17
May
Celebrations in Year 6!
Year 6 celebrate the completion of a successful SATs week with a work out from Joe Wicks and a virtual African dance session. Well done Year 6 for a brilliant week!...
Newsletter 2025 – 26
17
May
Investigating the Speed Salt and Sugar Dissolve in Year 5 Science
In Science this week, we carried out an investigation to answer the question: ‘What makes a difference to how fast salt or sugar dissolves?’ We tested different types of salt, including table salt and rock salt, and different sugars such as icing sugar, demerara sugar,...
17
May
Exploring Sound in Year 4’s Science Lesson
In Science this week, Year 4 have been learning about how sounds are made. We learned that sounds are made through vibration. We explored different sounds and observed what was vibrating and how the sound was made....
17
May
Exploring ‘Oscar’s Lion’ in Year 3
We have been reading the book Oscar’s Lion by Adam Baron. This week, we took turns role playing as Oscar and the lion. We made a list of key events in the story so far and used inference to ask and answer questions in character....
17
May
Year 2 Maths: Learning to Tell the Time
In Maths, the children have been learning how to tell the time to the nearest hour and half past. Using practical clock resources, they explored how the hour and minute hands move and what each position represents. The children enjoyed practising with their own clocks,...
17
May
Year 1 at Dalston Curve Garden – Leaf Discovery Session
Year 1 had a wonderful time at Dalston Curve Garden this week, taking part in a hands‑on session all about leaves. The children began with an exciting leaf hunt, exploring the garden to see just how many different types, shapes and textures they could find....
17
May
Reception Class is Mark Making!
During ‘Friday Fun’, Reception class take turns to draw, using the Tate Modern interactive drawing game. This child has drawn a clearly defined figure with facial features and a beautiful background. This was a wow moment and all the team and class are very proud...
17
May
Nursery Enjoy Planting, Nature and Language Learning
This week, we continued our story Lola Plants a Garden with a real-life planting experience. On Friday, the children began a science experiment by planting beans in cotton balls. We talked about what plants need in order to grow and why plants are so important...
17
May
Animal Boogie Fun in the Two Year Old Room
The children have been very interested in continuing our theme, which has been about animals. To support this the children explored a tuff tray based on The Animal Boogie story and they really enjoyed finding the different animals from the book and recalling them from...
15
May
Gardening Club: Secret Planting Spies!
This week Gardening Club have become Super Secret Planting Spies (shhhh… don’t tell anyone!), with the special job of planting out Aquilegia seeds in their gardens and local environment. They decorated their seed boxes, and have carefully taken them home ready for their mission. If...