Lower School (KS1)

Progressing from drawing (see previous blog post https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-06-03-08-39-26-art-portrait-drawing) the children have used watercolours to paint their portraits of the queen.

For most of the children it was the first time they had used watercolour paint and a chance to…

As part of our celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee we have been learning about the Queen and her life, we have looked at some historical artefacts (a souvenir brochure from the Queen’s coronation), images and videos on the internet and photographs of her taken throughout her life.

All…

The Year 1 and 2 children have finished their design and technology project! Take a look at our previous blog https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-05-22-17-44-41-dt-textiles-learning-stitches since then the children have sewn their pieces of felt together with a running stich, planned the design…

We were so excited to watch catch sight of two different butterflies emerge from their chrysalis on Friday! It was an amazing experience for the children to watch and experience. 

We had lots of discussion and excitement as the children watched the final stages of the life cycle of a butterfly…

In Lower School the children have the opportunity to vote for the book they would like me to read to them every day. Each morning they come into school and look at the choices then place a shell in the bowl in front of the book they would prefer. 

We have a great selection of fiction,…

Our Design and Technology project this half term is to design and make a pouch as we are learning about textiles. We began by looking closely at our clothes and sharing ideas about how we thought our clothes are made. This created a great deal of discussion and we looked around the classroom…

Over this half term Year One and Two introduced to floor robots in our computing lessons. They have talked about what the buttons on a floor robot might do and then tried the buttons out. They have spent time linking an outcome to a button press. They have also considered the direction command…

Wow, wow and wow! We had an absolutely amazing morning on Friday when Lauren Child came to talk to us. Lauren talked about all her books, how she writes them and how she creates the illustrations.  It was fascinating. 

Take a look at the news article here on our website for a full description…

As part of our Geography learning this term the children are building upon their locational knowledge of the United Kingdom by learning the names of the four countries, their capital cities and the surrounding seas as well as identifying characteristics of them. 

They have been using atlases…

The children are using their observations skills daily to observe the changes In the caterpillars as they grow. The children are fascinated by what they are seeing and have been asking lots of questions developing their scientific enquiry skills.

We have noticed how quickly most of the…

Our Reception children have had fun with this activity this week when they tried to free the  flowers they’d picked from the ice! 

They used their senses and explored frozen water and how it changes state when salt or warm water are added. They learnt that the warm water had the greatest effect…

We had a treat this afternoon when Upper School came to our classroom to share their learning about Easter celebrations around the world. Go to their blog page to find out more!