Blog by Bryn Thornton

As you may know, middle school have been working on designing and creating bags in their DT project this half term. The children have worked incredibly hard throughout the topic with their researching, designing and learning techniques for sewing and stitching. 
Finally, all of their hard work…

Middle school have been celebrating the platinum jubilee today!
We have been creating portraits of the queen in pencil and then drawing them onto A3 sheets, painting them with watercolours. We all did a wonderful job at carefully copying the queen's features.
Children also enjoyed a jubilee…

Middle school have been extremely lucky this week... they were one of the classes that were chosen to meet Lauren Child! 
We all had a wonderful time listening to some of Lauren's ideas behind her stories and learning more about her characters. She gave us plenty of brilliant information about…

Our science topic this half term has revolved around habitats for animals and plants. We initially learned about what they were, where to find them and wider features of habitats and the animals within them. Children learned about adaptations and how each animal is suited to its home. 
Following…

This week has been very exciting for middle school as we have had a chance to see the baby oyster catchers! 
We have counted three chicks that have been sleeping just outside of our window in the lower school play area. 

Each morning we have loved looking out for them and checking if they are…

Our RE topic this term has been what rules should we follow? We have spent a lot of time discussing the rules we have in our society, at home and in other places. We have looked at the story of Adam and Eve and how they broke God's rule to not touch the tree of knowledge. Children also explored…

To progress in our DT project of designing a bag, children spent their DT lesson learning some different sewing techniques.
They used sewing boards and thread to create patterns and practice some of the stiches we may end up using for our projects.

We learned:
A running stitch 

An…

This week, the children have moved on to exploring and composing their own music.
We have been focusing on the structure of music, looking at rhythm, beats and trying overall to read sheet music. 
Children have been using 'my favourite things' from the sound of music as a basis to explore notes…

We are constantly practicing our times tables in Middle school - and getting better every day! 
The children have been reminded that year 4 children will be participating in the national multiplication tables check this June. As a class, we have been preparing by learning and practicing our times…

We are making the most of the beautiful spring sunshine this week in our Geography lesson. 
The children have really impressed with their mixture of geographical skills and knowledge that was really put to the test!

This week we began to look at climate zones. We did explore these a back in…

Our geography topic this half term will be biomes and climates, which will focus on the great diversity of our planet.
To begin the topic, we have learned about latitudes and longitudes on the Earth, and how some of them receive special names. 

Children have built on their knowledge about the…

Our new topic in science this half term is habitat helpers.
Children kicked-off the topic by refreshing their memories of what a habitat was before venturing out to find some habitats within our school grounds. Children explored both flora and fauna that they found and discussed where we found…