We have been focusing on mindfulness and being aware of our emotions and behaviours. We have been using our calm me script and chime at the beginning of PSHE to bring awareness to our minds and bodies. We have also used our tune in Tuesday...
We have been loving our science topic 'Animals and their Habitats'. We used our researching skills to make comparisons about flowering and non-flowering plants. Did you know the key difference is flowering plants release seeds to reproduce and most non-flowering plants reproduce with spores? We...
In Maths we have been investigating the laws of distributivity and the commutative law in multiplication. We used counters to fine factor pairs for different numbers....
We have loved reading 'Father' by Grahame Baker-Smith this week. We have been exploring character inferences and themes from the story. This week, we have been writing letters in the perspective of the boy to his father after he has left to go to war....
We have made an excellent start to the new year! In English we are looking at the story 'FArTHER' by Grahame Baker Smith. We started off our topic by using expanded noun phrases to describe the characters within the story. We are starting to write...
We have started our new Science topic on 'Living things in their habitats'. We first looked at what vertebrates and invertebrates are and sorted different animals into these categories....
In Art we learnt about Giorgio Moradi, a famous painter who specialised in still life paintings (A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects). We sketched some objects from the kitchen and classroom adding light, medium and dark tones. [gallery ids="4951,4950,4949"]...
We explored still life art and created our own still life drawing based on objects from our school kitchen. We practised shading and tinting with our pencils to show light and dark. The art work is now decorating our classroom, our teacher was very impressed...
In Art, we created our own willow pattern plates. We first drew pictures related to the nativity and then painted around our plates by mixing blue, white and black paint! [gallery ids="4840,4838"]...
We have learnt about Willow pattern art which was designed by an artist named Thomas Minton. You will probably recognise his traditional designs on china plates and bowls; they are still very popular today! The design is known for its blue colour and popular Chinese...