Blog by Bryn Thornton

To finish up our PE topic of outdoor teamwork games, we played a variety of games that would really put our teams to the test! Our favourite was hula hut. This involved groups working together to collect hoops and build them into a spherical structure. We worked out there were different methods to…

We were very lucky to have a visitor come into ks2 on Friday morning. Steve came to talk to us about maths and how we use it in our daily lives and jobs. He told us about his job in marketing and his hobbies and we worked out some of the ways he uses maths. Children had lots of interesting and…

As part of our investigation into adaptation, we decided this week to explore how animals cope in extreme environments. We wanted to know which animals would be adapted better to the cold. Our investigation led us to have three tubs of water.

one tub was left on the side - this represented bare…

In our English, we have been thinking about texts and writing for a purpose. Our first purpose is to entertain with a story. Our second purpose was to build fear and suspense as our stories were horror! To help us with that, we worked together to analyse a horror description. Children worked in…

We are very lucky duckies this week as Ben and Leo brought in some ducklings! Some of them were already hatched, whereas some were in the middle of hatching before our eyes! We loved asking questions about them and learning about how the incubator kept the eggs warm. Plus, they were very, very…

Our computing this half term is all about sequencing in code. To do this, we have been using Scratch to learn and build up our knowledge on communication with computers. Children have been making sprites move in different ways and respond with different motion actions to the press of a button or…

Continuing our PE outdoor activities, we focused on teamwork and how to use strategies to work together. There were several adaptations of our hoops and millipede games this week. Various challenges were set where children had to collect ‘food’ for their millipede. Closer food was worth fewer…

Middle school’s science topic for this half term is ‘habitats and adaptations’. After identifying some of the main global habitats, we concentrated on the smaller habitats within each. Forests could also contain underground tunnels, homes beneath bark or arboreal dwellings. 
we focused on the…

To start this half term, in our English lessons we are exploring how authors can change their writing for a purpose. We explored the purpose of different texts first of all, then moved onto looking at stories more closely. Within stories there are lots of genres which aim to show specific things…

One of our PE topics this half term is focusing on outdoor and adventurous activities, with a special focus on working as a team and communicating. 
To start things off this week, the rain unfortunately made us retreat inside, but we didn't let that get us down! Children were sorted into teams…

Middle School's DT topic this half term will be focusing on textiles and cross-stitch. To begin, we have gone over what we learned in previous years. Children were reminded how to thread a needle and how to complete a running stitch. We did so well!

The children all enjoyed the bunny drive on Wednesday after school! We loved rolling our dice to draw our Easter bunnies to win one of the fabulous prizes provided by the friends. What a wonderful event to bring everyone together! Big thank you to the friends for organising and running the…