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Continuing our science topic of states of matter, children explored how matter can go from one state to another. 

We concentrated on water and how it can turn from a liquid into a solid through freezing. We watched time-lapse videos of ice forming and discussed how we think it happens. 

We…

Middle school's DT project this half term has been 'a slingshot car'.
We have explored the history of cars and how their appearance has changed over time. We have looked at how a car pieces together with a chassis, axel and wheels. Finally, we were ready to start creating our own!

Children had…

The children were very excited to have our special guest from 'Let's Go Sing' come in and show us some songs! Children were overjoyed to hear that they could participate in let's go sing again this year and were very eager to get started with the songs.
Middle school and upper school both did…

In English today, we read a section of our novel where the main character discovers where the two Mongolian boys live and goes there to give back a coat…it was a very dramatic scene and full of action and emotion. 
The children enjoyed rehearsing and performing their own role plays of this scene…

In our music lessons we are learning a song called ‘Heart, Hands and Feet’. This week we have been keeping the beat using instruments as we sing. 
 

Practise the song at home, you can find it here on this link  https://soundcloud.com/ellel-3/05-kye-kye-kule

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What is an animal? Are humans animals? Do you have any animals at home as pets or livestock?

We sparked our science learning by considering these questions this week and it caused some great discussion. The children in Lower School are quite knowledgeable about how to care for animals as…

We have begun our Geography learning this week as part of our half term topic called ‘Penguins, Possums and Pigs’ . The children shared what they already knew about hot and cold places in the world and started to think about what they wanted to learn. 
 

In an activity they looked at various…

This half term, Upper School have ‘thrown’ themselves into their PE lessons with an awesome abundance of enthusiasm! 
 

We are learning skills to play Netball-type games (from sending and receiving the ball with accuracy to using space and communication to work effectively in a team) and…

In our PE topic this half term, we have been focusing on bouncing and catching. This accompanies our other PE topic for this half-term of dodgeball, where precise throwing and catching are imperative!

This week middle school have showed off everything they have learned in the last two weeks of the Place Value unit through some different activities.

Children got into teams to earn points through a series of indoor and outdoor events. 

Inside, children represented numbers as base 10 and as…

In History, Upper School have been getting to grips with evidence this week. They have been learning to give reasons for the different versions of the past. To help us understand this a little more, we took part in a whole class puzzle: trying to work out what actually happened last weekend based…

Today the children were introduced to their new novel ‘The Unforgotten Coat’ by exploring the strange coat that was hung up in the classroom last week. They discussed the facts they knew about the coat such as its colour, type of coat and heaviness. Abigail then discovered some Polaroid pictures…