Blog by Bryn Thornton

To support out DT work with designing our own chocolate bar, we have been considering flavours we could use. In order to be able to market our bars effectively, we tasted the different kinds of chocolate as well as some fillings. We commented on the flavour and texture of each ingredient and…

Middle school have started a new topic in science - living things. 
We have begun by looking at different living things and considering how we could classify them. We learned that there are lots of ways we could classify living thigs. Here are a few the children came up with:
Legs or no legs.
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A fantastic well done to the three candidates who put themselves forward to be councillors and represent Middle school. 
Emily, Florence and Evie all prepared speeches outlining what their aims were as councillors and why they would be a good fit for the role. 
The three girls were all overjoyed…

In middle school we are focusing on the importance of times tables at the moment. 
We have spent a lesson on each times table, learning tricks and tips to help us work them out and use them in our learning. 
The children have done incredibly well using them so far and are really working hard!

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Middle school have had an exciting music lesson this week - unveiling the shiny new ukuleles and having the first try with them!
This lesson we learned how to hold a ukulele, how to strum a ukulele and how to tune a ukulele. 
We tested out listening to some of the sounds our instruments could…

The children had a very different day than usual on Thursday this week... They stepped back in time and enjoyed a dinosaur themed day!
We begun the day with a dinosaur maths themed treasure hunt using our outdoor spaces. The teams of children raced around to discover clues and solve the maths…

To round up our topic on the rainforest, middle school have combined their knowledge of facts about the rainforest with some advice on saving the rainforest from it's current deforestation and habitat loss issues to create a poster. 
Middle school hope that their posters will reach people and…

In middle school we love getting inspiration from the wonderful nature and outdoor areas we are blessed with at our school! 
This week, children have begun exploring syllabic poetry, focusing firstly on haikus. 
We knew that to write a haiku, we would need to focus on how many syllables we used…

Children have begun to learn their times tables in maths. Times tables are essential to unlock many other mathematical skills and are one of the main things we learn in year 3 and 4 maths. 
We have started off by looking at times tables conceptually and understanding what it means when we…

The children have expanded on what they have been learning with their balance, movement and control and have been applying those skills to movement across obstacles. 
This week, the challenge was made greater as the children had objects and pathways that were more difficult to navigate. 
These…

We have been inspired by Henri Rousseau's art work of the rainforest and of all the different shapes, colours and sizes that he uses in his pieces. 
We decided to use this to inspire some collages. 
We considered how Rousseau layered his work to give it depth and how he made the animals in his…

For the past few weeks the children have been looking at plants in science. We learned about all of the key things that plants need to grow and thrive and decided to set up an experiment to test what would happen if plants did not have some of these things. 
This week we checked on our results…