Blog by Bryn Thornton

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…

Middle school have been working very hard at their ukulele lessons in music. They are doing incredibly well and making great progress - almost everyone can play the chords C, F and G7 and know more than one song!
Here is what some of the children have shared:

'I can do F, C, F, C now!' - Beth,…

Middle school have had a very exciting change in our classroom recently... we have moved the whole room around and have a brand new whiteboard. 
The year 3 and 4 children are enjoying the new move around, especially with everyone being able to see and work from the board from their tables!
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A huge well done to everyone who has participated in Red Nose day this year.

Many of the children in middle school showed their support by purchasing a red nose and wearing it to school all day! 
Some brave children stood up in front of the school to tell some jokes for everyone to hear and…

To go alongside our topic of 'money' this week, the children came to buy items from Ms Hennelly's classroom shop!
They used money to count out amounts and simulate purchasing items from a real shop. 
We used this to help us with adding amounts of money on the first day as my shop had no…

Middle school have had their first try at orienteering in their PE lessons.
They had a great time applying their skills to complete different orienteering challenges.

Children firstly had to use find the numbered controls and mark where they think they were on the maps, making connections to…