Y2 - Music
Year 2 have been talking about musical terms such as timbre, dynamics and tempo to describe characters and events from the story Little Read, Riding Hood and choosing the most appropriate instruments to represent that.
Knowledge: I can select appropriate sounds to match events, characters…
Art club
We finished our Clarice Cliff pottery in art club. We will continue club in the Spring term.
Art Year 4
Ms Smith, our Subject Leader for Art, assesses the impact of our Art curriculum by speaking to pupils in Year 4 to see what they could tell her about the knowledge, skills and vocab they have been acquiring. Well done Y4!
Year 1 Zoo trip
Year 1 really enjoyed their visit to Chester Zoo. We have been learning about Antarctica and studying facts about penguins.
It was a very cold and snowy day at the zoo. The children and staff felt like we were actually in Antarctica!
Y2 - Chinese New Year
Jansen and Julia have begun to celebrate Chinese New Year which started on January 22nd this year. They travelled to Manchester to take part in the festivities.
Multiplying TO by O
After using place value counters and Numicon, Year 4 have developed a good understanding of 2 digits by 1 digit short multiplication.
Reader of the week w.b. 16.1.23
Congratulations to our Readers of the Week.
Y2 - Zoo trip
Year 2 spent a very chilly but fun day exploring animal habitats at Chester Zoo.
Knowledge: I can identify that most living things live in habitat to which they are suited.
Skills: I can describe some of the world's habitats.
Vocab: grasslands, desert, rainforest, polar,…
Wax Resist Art
After creating their own wax resist boards, children created abstract art. The children used a range a scratched marks to add contrast and patterns.
Year 5 Science - Irreversible Changes
In science today, year 5 explored what irreversible change would happen when an acid (vinegar) and alkali (bicarbonate of soda) were mixed together.
We had a method to follow, we were asked what caused the bag would inflate, and what would happen if we changed the size of the bag.
We…
Here Come the Romans - Musical Motifs
After listening to Beethoven’s fifth symphony and the James Bond theme tune, children in Year 4 explored musical motifs. The children then used tuned instruments to play a musical motif of 6 notes.
Chinese New Year 2022
Reception class had so much fun this week learning about the new Lunar Year. We began the week learning all about China and how it was similar and different to England. We then learnt about Emperor Jade's 'Great Race' and found out this year was the year of the Rabbit. We have spent the week…