Middle School (MS)

As you know, Lower School and Middle School are having a classroom swap over and while that all happens I have been teaching the children in the hall. The theme of our two days together is Superheroes and we began the day by exploring what a superhero is or can be. We read the wonderful story of…

We were so fortunate to have a visit from Leo's lovely Indian-Runner duck ducklings! 
These cute little ducks definitely lived up to their name... they really could run - and fast!
Children loved giving these ducks a stroke and asking questions about them to Leo and Mrs Wright. Some children…

On Tuesday, children had a themed day where we learned all about how we can help the planet.
We began by learning about fractions, decimals and percentages used in lots of different facts about the planet. Children went on a treasure hunt to find each percentage, fraction or decimal on a pebble…

The children have begun looking at electricity in their Science lessons. 
On Monday we investigated different electrical items and asked lots of quesitons about them:
How does it work?
How does the electric get into the screen?
Why does it need a battery if it gets plugged in?
We tried to…

Continuing from our work on the Lake District National Park, we researched some other national parks in the UK to compare them.
We split into groups of 3 and researched a different National Park each:

- The Peak District
- The Yorkshire Dales
- The Cairngorms
- Snowdonia
- The Norfolk…

The children have been able to bring their designs to life in their DT lessons.
They have measured, sewed and stitched in their first attempt to create their passport holders. 
We had to use the stitching we had learned previously to attach and seal different parts of felt.
We can't wait until…

Middle school have learned about 3D shapes this week. 
They begun by learning the properties of 3D shapes and some of their names. 
We learned that 3D shapes have edges, vertices and faces.

We then had a try at creating some shapes from a net.
The children enjoyed cutting out the shapes…

Middle school have been investigating plants in their science lessons.
A few weeks earlier, we set up some different investigations to figure out what plants need to grow well.

Our first investigation was to see whether plants need light. We grew one plant in the window and one in the…

The children have been using the Lake District as their case study for Geography. 
We spent our last lesson considering the human geography aspect of tourism in the lake district and how it affects the area and the people who live there. 
We learned some facts about tourists in the lake district…

As a class, we have decided to try and build up our fitness and running skills. Every day last week we began the journey to running at least  a kilometre every day!
We started off with 2 laps of the field and have so far built up to 4! 
6 laps will get us to a kilometre. 

Running and exercise…

We have been focusing on plants in our science lessons.
This week, we wanted to investigate what a flower was like. We began by completing diagrams in our books and labelling each of the components. 
After that, children had the opportunity to investigate with real flowers. 
We got our hands on…

Middle school have been learning about shapes in maths. We had a practical lesson on Thursday where we spent time guessing the properties of a secret shape. This encouraged children to use key vocabulary such as vertices, sides, right-angles, acute, obtuse, parallel, adjacent to help guess each…