Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood

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We have been reading lots of traditional tales this week.  In our English lessons Year 1 and 2 children are learning the story of Little Red Riding Hood and reading lots of twisted tales before they write their own. The Reception children have been listening to lots of traditional tales and…

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Super Maths Learners

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Super maths learning this week. Year One have been  investigating the number bonds to ten in a variety of ways and doing addition. Year 2 have been investigating adding 2 digit and 1 digit numbers and crossing 10. 

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Times Tables

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In middle school we are focusing on the importance of times tables at the moment. 
We have spent a lesson on each times table, learning tricks and tips to help us work them out and use them in our learning. 
The children have done incredibly well using them so far and are really working hard!

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Ukulele Lesson!

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Middle school have had an exciting music lesson this week - unveiling the shiny new ukuleles and having the first try with them!
This lesson we learned how to hold a ukulele, how to strum a ukulele and how to tune a ukulele. 
We tested out listening to some of the sounds our instruments could…

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Welcome Back, Corey!

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This term, we welcome back Corey from Fleetwood who will be teaching the children PE skills. We look forward to playing the games and learning the skills he will be teaching us over the coming half term. Today we played attack and defence games and showed him all the useful skills we learnt last…

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Science -Electrical voltage

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Today the children began a new topic in Science-Electricity. We had lots of discussion first about the uses of electricity and the dangers it poses. Next we investigated the vocabulary of voltage in circuits. The class explored what happens to a bulb in a circuit when more cells (batteries) are…

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It's Barvember!

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Barvember 2021 is here!

Barvember is organised by White Rose Maths, a scheme we use in Upper School, to encourage pupils to use the bar model to assist in mathematical understanding and reasoning. Using this method, children can visualise and then solve maths problems.

Each day in November,…

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Phonics and Handwriting

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In Lower School we start every day with handwriting practise, the children are showing great progress particularly our Reception children.

The Reception children have now learnt the first 6 sounds in Phase 2 of the phonics programme so we are having fun blending the sounds to read words. Great…

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Patterns

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Our Reception children have been exploring patterns this week and creating repeating patterns of their own. 

They have been using their bodies (boy,girl,boy, girl ...), objects and drawing patterns to deepen their understanding. 

Great learning children!

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Dino Day!

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The children had a very different day than usual on Thursday this week... They stepped back in time and enjoyed a dinosaur themed day!
We begun the day with a dinosaur maths themed treasure hunt using our outdoor spaces. The teams of children raced around to discover clues and solve the maths…

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Rainforest Posters

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To round up our topic on the rainforest, middle school have combined their knowledge of facts about the rainforest with some advice on saving the rainforest from it's current deforestation and habitat loss issues to create a poster. 
Middle school hope that their posters will reach people and…

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Fabulous Vector Creations

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Upper School have now completed their course on Vector drawing. During their lessons, they have learnt layering, shading, how to copy images, rotate  and manipulate images.  The results are fantastic!

 

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