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Two weeks ago work began on the field next to our school where a housing development is being built. We have been observing the changes closely and enjoying seeing the different big vehicles coming and going. 

After our first visit we had a debate about whether the changes were a good or a bad…

On Monday, we were delighted to welcome Year 4s to Upper School for our 'Move Up' day , a day when they come to see what its like to be in Upper School, in preparation for September. Although there were a few anxious looks first thing in the morning, all the Year 4s left with a smile on their…

What super home learners we have at Inskip St Peter's! Whilst Lower School has been at home self isolating one of their home learning tasks has been to create a wormery in a jar to continue our science theme of learning about animals. Over the nest two weeks they are going to study what happens…

On Monday, children were introduced to forces. They learned that gravity pulled objects to the Earth. Children learned that two objects rubbing together will create friction. A type of friction the children learned about was air resistance, this was how the air passed over a falling or moving…

Children continued to enjoy our wild challenges. 
The most recent challenge was to find a mini wild habitat and observe it. 
Children found many different mini habitiats. Children did fantastically at remembering their science topic on living things and could apply this to what they…

In PSHE, middle school discussed some of the ways that we could look after ourselves. We understood that one of the most important ways to look after ourselves at the moment is to keep our hands clean.
We watched a video to learn about why it was important to wash our hands as microbes can be…

In DT today, we investigated some more pop up mechanisms to help us with our own pop up book designs. The first one we tried was a lift the flap mechanism and the second was a rotator mechanism. The children got to try out using a pair of compasses to make the rotator flap which was really tricky…

Our EYFS children have been busy learning about animals along with Year 1 and Year 2 but doing slightly different activities. They went on an animal hunt and drew pictures of animals they saw in our field and over the hedges. After talking about what animals eat and where they live the children…

We have been learning about animals’ diets and learning that we can group the animals into categories according to what they eat. The children used books and the internet to research animals diets and found lots of interesting information.

Omnivores eat meat and plants. Humans are omnivores but…

Continuing on with our Roman topic, this week the children explored mosaics in their art. Using small colourful pieces of paper, children stuck them down to create an image. 
We were inspired by some of the pictures that were found in ancient Roman homes throughout Italy, but especially Pompeii…

In maths this week, children have been learning about data handling. We have explored tally charts, bar charts, tables and pictograms. However, to be able to create our data handling charts and tables we required some data in the first place!
We decided to head outside to participate in a bird…

The children really engaged with their random act of wildness on Tuesday! Their challenge was to create some wild art using nature they found around the school.
It was fantastic to see the children working together to collect bits and pieces and to create lovely images out of what they found.
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