Middle School (MS)

Our science topic for this half term is going to be sound. 

We began the topic by asking 'what is sound?' 

We spent this lesson exploring different types of sound and different ways that sound can be made. We investigated how sound can be changed.

We learned that sound is vibrations and…

On Friday we got the wonderful opportunity to share all of the hard work we put in last half term with our Lauren Child inspired books. 
We met with Lower school on a beautiful sunny Friday afternoon, partnered up with a reception, year one or year two and read them our stories. Lower school…

After our fantastic visit from Lauren Child last week, we came away feeling inspired! 
Children have spent several days carefully creating their own versions of Lauren Child's beautiful books. They have attempted to emulate the style of her writing and illustrations to create their own…

As you may know, middle school have been working on designing and creating bags in their DT project this half term. The children have worked incredibly hard throughout the topic with their researching, designing and learning techniques for sewing and stitching. 
Finally, all of their hard work…

Middle school have been celebrating the platinum jubilee today!
We have been creating portraits of the queen in pencil and then drawing them onto A3 sheets, painting them with watercolours. We all did a wonderful job at carefully copying the queen's features.
Children also enjoyed a jubilee…

Middle school have been extremely lucky this week... they were one of the classes that were chosen to meet Lauren Child! 
We all had a wonderful time listening to some of Lauren's ideas behind her stories and learning more about her characters. She gave us plenty of brilliant information about…

Our science topic this half term has revolved around habitats for animals and plants. We initially learned about what they were, where to find them and wider features of habitats and the animals within them. Children learned about adaptations and how each animal is suited to its home. 
Following…

This week has been very exciting for middle school as we have had a chance to see the baby oyster catchers! 
We have counted three chicks that have been sleeping just outside of our window in the lower school play area. 

Each morning we have loved looking out for them and checking if they are…

Our RE topic this term has been what rules should we follow? We have spent a lot of time discussing the rules we have in our society, at home and in other places. We have looked at the story of Adam and Eve and how they broke God's rule to not touch the tree of knowledge. Children also explored…

To progress in our DT project of designing a bag, children spent their DT lesson learning some different sewing techniques.
They used sewing boards and thread to create patterns and practice some of the stiches we may end up using for our projects.

We learned:
A running stitch 

An…

This week, the children have moved on to exploring and composing their own music.
We have been focusing on the structure of music, looking at rhythm, beats and trying overall to read sheet music. 
Children have been using 'my favourite things' from the sound of music as a basis to explore notes…

We are constantly practicing our times tables in Middle school - and getting better every day! 
The children have been reminded that year 4 children will be participating in the national multiplication tables check this June. As a class, we have been preparing by learning and practicing our times…