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Mental Health Week

As part of Mental Health Week, we took part in a range of activities to understand what well-being is and how we can look after it. Here are some photos of Year 5 playing bingo to get to find out things they have in common with their friends. We also created our own posters to …

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Nursery – Counting to 10 & Story of the week

Our Nursery children have been practising comparing and recognising quantities and the changes in numbers using words such as ‘more’ ‘lots’ ‘same’ ‘too much’”. Also, attached are some pictures of the children exploring the story of the week ‘we’re going on a bear hunt’ with the learning outcomes; to begin to demonstrate an awareness of …

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Year 5 – Art

In Year 5, we studied the work of Yulia Brodskaya, a Russian artist whose work focuses on paper folding. We started off learning about Yulia and looking at examples of her work. Then, we learnt how to fold paper in four ways and practised this by imitating one of her pieces. We then finished off …

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Ug, Boy Genius of the Stone Age

Year 3 – Our focus book this half term is Ug, Boy Genius of the Stone Age. What we did was use some clay to mould and try imitating the trousers that the main character and his parents wear. We also got to paint them as well. The children loved this activity.

Reception – Jack and the Beanstalk

The children received a sad video email from the giant in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. Due to Jack chopping down the giant’s beanstalk, he had no way of getting home. The children decided to plant beanstalks to help the giant, get home. You may notice them growing as you walk past our window. After planting …

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Year 1 – Senses

Year 1 – In science this half term, we are learning about our senses. We have explored our sense of taste. We tasted lemon juice, honey, marmite, milk, vinegar and orange squash. We described what we could taste using amazing adjectives. Look at our faces! Do you think we liked the tastes?

History – Great Fire of London

Year 2 have explored the events of The Great Fire of London. We looked at how and where it started and that it happened in 1666. We learnt that it destroyed most of London and that six people lost their lives. This led us to think about what went wrong and what the people in …

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EYFS – Art Week 2023

Art Week For our Art week project this term, Reception were exploring the artist Alma Thomas.  We learnt about Alma and how she was inspired by science and nature. She encouraged the children that she worked with to look closely at nature, and to create art which made them happy. Alma loved using bright, bold …

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Year 1 Art Week 2023

In Year 1 we have been learning about Andy Goldsworthy. Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor and photographer. He is know for using natural materials such as rock, mud, pine cones, leaves and branches to create his art work. We explored his work and created our own art piece replicating his style.

Art Week in Year 6

For our Art Week this term, Year 6 were exploring the work of Yinka Shonibare. Yinka is a London born, Nigerian artist who uses the technique of batiking to create installations that reflect traditional African patterns and colours. We started our Art Week learning about Yinka’s life and his inspirations before beginning to look at …

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