On Tuesday, we celebrated World Earth Day. We learned about the importance of taking care of the environment and created posters with interesting facts and information, sharing how we can take care of our world....
To celebrate Earth Day, Year 6 discussed deforestation and whether we believe it should be allowed to continue. In groups, we focused on building a strong rebuttal to defend our points of view. We then explored both posing and opposing views before partaking in a...
This week, we finished reading The Easter Story and explored the celebration further using our small world tray. We read lots of books about Easter, and Spot’s First Easter inspired us to go on an exciting Easter egg hunt in the playground! Along the way, we learned new positional...
This phonics group have done so well at learning new sounds this term! To celebrate, we played a fun game where the children pretended to be the teacher and tested each other, winning cards for being the fastest to say the sounds. It got very...
Last week, Year 2 had a fascinating workshop from London Fire Brigade. They found out how dangerous fire is, and common fire hazards. They learned that they should never play with matches and lighters. They also talked about smoke alarms and how they keep homes...
Year 5 had a visit from London Fire Brigade last week for a workshop which explained how dangerous fire and smoke are, how smoke alarms work and how to make sure they are working properly. They talked about how to make fire escape plans from...
In RE, we have been thinking about important people in the Easter Story. To better understand Mary Magdalene’s role, we listened to her diary entry and then took turns hot seating. In pairs, one person played Mary and other was the interviewer then we swapped....
We consolidated our learning about Holy Week by asking each other, in the form of an interview, which day and ritual (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday) has the greatest impact on a Christian’s life....
In Reception class this week we have focused on the Easter story and continued with the story ‘The Bog Baby’. This included going on a journey to the pond and moulding our own Bog Babies out of salt dough! The children have all thoroughly enjoyed...
In History this week, Year 2 decided whether they would take a golden ticket to travel into space if given the chance. Some pros that we came up with were the experience of low gravity, fulfilling childhood dreams and an interest in science. On the...