Lower School (KS1)

Lots of outdoor fun learning in the sunshine today! 
 

After reading this great picture book ‘Our Pebbles’ written and illustrated by Jarvis we decided to make our own pebbles out of clay and decorate them. 
 

The children have cared for and observed their bean plants grow, they’ve done a great job! Now they’ve taken them home to plant outside and hopefully eat some delicious broad beans later in the summer!

The beans have grown roots and shoots so it’s time to plant them. 
 

We have been learning how to stay safe on the roads this week. The children have completed lots of activities in the classroom and then in small groups we have been for a walk into the village to put all their learning into practise. All the children impressed me with their sensible behaviour and…

We have had the most incredible day at Humblescough Farm today!  The children built dens, toasted marshmallows, told stories, made wands, made things out of clay, played in the woods, played games, went on treasure hunts, went on bug hunts, toasted marshmallows AND we fortunate enough to see two,…

This week the children have started a science experiment to see if they were right in their predictions about what a plant needs to be able to grow. They put two Broad Bean seeds into a bag with water and kitchen roll and then I stuck them into the window. Separately, we have denied one seed water…

In our computing lessons we have been learning to understand what an algorithm is. The children did a fun activity, dressing a paper doll practising giving each other precise instructions.

They learnt that an algorithm is a set of clear and precise instructions. Instructions should be…

Using Lego bricks to create prints the children experiments creating patterns, combining colours and creating pictures. They created the new colours by overlapping prints and aimed to work carefully and accurately to create their prints. 
 

The children put their understanding of colour mixing into practise to recreate their own versions of the artwork ‘0-9’ Numbers in Colour created by the artist Jasper Johns in 1958-59.
 

They looked closely at Jasper’s work deciding what the subject was (numbers and primary colours) and then…

The children investigated how to mix primary colours to make secondary ones …

Our design and technology project this half term has been learning about structures. The children have made windmills out of paper cups and showed great problem solving skills as they worked out how to stop their windmills falling over in the wind and how to construct them. So much great learning…