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Upper School finished their Tennis skills topic today with some tennis matches. This meant they could show off the skills they had learnt! They demonstrated forehand and backhand shots, tactics to beat their partner and accuracy with their own shot placement. All the children agreed that they had…

As part of our studies about the USA, we have been looking at population distribution and population density. We also compared the population and area of New York and London.

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…

What an absolute TREAT we had on Friday afternoon when the fabulous author and illustrator Petr Horáček came to our school! Petr writes and illustrates children’s picture books, he talked to us about how he began drawing and how he creates his stories. Petr had us all giggling and totally…

Our science topic at the moment is ‘Living Things and Their Habiitats’ and alongside this topic the children are building on their knowledge from earlier in the year by learning about the life cycle of a butterfly first hand. 

Maddison and Reagan’s mum Mrs Fox has very kindly bought the class a…

As part of our topic on evolution and inheritance, the class found out about Darwin’s theories about adaptation. We discussed why the same animals look different in differing environments. The two main ideas they came up with were because of climate and because of predation. 
We studied this…

This week we have been continuing to learn about habitats. Our Reception children have been developing their understanding of the natural world taking part in the discussions and research with Year 1 and 2 about habitats. The Reception children have also been building on their prior learning of…

This week the children developed their ability to recount events in a story by first acting out a scene from the classic “The Wind In The Willows” by Kenneth Grahame. 

In groups the children took on the roles of Rat, Mole and Badger and retold the part of the story when Mole decides to venture…

This half term, Upper School are learning Tennis skills and today the focus was on the backhand. The children demonstrated this skill through partner work and competitive rallies. 
 

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…

We are making the most of the beautiful spring sunshine this week in our Geography lesson. 
The children have really impressed with their mixture of geographical skills and knowledge that was really put to the test!

This week we began to look at climate zones. We did explore these a back in…