Blog Category: Upper School (KS2)

Year 3 have been busy measuring with Miss Haynes. Today we measured our heights and put them in order. 

What an amazing morning! We were lucky enough to be visited by a special Roman Visitor today, as part of our study of The Romans. During the morning we gained a unique insight into life as a Roman soldier and how life was in Roman times.

Freya said,

”This morning we had a visitor who taught…

Paige was very proud to show me her Maths work this morning. She thought that the activity of finding fractions of numbers would be too difficult, however she discovered that her hard work paid off and by the end of the lesson her confidence flowed!

This afternoon, Upper School children made good use of their shields to make Roman Shield formations, as were used during the days of the Roman Empire. 

Although it was windy, the children enjoyed getting organised into The Wedge (an attacking formation) as well as The Orb, The Tortoise and The…

Freya is rightly a very proud member of a climbing club which she attends weekly.

On Saturday she placed 4th in a Northwest and Lake District climbing competition for 9 and 10 year olds.

We are very proud of you Freya! 

We've been busy researching Roman soldiers and recreated items of their armour, we noticed the symmetry of shields and imitated patterns from original Roman shields and standards. 

Upper School have been busy making beautiful Christmas wreaths with Mrs Law today.

Well done to Leon in Year 4 for achieving full marks in EVERY spelling test this term! He’s our super speller!

The children are almost ready to present their fantastic production of Hosanna Rock!

What a great time Years 3 and 4 had this morning when we received a visit from the Mad Science team! Our theme was fossil fuels and during the session we learnt which were the fossil fuels,how long they take to form and under what conditions. We then tried to replicate this process using…

We have been improving our mapping skills in Upper School. As well as learning about symbols found on maps, we have also been learning how to use four and six figure grid references. Let’s hope we don’t get lost!

The children in Upper School were busy on Monday making board games to play with Lower School. The themes of the games range from cupcakes to football, animals to mythical creatures!

The children have had great fun creating and playing their games with Year 1 and 2. This is the second year we…