Finding fractions

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Year 3 have been working practically to find out 2/3, 3/4, 5/8

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Safety Seymour

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Year 3 received a visit from Safety Seymour, a superhero bear from outer space on a mission to teach children and their families about carbon monoxide (CO) and how to protect ourselves, making homes safer.  

Carbon monoxide can be very dangerous and can make you very ill. You can’t see it, hear…

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Fly Me To The Moon

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The Earth-Moon Distance

The first stop on their cosmic journey was understanding the distance between the Earth and the Moon. The children learned that this distance is approximately 385,000 kilometres

 

The Height of the ISS

Next, the children turned their attention to the…

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Year 1 Science

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Classifying, Grouping & Sorting

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As part of our new Science learning (Living Things and their Habitats) , children have been grouping and sorting buttons and play animals. The children then created Venn diagrams and Carroll Diagrams.  A very Science and Maths afternoon! 

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Year 1 Maths

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Year 2 Maths

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Year 2 have been learning what a fraction is and how to find halves and quarters of shapes.

Knowledge :to identify 1/4, 1/3, 2/4 and 3/4 of a shape and know that all parts must be equal parts of a whole

Skills: to understand the difference between equal and unequal parts

Vocab: fraction.…

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Y6 Art

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ART! We have been MAKING MEMORIES! 

 

This week in art, Year 6:

  • explored expressing themselves in a 'literal' and 'symbolic' way
  • represented memories through shapes, colours and textures
  • looked at real artists' work and discussed how they could use elements of it in their own…
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Year 1 Geography

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Year 5 debating - Should we use plastic?

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In our Year 5 class this morning, students engaged in a spirited debate on plastic use after learning about ocean pollution from videos such as Blue Planet II.

They ranked everyday plastic items by necessity and discussed the material's pros and cons.

The debate highlighted the urgent…

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Year 5 Exploring Australia's trade routes and The Great Barrier Reef

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In our geography session this afternoon, Year 5 were asked a simple question - 'Do oceans matter?'

Our first task involved examining how we use our oceans and exploring how Australia imports and exports goods. Australia sends most of their top exports (iron, coal and petroleum gas) largely by…

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Bunny hop 2024

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