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In our science lessons this week we have been investigating conductors and insulators.
We came up with a hypothesis - we thought that metal objects would be conductors and non-metal objects would be insulators.
The children set about testing various items, both metal and non-metal, to see which…

We were so lucky to get some of the brilliant author and illustrator Rob Biddulph’s books last week. We love Rob’s picture books and have some favourites in our classroom already so, knowing his stories and loving his artwork already made it a special treat to have books signed by him! A big thank…

In Upper School, we have been focusing on our reading stamina (gradually increasing the duration of reading without distraction or before losing our concentration).

In class, we have a stopwatch which we glance at, the moment we find our concentration is going. Obviously some distractions…

This week as part of our science topic about plants we have been learning about garden plants, wild plants and trees. 
 

We looked outside, looked at photographs and watched videos about these plants and used our scientific enquiry skills to learn. 
 

Here is a snap shot of our…

Our Reception children went out in the snow before anyone else this morning to explore the wonders of nature. They looked for signs of wildlife and talked about how the weather affects and changes the world outside. 

Take a look at the things they found and the fun they had…

Today the children in Upper School had their second rehearsal with one of the team from Let’s Go Sing. They thoroughly enjoyed listening to and learning the last four songs for the concert in March and we will continue to practise these in music lessons over the coming weeks. The children can also…

What an absolutely beautiful snowy morning it was this morning! We couldn’t resist going out to investigate. We looked for signs of wildlife and found bird prints in the snow. 
 

We practised our phonics and then began creating different giant footprints thinking about the traditional tale…

This week we learned that 'expanded noun phrases' and 'prepositional phrases' are not as scary as they sound! 
We learned that we needed a determiner, an adjective and a noun - with the addition of a prepositional or adverbial phrase. 

Children wrote down these different word types on strips…

Our topic in Science this half term is electricity - our DT topic matches this perfectly. We are designing and making a torch! 
This week, children got to try out making different circuits using various components. We really enjoyed making lights shine and watching motors spin. 

After this, we…

Since coming back after the holidays, we have dived straight into lots of wonderful learning. 
Children have started their new history topic, exploring the Romans. We have examined sources and learned about what they tell us. We have discovered the timeline of the Roman Empire and what came…

Our science learning (all about plants) is linked to our English learning this week as the children have planted a bean seed with a plan to take care of it and watch it grow into a bean plant. 

We looked back at our previous learning (see here …

This week we have been reminding ourselves of the tradition tale Jack and The Beanstalk. The children have been collecting and using ambitious vocabulary, acting out the story and retelling it by using puppets and drama.

We have begun to read Jim and The Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs and started…