29
Jun
Year 1’s Okra Flower Printing at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
This week, Year 1 enjoyed printing flowers with okra at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden....
Science
29
Jun
Year 6 Science & Sustainability Week Art: Peter Thorpe
In Art this week, Year 6 have been working on their science and sustainability piece inspired by the artist Peter Thorpe. Children explored the artist's use of colour, mark making techniques and composition to create their own space artwork using soft pastels....
28
Jun
Learning about George Washington Carver in Year 2
For Science and Sustainability Week, Year 2 learned about George Washington Carver, a famous scientist who taught farmers to use crop rotation—changing the crops they grow each year—to help keep the soil healthy. He was the first Black student at the University of Iowa and invented over...
22
Jun
Year 2’s Class Assembly: The Wonderful World of Plants!
Year 2 treated us to a fascinating assembly this week, where we found out all about plant adaptation!...
22
Jun
Year 2’s Science and Sustainability Week Art
As part of Science and Sustainability Week, Year 2 explored the fascinating world of seed and plant adaptations and turned their discoveries into works of art. Building on our recent work in Art with clay, we created clay pendants using rolling pins and cookie cutters,...
15
Jun
Year 1’s Leafy Learning at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden!
Year 1 had an exciting time at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden again this week, learning about different leaves and their names. They made observational drawings of leaves and also enjoyed making 'fossils' using clay with leaves. They measured the plants and had lots of fun!...
14
Jun
Year 6 Science: Learning about Electricity
In Science this week, we have been learning about Electricity. We explored the difference between electrical insulators and conductors by creating a circuit using a bulb, wire, aluminium foil, a cell and cotton thread. During the investigation, we were able to notice that aluminium foil could...
08
Jun
Science & Sustainability Club: Renewable and Unrenewable Energy
In Science and Sustainability Club this week, we began our sustainability project. We are going to be learning about sustainable ways to create renewable energy. We started by learning about unsustainable energy and creating complete and incomplete circuits....
24
May
Minibeast Explorers in Reception!
This week, Reception class were challenged to dig up some worms! The children were really proud each time they found a worm and shared their experiences. Then they assembled a wormery too. We checked on it each day. On Friday, all children created their 'minibeast'...
24
May
Year 1’s Minibeast Hunt at Dalston Curve Garden
This week at Dalston Curve Garden, Year 1 were on the hunt for minibeasts. They searched high and low and found lots of wonderful creatures. They really enjoyed learning about their habitats and how to identify the different species. Year 1 are loving this project...