We have been focusing on using the different Samba instruments and working on keeping the beat/pulse, repeating call and response rhythms and learning about the different names of notes e.g. crotchet, minim and quaver. It has been great fun so far!
Lots of Laughs for Comic Relief
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 7:01pm
We wore red, brought in some fundraising money and told lots of funny jokes to Raise money for Comic Relief. Being funny and having a laugh is one of the resilient moves that we can use to help ourselves feel better and look after our own mental health and well being. We also raised money for different charities, while enjoying ourselves!
States of matter using Cheerios
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 7:01pm
Year 4 have had a great afternoon today using Cheerios to represent the three states of matter which are solids, liquids and gases. The children were able to identify some of the key characteristics of the three states of matter.
Year Five are enjoying creating their gymnastic routines working as a team with a partner.
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 4:05pm
Over the last two weeks, Year Five have been creating routines in their gymnastics lessons. They have been mostly focusing on mirrored and matched balances, arabesques and different ways of travelling. Working together as a team was vitally important whilst devising their routines.
Website creation including hyperlinks
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 4:02pm
This week we continued our Computing lessons and spent more time cerating our own websites. The theme of of our work is the Ancient Greeks. This week, we learned how to insert a hyperlink and how to evaluate digital content to check for authenticity.
Same areas, different perimeters!!
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 1:02pm
In today's Maths session we started our new unit on area and perimeter. We began with looking at the definiton of the following terms: area, perimeter, rectilinear, compound and volume. We then looked at different ways shapes could have the same area but different perimeters. We practised drawing rectangles on 1cm paper then created compound rectilinear shapes with the same area.
Date: 20th Mar 2021 @ 6:58pm
Today in Year 1, we made the most of the lovely weather and took our PE session outside!
For the remainder of this half term we are going to be focussed on developing and improving our fundamental skills. This will include focussing on running, jumping, balancing, throwing, catching, agility and coordination.
Today we took part in a number of different team games which enabled us to practise lots of the above skills! These games encouraged us to work together as a small group within our bubble, as well as testing our listening and communication skills.
Date: 20th Mar 2021 @ 12:33pm
Today we entered our classroom after lunch with a passport and an aeroplane ticket. Our classroom had been transformed to look like an aeroplane! We took our seats, put our hand luggage under our seats, fastened our seatbelts and watched a safety video. The plane took off and we were in the air! How would this feel is it was real? We watched a video that someone had recorded whilst on an aeroplane above the clouds to help us deepen our thinking and understanding. We enjoyed our in flight snack and relaxed on our flight!
Once we landed we walked off the plane and around the airport to collect our luggage. We then headed to our hotel in Madrid. It was much warmer in Madrid that the UK! We then thought about what we would do once we were in our hotel. We thought we might unpack, go swimming, have a nap or get something to eat! We discussed some of the activities you might do on holiday, before heading back to our hotel and finishing our role
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 3:37pm
We had a great time raising money for Comic Relief today! We all swapped one piece of our uniform for something red to show our support. This afternoon we had a laugh a minute with some classic jokes and we played 'Pin the Nose on the Panda'. Thank you for all of your contributions for such a good cause!
Making animal habitats at Forest School
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 10:10am
This week at Forest School the children enjoyed learning about animals and their habitats. We talked about different habitas and what animals need to survive. The children then worked together to collect sticks, leaves, grass and stones in their buckets and used them to create their own animal homes.
"I'm putting leaves in mine to keep the animals warm" Ellie-Mae
"We are sticking the sticking in the ground to make a wall" Arthur.
Then we explored the Forest School area and looked for different animal footprints in the mud.
Afterwards we were made a fire to boil the water ready for our warm vimto drink. We talked about how to keep ourselves safe whilst making a fire. The we discussed the three different elements we need to make a fire; heat, wood and air.
"Lisa wears a special fire glove so she doesn't burn her hand' Lyra-Rose
"Never go in the middle of the circle beacuse you might get burnt" Oscar.
At the end of the session we enjoyed a lovely drink of warm vimto and sang some songs around the fire.
Spiders, Crocodiles, Birds and Sheep!
Date: 18th Mar 2021 @ 5:06pm
This week we have been learning some nursery rhymes and have done some fun activities linked to each rhyme. We have learnt "Incy Wincy Spider", "Down In The Jungle", "Two Little Dickie Birds" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep".
We have also had lots of child initiatied play including Pirates, and picnics at the beach!
Date: 18th Mar 2021 @ 1:38pm
This week we have been revisiting some areas we have previously covered in Maths, including how many tens are in numbers, multiples of ten and a hundred, the value of each three digit numbers and how to partition numbers in different ways using different images.
We need to keep up our knowledge of place value because this will help us with addition, subtraction, multiplcation and division.
Date: 18th Mar 2021 @ 1:35pm
In today's PE lessons we looked at different skills we would need as part of 'Invasion Games'. Today's skill was 'dodging'. We had to remember to look where we were going (keeping our heads up) in order to effectively dodge opponents who were coming towards us. For one of our activities we worked in groups of 4/5 where we held hands in a circle by holding plastic bands. One member of the group had a bib tucked into their waist band and they are the ones to be defended. The catcher then had 30 seconds to try and catch that person's bib whilst the group worked together to defend them by blocking the attacker. As you can see from the pictures, we had a great lesson!
Date: 18th Mar 2021 @ 1:29pm
We have been having weekly Ballet lessons from The Royal Ballet School via zoom. Miss Gough has taught us some beautiful ballet moves as well as the French words for meaning. We have enjoyed linking our ballet lessons with our Light topic in Science as we have danced like lights, flames, fireworks and candles. Ballet is all about core strength, stamina and control.
French words:
Tendu - to stretch
Reverence - curtsey
Arabesque - lifting one leg behind the other
Port De Bra - Movement of the arms
Pirouette - to sping
Plie - bend the legs
