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Last week, Upper School were learning how to create Vector drawings in computing by layering shapes to produce images. Even after our first lesson, they created some impressive results! Year 5 and 6 are very enthusiastic and excited by vector drawing and we can't wait to see what we can achieve…

Upper School have been working hard to learn how to play our class set of glockenspiels and also how to read musical notation. Today we rehearsed and performed the instrumental parts for the song Happy by Pharrell Williams. It’s not as easy as you think to read the music, play accurately and keep…

In English lessons this week the children have begun to think about the stories we will be writing. We used images of the rainforest as well as sounds of the rainforest to take ourselves on an immersive and descriptive journey to write about our setting. Children came up with some amazing…

In our PSHE lessons we have been focusing on friendships and relationships. We considered what it meant to be a good friend last week and thought about how we should act towards our friends. This week we thought about what we could do if it became difficult to be a good friend because of the…

Children have continued their investigation into plants this week by dissecting a flowers and separating the parts inside that we found. Children built on their previous knowledge from last week of plant parts used in pollination and plant reproduction. 
Many children even began using big words…

This half term in our PSHE lessons we are exploring ideas around the question 'what is the same and what is different about us?' within the theme of relationships.  We are looking at ourselves and others; similarities and differences; individuality and our bodies. 

Have a look at these photos…

This week we have begun to look at stories with a familiar setting. 

As our topic this half term is called 'The Place Where I Live' I decided that we would base our English learning around the Katie Morag stories as they are about a little girl and the place where she lives in Scotland. 

We…

Today’s PE lesson was all about finding and using space effectively to receive the ball. Pete used demonstrations to teach the class how they should place themselves during a fast moving ball game such as handball. The children worked really well during the handball matches to move into available…

In our RE lesson with Helen this week we began thinking about Day 1 in the story of Creation. We explored the the bible verse Then God said, 'Let there be light': and there was light. Genesis 1:3

The children showed really insightful and deep thinking as they thought about and answered some big…

In PE this week, children took what they learned about balancing points from last week and put this into practice with a partner. Children had to place their trust into their own bodies - and their partners - to create great shapes with their bodies. We learned how far we could lean and stretch to…

We have been focusing on the rainforest in Geography - looking this week at the climate we find there. To help us with this, we all put ourselves forward as weather presenters!
Each pair of children was given a city or town in a rainforest region. 
They had to investigate what the weather is and…

This week in English middle school have focused on our SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) and have been looking at different word classes. To help us use our different word classes in sentences, we went outside on a word hunt. 
Children searched the playground for any nouns they could find…