11
May
Year 5 ClimateEd Workshop
This week in our climate workshop, we worked in groups and created a role play about how we can change our eating habits to reduce CO2 emissions....
Science
09
May
Year 3 Science: Do Plants Need Leaves?
In Science, we planned a comparative test to see the function of the leaves on a plant. To test this, we took off all of the leaves on one plant, some of the leaves on another and kept all of the leaves on the last...
09
May
Year 4 Science: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
In science this week, Year 4 were learning about how scientists have classified plants and animals. We learned two new pieces of vocabulary whilst classifying the animals into their groups: invertebrates and vertebrates. We now know that this means that vertebrates have backbones inside their...
09
May
Year 6 Science: Reflection and Periscopes
In science this week, Year 6 have been making periscopes to help them understand the concept of reflection. Children used their understanding of light and mirrors from prior lessons to explore exactly how periscopes make it possible to view things that are not in our...
04
May
Year 1’s First Dalston Curve Garden Trip
This week, Year 1 had the first of their trips to the Dalston Curve Garden. The children thoroughly enjoyed meeting the lovely gardeners who tend to this wonderful local setting. The children explored the gardens, looking at all of the beautiful plants and flowers and...
04
May
Year 2 Science: Eating Healthily
For Family Friday this week, we continued our Science learning about how animals grow and change. We focused especially on humans and what we need to stay healthy and strong. We had fun sorting play food into the five food groups and we looked at...
27
Apr
Year 4’s Amazing Earth Day Art!
For Earth Day, Year 4 used printed paper from around the school to create amazing flowers and under water creatures. Firstly, we painted the paper the colours we wanted. Then, we cut our paper into the shapes we wanted and finally, we stuck the paper...
27
Apr
Year 5’s Earth Day Posters
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....
27
Apr
Year 6’s Earth Day Deforestation Debate
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...
31
Mar
Year 2 Science: The Power of Food!
Over the past two weeks, Year 2 have been learning all about how to keep their bodies healthy with the power of food! We’ve been sorting foods into different groups: dairy, fruits and vegetables, carbohydrates, proteins and sugars. Did you know that beans are a...