Blog by Bryn Thornton

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…

This week has been space week...

We decided to spend some time in our science lesson learning a little about space. We looked at where we live in our universe and some of the other things that are out there in space! Children learned about the solar system and that we orbit around the sun. 
We…

Continuing our science topic of plants, the children have begun their investigations to find out what would happen to plants if one of the vital things they needed was removed.
Children took turns to rotate around tables and make their predictions for each plant.
We then set the plants up ready…

Middle school have continued with their gymnastics, using balance and movement to traverse objects. Children have balanced along thin surfaces such as the bench and use their bodies to steady themselves into different balances on different points. Children have also had the chance to try moving…

In English lessons this week the children have begun to think about the stories we will be writing. We used images of the rainforest as well as sounds of the rainforest to take ourselves on an immersive and descriptive journey to write about our setting. Children came up with some amazing…

In our PSHE lessons we have been focusing on friendships and relationships. We considered what it meant to be a good friend last week and thought about how we should act towards our friends. This week we thought about what we could do if it became difficult to be a good friend because of the…