3D Drawing
In Year 4, the children have been learning how to create a 3D drawing. We have experimented with shading to create different tones and how to make an object look 3D..
Our Learning Boards
In another small step forward in improving our school (perhaps more of a tweak really), today we introduced our mobile ‘Learning Boards’ for every class from Year 1 to Year 6. These will help our teachers make it really clear what new knowledge, skills and vocab we intend to learn or practise in…
Year 5 Music ‘Shosholoza’.
In Music, Year 5 have been looking at South African music. We've been singing a capella and playing instruments along to the song ‘Shosholoza’, which is a song from those who speak Xhosa.
We've learnt that songs sung in other languages can contain sounds that are unfamiliar to us, like the…
Art in Year 6
Ms Smith, our Subject Leader for Art, assesses the impact of our Art curriculum by speaking to pupils in Year 6. The pupils wanted to share their ideas about art; they talked about their sketchbooks and looked back over the years recalling previous learning about skills and knowledge of…
Time
Year 3 begin their journey back in time to the Stone Age!
We went into our school hall to read our amazing history timeline which we have on display.
I wonder what your ancestors were doing 8,000 years ago?
Year 3 Celebrating our differences
Year 3 got the New Year off to a good start by
celebrating our differences.
In the book New Jumper we learned about welcoming
difference and how that helps us grow as individuals
as well.
Father Christmas visit
Year 2 have had a visit from a very special visitor today - Father Christmas!
Year 5 Computing
Year 5's latest computing lesson explored random number simulation through coding.
Year 5 coded 2 characters' movements and created a scoreboard. If they found any issues, the class could debug their code and get the program to run again smoothly.
Story Time
Year 3 and 5 have finished their stories just in time for Christmas.
Today we shared our stories with each other.