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Key Stage 1 & 2

Key Stage 1 & 2

Home > Curriculum  > Teaching & Learning > Key Stage 1 & 2

Key Stage 1 & 2 are made up of pupils from years 1-6.

In Key Stage 1 and 2 the curriculum contains the following subjects (in alphabetical order):

  • Art and Design
  • Citizenship
  • Computing
  • Design and Technology
  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Languages – Spanish at Holy Trinity
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Personal, Social and Health Education
  • Physical Education
  • Religious Education
  • Science

Please click here to learn more about the National Curriculum in Key Stages 1 & 2.

Children are taught to read using Read Write Inc (RWI) which improves our pupils’ skills, fluency and confidence in all aspects of literacy; raises self-esteem, develops social skills and establishes a culture of co-operative learning.

For more information please read the attached RWI quick guide or arrange a visit with your child’s class teacher.

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    Explore ways to stay healthy and safe in Year 1
    In PSHE, Year 1H have been thinking about how to stay healthy and safe. We talked about how it feels to be ill and how other people might care for us. We then create role plays and filmed them using t...
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    Learning about different shapes in Year 4
    In maths, we were learning about perimeter. In this lesson, we used string to measure the distance around different shapes/objects in our class then used a ruler to find out the perimeter.
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    Learning about Ancient Greek cities and states in Year 5
    On Thursday, Year 5 went on an exciting trip to the British Museum. We took part in an interactive workshop where we examined different artefacts and learnt more Ancient Greek city states. We even got...
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    Learning different drum patterns in Year 6
    In music, we learnt about Country and Western Music from USA. Also, learnt a new beat called Tiki Tiki Taka.
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    Identifying colours and foods in Spanish in Year 1
    In our Spanish lesson, year 1 learnt how to sing happy birthday to one of our friends. We also practised identifying colours and saying whether or not we liked to eat particular foods. Finally, we lea...
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    Learning about different countries in Year 2
    In our geography lessons this term we have been learning all about India. This week, we were using secondary sources including maps and the internet to plan a journey from London to a village in India...
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    Learning about cities and villages in Year 2
    In Geography, we learnt about the difference between cities and villages. We looked at a village in India and thought about how it was different to New Delhi which is India’s capital city. We then use...
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    Learning about data in computing in Year 1
    In Computing we have been thinking about data sets and how information can be grouped. We found out that labels are used to help us group objects which are similar. This happens in real life and onlin...
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    Performance Poetry in Year 4
    In year 4 we did performance poetry in writing. We added actions to our performances.
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    Learning about the 'Stone age" in Year 3
    As part of  our history topic Year 3 went to Hackney Museum. We did four workshops where we learnt about how Hackney was during the Stone Age.
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    Using manipulatives to understand column subtraction in Year 3
    In Maths, we have been learning column subtraction. We used the manipulative app to help us when regrouping from hundred to tens.
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    Year 5 Full STEAM Ahead Project
    Year 5 had an exciting visit from the Full STEAM Ahead project. We were given a team challenge: to engineer a float made of only straws, paper and sellotape that would hold as many coins as possible w...
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    Exploring the voltage in circuits in Year 6
    In Science, we compared the voltage of different batteries to see if we could make the brightest bulb.
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    Creating storyboards for playscripts in Year 4
    In Writing, we created a storyboard plan to help us with writing our own play scripts!
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    Having conversations about ourselves in Spanish in Year 4
    In Spanish, we have been learning how to hold conversations about ourselves. We walked around the classroom sharing information about us in Spanish!
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    Making different amounts with coins in Year 2
    In Maths, we have been learning about money. Here we are adding coins together to make different amounts.
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    Exploring the Last Supper in Year 2
    In RE, we thought about how Jesus was feeling before and during the 'Last Supper'. We looked at how symbols and images can teach us about the Easter story. We wrote diary entries from Jesus’ point of ...
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    Counting in 5's using resources in Year 1
    In Maths, we have been learning to count efficiently in 5s. Firstly we learnt how to count orally in 5s. We paid close attention to the rhythm of the count and noticed a pattern as we moved past 20. A...
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    Discussing our likes and dislikes in Spanish in Year 1
    In Spanish this week 1H have been talking about their likes and dislikes using 'me gusta' and 'no me gusta.' We learnt a silly song about delicious and disgusting food combinations to help us remember...
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    Classifying different animal diets in Year 1 Science
    In Science we have been practising the skill of classifying. We talked about how different animals have different diets and used the terms herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore to describe them.
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    Bikeability training in Year 5
    Some of our Year 5 children took part in Bikeability training. They had a fantastic time, learnt a great deal and even rode all the way to London fields!
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    Creating stain glass windows in Year 2
    In RE , we have been looking at the different symbols that represent Easter. We thought about what symbols are and how we can learn from these images. We then used these images to create our own stain...
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    Categorising animal groups in Year 1 Science
    In Science we have been looking at the diets of different animals around the world. We learnt that we can categorise the animals into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores by finding out what they eat....
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    Exploring circuits and their functions in Year 6 Science
    In science we explored the different components of a circuit and their functions. Here we are making simple circuits.
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    Making electrical circuits in Year 4 Science
    In science, we are learning about electricity. In this lesson, we constructed our own circuits that we will use for our experiment next week!
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    Writing play scripts in Year 4
    In writing we are writing play scripts based on tales of Anansi the Spider. Here we are putting on a show based on the book Tiger Soup.
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    Learning how to keep our bodies and minds healthy in Year 2 PSHE
    In our PSHE topic of ‘Healthy ME’, this week we have been learning how to relax our bodies and minds to keep ourselves healthy. Here we are practising rainbow breaths!
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    Bollywood dancing with author Puneet Bhandal in Year 3
    For World Book Week, we went to the library to listen to Puneet Bhandal talk about her new book ‘Starlet Rivals’. We then did some Bollywood dancing with her.
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    Information posters on our favourite book characters in Year 6
    For World Book Week, we created our own information sheets based on our favourite book character or author. Here's the footballer and author Marcus Rashford!
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    Mathematicians visit to the Guildhall city of London in Year 5
    This week 4 mathematicians from Year 5 represented Holy Trinity at the Guildhall city of London. A level students from Christs Hospital Independent School helped all the challengers solve puzzles and ...
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    Creating friendship group 'concircles' for PSHE in Year 4
    This week in PSHE, we had a discussion about the different friendship groups we have formed, how we fit into them and the friends we value the most and why. Our activity was to created friendship grou...
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    Map skills and exploring the culture of St Lucia in Year 4
    In Geography we started exploring the Caribbean. We identified countries using maps and started to learn all about the culture of St Lucia.
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    Year 1 reporting for 'HT News' about the Ten Commandments
    In RE we got into character as Moses and a news reporter for 'HT News.' We thought about the story from Exodus 19 in which God delivers the Ten Commandments to Moses. The news reported asked Moses que...
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    Singing 'The Grand Old Duke of York' in Year 2 with Mr Cook
    In Singing this week, we have been learning ‘The Grand old Duke of York’ with Mr Cook. We had lots of fun learning actions and challenged ourselves by doing opposite actions for words!
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    Exploring the theme of 'Grace' in the story of 'Noah's Ark' in Year 2
    In RE this week, Year 2 have been learning about the story of Noah’s Ark. We have focussed on the theme of ‘grace’. We know that grace is about giving people a second chance and showing forgiveness....
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    Exploring the Ten Commandments in Year 1
    In R.E this week we took a closer look at each of Ten Commandments and thought about how important they are to our society today. We also discussed at length what each of the commandments relates to a...
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    Learning about different sewing stitches in Year 4
    Our focus this term in Art is textiles. In this lesson, we were learning how to sew. We were practising how to do 2 different stitches: back and running stitching
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    Creating embroidery pencil cases in Year 4
    In 4T we have been creating pencil cases using applique and embroidery. Here we are researching varying patterns on different textiles.
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    Designing and making cards in design and technology in Year 2
    During art and design technology, we have been exploring how we different pop up techniques for cards. We have loved trying different ways to affect and strengthen  paper. Here is one of our students ...
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    Writing setting descriptions and discussing characters in Year 3
    We have been learning to write a setting description. We did a drama activity where we said the thoughts and feelings of the main character from the book ‘Cloud Tea Monkeys’.
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    Calculating equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages in Year 6
    We learnt all about fractions, decimals and percentages. We were able to compare and order by converting to equivalent units. Can you find out what decimal and fraction is equivalent to 67%?
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    Fruit and vegetables printmaking in Year 1
    We have been learning all about printmaking in Art. We have been looking at artists such as Garima Dhawan and Alma Thomas who created wonderful pieces of artwork using printing techniques. This pictur...
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    Making Easter and Spring cards in Year 2
    In DT, we have been learning about and making pop-up mechanisms. Our final pieces were a collection of Easter and Spring cards which we have really enjoyed making. We used our cutting skills to help u...
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    Designing wallpaper in Year 1
    During our Design and Technology lessons Year 1 have been focusing on the skill of printing. Our finished product will be a wallpaper sheet created using CAD. Inspired by Alma Thomas' 'Resurrection' w...
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    Baking muffins in Design Technology in Year 5
    For Design Technology week, Year 5 designed, researched and baked our own muffins. We spent the week taste testing, researching recipes and combining ingredients.
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    Addition with Dienes in Year 1
    In Year 1, we have been learning how the tens and ones structure can be used to support addition calculations. The children used dienes and part-whole models to practice adding groups of 10s and 1s to...
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    Stretchy learning in Year 1
    In PSHE, Year 1 have been thinking about 'stretchy learning.'  First we stretched up as high as we could, standing on our tiptoes. We learnt that our bodies are very stretchy and that we learn new thi...
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    Calculating fractions of an amount in Year 2
    In our Maths lessons we have been learning about fractions. We started with learning fractions of shapes and are now moving on to finding fractions of numbers.
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    Exploring mircohabitats in Year 2
    In Science, we have been learning about microhabitats. We made our own minibeast hotels to see if minibeasts would like to live in a made habitat or whether they would prefer their own naturally occur...
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    Learning the Spanish names for fruit through song in Year 3
    In Spanish we have extended our vocabulary and learnt how to say the names of different fruits.
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    Exploring animal classification in Year 4
    In Year 4 in Science, we have been learning about animal classification. We did an interactive quiz to consolidate our learning.
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    Writing letters from the perspective of Nelson Mandela in Year 4
    In Writing, we were exploring the use of fronted adverbials to help us write letters from the perspective of Nelson Mandela.
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    Exploring the layers of a forest garden in Year 5
    Year 5 met up with the edible garden and slaters institute to continue our submission for the wild city project. We learnt about the different layers of a forest garden and investigated our current ou...
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    Creating Spanish songs in Year 6
    In Spanish we have been devising our own songs. The lyrics are based on all the things we like, which are translated into Spanish.
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    Working through Real Life Scenarios in Year 4
    In PSHE , we were given different scenarios to act out in groups. We had to show how we could overcome disappointment and how we could remain hopeful despite life’s challenges.
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    Year 2, Exploring the Tower of London
    We went on a school trip the the Tower of London. We learnt more about the Great Fire of London and we got to explore our city and the tower itself. We even got to see the Crown Jewels which was such ...
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    Creating Christingles in Year 2
    In RE this week, we reminded ourselves about what a Christingle represents and the message behind the Christingles. We really enjoyed making our Christingles and using them in the Christingle service ...
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    Writing Balanced Arguments in Year 4
    In 4T we published our balanced arguments by recording them as speeches. We used formal language and formal tone. You could’ve mistaken us for newsreaders!
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    Building our Knowledge of Buddhism in Year 6
    In year 6  we visited London Buddhist Centre. We learnt all about how Buddhists in East London live and practice their faith.
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    Fascinating Forces Facts in Year 5
    In science we have been investigating forces. Today we investigated the size of a canopy and the effect it has on the rate of descent. We saw how air resistance and gravity are opposing forces. Ask us...
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    Artwork inspired by Frida Kahlo in Year 1
    We have been learning all about fantastically great women who have changed the world. In our immersion lessons, we have been thinking about the life and achievements of Frida Kahlo. We enjoyed learnin...
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    Creating cohesion in writing in Year 6
    In Year 6, we have learnt about how we can create cohesion using punctuation marks. Have a look at our sentences we helped each other to create!
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    Using cubes to explore volume in Year 5
    In Maths, we are learning about measuring volume of cuboids. We used 1cm x 1cm x 1cm cubes to make different shapes. Make sure you ask what volume is and what units of measure can be used to measure ...
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    Using 'fronted adverbials' in our writing in Year 4
    In Writing, we are learning all about fronted adverbials and how they can bring cohesion to our balanced arguments.
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    Creating animal classification posters in Year 4
    In Science this term, our topic is 'Living Things and their Habitats'. In this week's lesson, we did research on the different groups animals can be classified into and created posters.
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    Year 3 Stone Age trip to the Hackney Museum
    As part of our History topic on life during the Stone Age, Year 3 went to the Hackney museum on a trip. We took part in three workshops where we learnt about life in Hackney during this period. We cre...
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    Exploring the Jewish celebration of Shabbat in Year 1
    In RE, we have been learning about the Jewish celebration of Shabbat. We learnt how to say the traditional Jewish Shabbat blessing of 'Shabbat Shalom!' We also discovered that many Jewish people belie...
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    Exploring the Jewish of Sukkot in Year 2
    In RE this week, we have learn about another Jewish celebration called “Sukkot”. Sukkot is a celebration of Harvest and thanking God for providing for the Jews when they were in the desert.
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    Making a dragon trap in Year 2!
    This writing cycle we will be writing instructions on how to trap a dragon! For our first lesson, we followed Pie Corbett’s instructions and made a dragon trap and caught lots of cheeky dragons. We al...
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    Learning about our dreams and goals
    Our topic this term in PSHE is dreams and goals. Last week we set ourselves a goal and in our lesson this week we have been thinking about the steps that would help us climb the ladder to success.
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    Learning our 5 times tables in Year 2
    In maths, year 2 have been putting their knowledge of 5 times table to the test. We have used our multiplication skills to learn about 5 minute intervals on the clock.
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    Discovering the natural world in Year 1
    Year 1 had a brilliant time at the Natural History Museum this Monday! We were thrilled to explore many elements of the Natural World including dinosaurs, the animal kingdom, volcanoes, earthquakes an...
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    Learning about trees and animal classification in Year 4
    In Science we have been learning about classification trees. We created our own to classify different types of sweets and will eventually be using the skills we have learned to classify animals.
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    Discussing disappointments and solving them in Year 4
    In PSHE , we had a discussion about broken dreams and disappointment. We explored different strategies we can use to deal with and overcome disappointment through discussing different relatable scenar...
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    Learning about bio diversity in Year 5
    Year 5 visited Salters institute as part of the wild city project we entered last term. We learnt from the edible garden company about bio diversity, different soil types and about how the microorgani...
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    Space discovery in Year 3
    This week we went to the Science museum on a trip. We walked through the space gallery and learnt all  about the different forces used when astronauts go int space.
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    Discovering Dinosaurs in Year 1
    Year 1 went on a trip to the Natural History Museum. We learnt all about different types of Dinosaurs and birds throughout world history. We loved learning lots of facts and we even completed an inter...
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    Lino printing in the style of William Morris in Year 6
    In Year 6, we created our own prints based on William Morris’s artwork. Here we are carving our designs on linoleum. Keep a lookout for our finished work which will be displayed by the hall.
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    Tessellation collages in the style of M. C. Escher in Year 3
    In Art we have created our own stencils. We then used these to create tessellation collages in the style of M. C. Escher.
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    Creating printing blocks in Art in Year 4
    In Art this week, we are doing block printing. In this lesson we were designing our patterns onto cardboard.
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    Year 4's trip to the London Museum of Docklands
    In Year 4 we went on a trip to London Museum of Docklands to research all about our new topic of Empire for History and Geography. Ask us what we found out about on our trip!
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    Comparing character descriptions in the BFG in Year 3
    In Writing, we were immersing ourselves into our new book, The BFG. We talked about how characters can look one way on the outside but on the inside be different to what we expected. Here we are match...
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    Creating a dragon world in Year 2 inspired by 'Tell me a Dragon' by Jackie Morris
    Dragons spotted in America! We started our writing topic based on the book ‘Tell me a dragon’ by Jackie Morris by imagining there were sightings of dragons in America. To entice the dragons back where...
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    Printing inspired by Orla Kiely and Hana Getachew in Year 2
    In Art this week, we have started our new topic of printing. We were inspired by Orla Kiely and Hana Getachew and have practiced our repeating patterns using different materials. We will display our f...
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    Our first Spanish lesson in Year 1
    We recently had our first ever Spanish lesson in year 1! We met a new teacher called Senor Enrique and he taught us how to say hello and good afternoon in Spanish. Additionally, he also taught us two ...
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    Investigating Jewish artefacts in Year 1
    In RE this term Year 1 will be learning about and from Judaism. We will use the skill of analysis to think about what it is like to live life as a Jew. This week we loved unwrapping the special Jewish...
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    Dancing the final night away
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    Learning how to look after our bikes
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    Farming is messy work!
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    Night Geotagging
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    Preparing dinner together
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    Using a flint to light a fire
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    Archery upon arrival
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    Newspaper report filming in Year 5
    Lights..camera...action! Hello and welcome to HT Year 5 News. This week we have been hard at work planning and filming news reports investigating the challenges people face living in the slums of Roci...
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    Suitcase Stories Workshop at Hackney Museum in Year 1
    On our trip to the Hackney Museum, Year 1 took part in the suitcase stories workshop. We had to be detectives and look at the artefacts inside the suitcases to figure out who owned them. We enjoyed di...
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    Trip to Hackney Museum in Year 1
    We went on a school trip to Hackney Museum. We began our trip with a winter walk through London Fields and talked about the icy fields. This helped us discuss the differences between the seasons - our...
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    Exploring the impact of exercise on our heart rate in Year 6
    In Year 6, we have looked at the impact that exercise has on our heart rate. We all did star jumps for a minute. Destiny and Amiyah can do 65 star jumps in a minute. How can you do and how does your b...
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    Participating in the Reindeer Run in Year 4
    Year 4 were so proud of how many laps we completed in our Reindeer Run! We ran for such a great cause!
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    Exploring the differences between Kenya and the UK in Year 2
    In Geography this week, we have completed our learning on our topic of Kenya. We have been answering the question what are the differences between Kenya and the UK?
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    Observing changes in weather in Year 2
    Snow in December! We were very excited to see the snow this week and had lots of fun playing together! We have also been observing the changes in the snow as it has turned from soft snow to ice.
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    Hotseating the man on the moon in Year 4
    In our Writing lessons, we were exploring the thoughts and feelings of the main character from the John Lewis Christmas advert, Man on the Moon. A few of us took on the persona of the main character w...
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    Skeleton experiment in Year 3
    In Science, we have been learning about how our skeleton supports our body and protects our organs. We did an experiment using card and wrapping it around our arm and see if we could write our names. ...
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    Maths in Year 1
    This week we were learning all about consecutive numbers. Using a 10 frame and counters we found out that consecutive numbers such as 6 and 7 always have a difference of one. This helped us to complet...
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    Writing play scripts in Year 3
    In our writing we have been learning about play scripts, using dialogue, directions and play scripts punctuation.
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    Creating Christmas Decorations in Year 3
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    Peaceful wishes for Christmas in Year 4
    In Year 5  as part of  our Christmas door display we made peaceful wishes for Christmas.
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    Learning about food chains and biomes in Year 4
    In science, we were learning about food chains and the biomes. Our chosen biome was Grassland. We researched plants and animals adapted to grassland and created our own food chains!
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    Story writing about 'The Hackney Martian' in Year 1
    In Writing we have been focusing on the picture fiction text 'The Hackney Martian.' With the help of a story map we have been making up our own version of the tale. We have used big bold actions and l...
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    Learning multiplication and division in year 2
    In mathematics to begin our unit of learning on multiplication and division we have been exploring the difference between equal and unequal groups and thinking about the vocabulary we can use when exp...
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    Visit to the Sea life Aquarium with Year 2
    Year 2 went on an exciting school trip to the Sea-life Aquarium. We had such a great time looking at different aquatic animals and learning about them. We also enjoyed seeing the view looking over to ...
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    Story writing about Mog's Christmas calamity in year 2
    In writing, we have been looking at our new focus story, Mog’s Christmas Calamity. In on of our writing lessons, we created freeze frames of different parts of the story to create a story plan for our...
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    Making maps of our local area in Year 6
    In Year 6 during our Geography lesson, we created sketch maps of our local area. Can you spot our school?
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    Creating a Winter Toy Shop in Year 5
    Our theme for 'Christmas door day' was inspired by old toy shops in Winter. We made nutcrackers, dolls, spinning tops and rocking horses.
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    Paintings of Mary and Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem in Year 2
    In Art this week, we have been creating Christmas crafts. Here you can see us create beautiful depictions of Mary and Joseph travelling from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
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    Creating scratch paintings in Year 4
    In our Art sessions, we have created scratch painting of stars for our Advent art.
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    Creating Christmas cards in Year 3
    In Year 3, we have been getting into the Christmas spirit. We were creating Christmas cards and crafts.
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    Learning about weather in Spanish in Year 4
    In Spanish we are looking at the weather. Test us on how to say the different types of weather!
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    Exploring what 'Peace' means to us in Year 4
    In RE this week, we are learning about 'peace'. We had a discussion about what peace means to us then drew our own peace symbols in our books!
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    Exploring healthy eating in Year 3
    In Science we have been learning about healthy eating. Did you know that there are five different food groups? We worked together to put the right foods in the correct food groups.
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    Hygiene experiment in Year 2
    In our Science topic of 'Animals including Humans', we have been learning about how humans can survive and keep their body and minds healthy. We have been observing over time whether or not washing ou...
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    Hot seating Mary and Joseph about parenting in Year 1
    In RE this term, we have been thinking about what makes each character in the Christmas story important. This week we got in role as Mary and Joseph and took part in a hot seating activity. Our peers ...
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    Retelling the Nativity story in Year 1
    In R.E we looked at the Nativity Story and thought about Mary and Joseph. We discussed how they must have felt when Mary was visited by the Angel Gabriel. Afterwards, we undertook hot seating so the c...
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    Addition and Subtraction - Bridging 10's in Year 3
    In Maths we have been learning how to add and subtract bridging 10s. We used dienes to help us learn how to add two digit to three digit numbers.
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    Doing experiments about the use of our teeth in Year 4
    In science, we were learning about the different types of human teeth and their functions. We did an experiment to see which teeth (incisor, canine or molar) we use to eat popcorn, apples and raisins!
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    Taking part in citizenship day in Year 6
    In year 6 we visited the Forest Road Hub to take part in a citizenship day. We had talks from London Fire Brigade, The Metropolitan Police, TFL, dental hygienists and local road safety workers.
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    Learning about different technology in Year 2
    In computing this week, we learnt about where IT is. We thought about whether IT was only inside or whether it could be outside as well. Here, you can see us labelling different pieces of IT as indoor...
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    Learning about the lifecycle of a plant in Year 5
    In science we have been learning about the life cycle of flowering plants. We were looking at cuttings that show how some plants reproduce asexually. We will be growing a spider plant from cuttings o...
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    Creating digital pictures of ourselves on the iPad in Year 1
    In computing this week we have been learning what a keyboard is for and how to use one. We practised writing our names in text boxes on the Pages app and then drew digital pictures of ourselves.
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    Counting in 2's, 5's and 10's in Year 2
    In our topic of place value, we have been practicing counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and looking for patterns within them all. We were using numicon, beads and picture representations.
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    Finishing the Trip to Ufton with a Positive Note
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    Making and describing famous London landmarks in Year 1
    In Writing this week, we have been learning all about the wonderful city of London. We have been discussing and writing about famous landmarks in London. In this picture the children worked together t...
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    Mastering the Low Ropes Course at Ufton Court
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    Road Safety videos using iMovie in Year 6
    In year 6 we were exploring our computing skills. We created a trailer using the iMovie app, to remind children of the importance of Road Safety. It also included what they would like it to look like ...
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    Exploring how to round numbers in Year 4
    In Maths we were looking at rounding to whole numbers, we were also looking at rounding to tenths and hundredths.
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    Bullying circle time in Year 3
    During PSHE we were discussing bullying. We had circle time to discuss what to do if you see someone looking lonely or upset on the playground.
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    Learning about the Holy Trinity with Rev Laura in Year 2
    We have been learning about our school name and why it is important. We had a very special visitor come in and answer our questions. If you would like to find out more please come along to our class a...
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    Learning how to write questions in Year 1
    Our Geography focus this term is our very own city; London! In Writing we were excited to learn about the range of jobs that people do in London. We then learnt about the question mark and how it is u...
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    Using the method of 'adjustment' to add in Year 3
    In Maths we have been adding 3 digit numbers using the method of adjustment. We worked with partners at the beginning of the week to get familiar with this method.
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    Rivers research in Year 4
    In writing, we worked in groups and used our iPads to research information on rivers. This helped us to prepare us for writing our own information text.
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    Life on the Farm at Ufton Court
    We are in charge of feeding the goats and pigs. ...
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    Journey stories inspired by 'Meerkat Mail' by Emily Gravett in Year 2
    In Writing this week we have started a new story called “Meerkat Mail”. We will be using this book as a starting point to writing our own journey stories. We will write journey stories based on our ow...
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    Balancing in Year 3 Gymnastics
    In PE we have been learning gymnastics. We worked in groups on balancing.
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    Learning how to keep our body healthy and strong in Year 1
    In PSHE this week we learnt about the different food groups. We discussed how it is important to have a balanced diet in order to keep our mind and bodies strong and healthy. Following this, we used p...
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    Working as a team and constructing bridges in Year 6
    In PSHE, we took part in an activity where we needed to create different bridges. Each of us had a different role. This was to highlight our individual importance and teamwork.
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    Celebrating our talents with the Arsenal football club in Year 4
    In PSHE this term, we are taking part in a social action project with Arsenal football club. This week we discussed the importance of recognising and celebrating each other’s talents.
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    Learning how to do scientific experiments in Year 2
    In science we have begun our new topic where we will be learning about animals including humans. We started by creating an experiment that we can examine over time. We have bagged up some bread and we...
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    Learning about the 'Trinity' in Year 2
    In RE we have been learning about the Holy Trinity. We created different ways to represent the 3 in 1 and 1 in 3. We will present our learning at our upcoming year 2 class assembly. Our assembly will ...
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    Studying and naming the world's rivers in Year 4
    In Humanities we became Geographers and studied world rivers. We can name the longest on each continent.
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    Creating a wisdom tree in PSHE in Year 5
    In PSHE we were exploring the definition of wisdom. We created a wisdom tree with proverbs and personal wisdom from our parents, religions or sayings we have heard at home.
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    Selling fruit and learning how to calculate in Year 1
    We have been learning how to calculate working with our partners. We were shop keepers in the fruit shop and we were selling fruit then calculating the difference between how many we started with and ...
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    Learning balancing skill in gymnastics in Year 3
    In PE we have been going gymnastics. We worked in partners and groups learning to balance in different ways.
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    Understanding 'addend' and 'sum' in Maths in Year 1
    In Maths this week we have been learning how to add two groups together to find the total. We learnt that the number of objects in each group is called an 'addend' and that when we combine the addends...
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    Making greeting cards in Graphics lessons in Year 3
    This week during Art we have been learning all about design. We designed the cover of a greetings card in our sketchbooks and are making them on our iPads.
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    Cracking the feature code in Year 5
    In Writing, we are writing an information text about the big book of beasts. We identified the features and purpose of features in informational texts. Ask us what parenthesis is and why we use it!
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    Making pop up books in Year 4
    This week in Design Technology we have been exploring different mechanisms to design and make our own pop up books.
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    Singing and dancing to music from the Caribbean in Year 3
    In Music this week we were listening and moving to music from the Caribbean. Here are some pictures of us moving to a ‘follow the leader’ style of song.
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    Making salt dough in Year 2
    In our DT topic this term we have been learning to cook! Today we practised our weighing, cutting and rolling skills whilst making salt dough! We will be cooking our very own no bake rocky road by the...
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    Exploring Butterfly Lifecycles in Year 2
    In Writing this week, Year 2 have started a new writing cycle based around the story “Tadpole’s Promise”. To help us to understand the story better, we refreshed our knowledge of frog and butterfly li...
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    Making healthy smoothies in Year 1
    In Food Technology we have been thinking about the health benefits of smoothies. We are excited to make a smoothie at the end of the week. During this lesson we practised the skill of describing foods...
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    Kandinsky inspired artwork in Year 1
    In our Art lessons we have been inspired by the work of Kandinsky. We have been using different shapes and lines to make our own abstract art. We also used this lesson to look at the origins of differ...
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    Superhero magnet challenge in Year 1
    This week Year 1 arrived at their Science lesson to find some trapped superheroes! Each of the superheroes had a mystery material attached to them.We had to name the object and the material it was mad...
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    St Paul's Cathedral trip in Year 2
    Last week, Year 2 visited St Paul’s Cathedral for a guided visit. We learned all about the history of the building and found out some very interesting facts too! We had a lovely time and we’re very ...
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    Using 'Storyteller voices' in Year 2
    In Reading this week, we have been practicing our "storyteller voices". We have been sharing stories with each other so that we can practice reading with intonation in our voices, making what we are r...
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    Exploring the permeability, durability and density of rocks in Year 3
    In Science, we have been investigating the properties of rocks. We tested the permeability, durability and density of a range of rocks.
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    Debating why Stonehenge was built in Year 3
    This week we have been learning about Stonehenge in our History lessons. We learnt how and when Stonehenge was made and then debated why it was built with the other year 3 class.
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    Exploring how to keep a 'Positive Classroom' in Year 4
    In PSHE this week, we had a discussion about how important a positive classroom environment is and how we can help to create it individually and collectively. Together with our teacher, we created our...
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    Performance poetry in Year 4
    In Year 4 in our writing, we analysed poetry and put on some amazing performances. Next we will be writing our own and performing them.
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    Testing materials for their solubility in Year 5
    Year 5 tested their scientific skills by conducting an experiment into which materials were soluble in water and which were insoluble. They diligently recorded their results for coffee, tea, sand, flo...
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    Exploring the parts of the human eye in Year 6
    As part of our light topic, Year 6 have been learning about the human eye. We created posters to show the different part of the human eye.
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    Learning about inspiring scientists in Year 2
    For our black history month celebration, we have been learning about significant black innovators from the past and present. We thought about who we were inspired to be like when we grew. Lots of chil...
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    Writing persuasive letters from someone else's point of view in Year 4
    We have been exploring the book ‘Emmanuel’s Dream’, an inspiring story about a young boy born with one deformed leg who later became a cyclist, riding an astonishing 400 miles across Ghana! This week ...
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    Using Ten Frames to understand number up to 10 in Year 1
    In Maths, we have been learning about the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. We have been working to understand how these numbers are made up of 5 and a part more. In this picture the children were playing nu...
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    Retelling the stories of Queen Yaa Asentewaa in Year 5
    In our class assembly, we retold the stories of Queen Yaa Asentewaa and Queen Amina based on our Black History Month learning.
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    Exploring Black innovators in History in Year 2
    We have been learning about different black innovators from history and from now. We have been inspired by these people and we have been looking at them as different role models. Thank you to everyone...
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    Body percussion in Year 1
    This week in Music we listened to a range of songs such as Cool in the Gang's 'Celebration' and tapped along using body percussion. We were asked to respond to the way that the music made us feel and ...
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    Team building challenge in Year 3
    In PHSE, we were learning about teamwork. We discussed why teams are necessary and what makes a good team. We then completed the challenge of making the tallest tower out of newspaper and masking tape...
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    Using digital Cuisenaire rods to explain mathematical thinking in Year 5
    In Year 5, we practiced using Cuisenaire rods to explore additive structures.
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    Exploring and experimenting with perimeter on our iPads in Year 3
    In Maths, we have been using our measuring, converting and adding skills to find the perimeter of shapes. We had some fun using our iPads to make different shapes with the same perimeter.
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    Maya Angelou poetry in Year 4
    We explored the poetry of Maya Angelou for Black History Month. We annotated her poems in groups and put on performances which we hope you’ll enjoy during our culture evening.
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    Debating 'Is Junk Food Suitable for Children?' in Year 4
    In Writing, we are looking into persuasive techniques to prepare us for writing a letter next week. To prepare us for this, we took part in a class debate. Our topic was: Is junk food suitable for chi...
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    Ashanti inspired artwork in Year 2
    We started a new writing cycle in Year 2, we have been learning about traditional tales from across the world. Our focus book is ‘Anansi the spider- A take from the Ashanti ’ by Gerald McDermott, to i...
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    Numberbonds challenges in Year 2
    In Maths, we have used our knowledge of number bonds to 10 to help us add larger numbers. We have been proving that if the ones stay the same in the addition part of a number sentence, they will be th...
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    Using Numicon to show part-whole models in Year 1
    In Maths we have been working together to correctly identify the missing number in our part-whole models. We learnt how to use the information we have been given to solve the problems. In this picture...
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    Creating artwork showcasing Black sporting heroes in Year 6
    We have created silhouette art work based on different Black sporting heroes. You will be able to see our finished pieces at the Cultural evening next week.
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    Being political activists in Year 3
    We have been learning about political activists for Black History Month. We thought of our own slogans and began making placards.
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    Whole body listening in Year 1
    In PSHE, we have been having lots of fun exploring what it means to do 'whole body listening.' We acted out what great and not so good listening looks like. We realised that good listening is not just...
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    Exploring 4 digit Numbers in Year 4
    We are exploring 4 digit numbers in Maths. We broke them down and are now rounding them to different place values!
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    Rewards and Consequences in Year 2
    In PSHE, we have been learning about rewards and consequences. We then created our own postcards to send home for when we have earned a reward. Hopefully you'll get to see a postcard home soon!
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    Christians beliefs about creation in Year 1
    In RE this week we have been thinking about the Christian creation story and considering how Christians believe we should look after God's creation. We thought about how toys come with instructions an...
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    Measuring in centimetres and millimetres In Year 3
    Year 3 have been learning about measurements in Maths. We all made estimation on the length of things in the classroom using cm and metres and then checked to see if our estimations were accurate.
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    Year 4 identifying multiples of 1000
    In year 4 we worked in groups to explain what rounding is. We used our whiteboards to identify which multiples of 1000 come before and after the numbers 1321, 2815, 3400 and 8580 which helped us to cr...
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    Forgiveness in Religious Education in Year 2
    In our RE lessons this term we have been learning all about the Lord’s Prayer and what it means to Christians. This week we discussed what forgiveness means and thought about why and how we can forgiv...
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    Headings and subheadings in Year 3
    In writing we have been learning about headings and subheadings. We did a non fiction jigsaw  to match the headings and subheadings in the correct places.
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    Year 6 working with Year 2 writing about Walter Tull
    Year 6 supported children in year 2 during their writing lesson. Year 2 have been writing fantastic information texts based on Walter Tull. The children spent time reading over the information texts a...
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    Writing Viking Runes in Year 3
    In Writing, we have been learning about Viking runes to begin our new writing cycle where we will write an information text about The Vikings. We decoded the Viking runes and wrote our names and a sec...
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    Investigating which material would make the best raincoat in Year 2
    In Science we have been testing different materials. We explored our enquiry question "what material would make a suitable raincoat?". We tested each material's flexibility, water resistance and opaci...
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    Using dienes to explore place value in Year 3
    In Maths this week we started off by consolidating our place value of hundred, tens and ones, before moving on to using this knowledge to help us add and subtract.
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    Investigating waterproof materials in Year 2
    In our Science learning this half term we have been exploring materials. This week we were investigating the suitability of different materials for a rain coat. We thought about lots of different fact...
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    Materials hunt in Year 1
    Our topic in Science is 'Everyday materials' and we have been using the skill of classifying and sorting. We looked at a range of objects and tried to sort them into groups based on their properties. ...
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    Raisin dance investigation in Year 4
    In Science we have been investigating the properties of solids, liquids and gases. We used raisins to make them 'dance' as the gas in the fizzy water made the solid move with the bubbles.
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    Beowulf freezeframes in Year 5
    We have been writing our own Beowulf tale! We used our drama and narration skills to act out scenes from Beowulf and the Sea-hag. When we froze the narrator retold the story and the actors had to act ...
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    Viking hunt in Year 6
    In History, we began our new topic based on The Vikings. To understand the importance of Viking longships, we played a detective hunt game. Here we used clues, coupled with the unique design to recrea...
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    Ready to read in Year 1!
    We have continued exploring our new learning environment. We have been thinking about how we can be ready, respectful and safe whilst visiting the book corner. We love reading especially to our lovely...
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    Weighing ice and water experiment in Year 4
    This half term we are looking at 'changes of matter 'in Science. We did an experiment to see if the weight of ice changes when it melts to water. Ask us what the results were!
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    Exploring multiples of 100 in Year 4
    In our Maths lessons, we have been exploring different strategies we can use to add multiples of 100. We used different practical resources to help us.
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    Thinking about worries and wishes in Year 2
    In PSHE, we have been thinking about our worries and wishes for the year ahead. We have spoken about how to deal with worries and when is the right time to share them. Our wishes for the year ahead in...
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    Stone age information text year 6
    We completed information texts based on the Stone Age that we shared with Year 3 children. Look at our neat handwriting.
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    Exploring footballer Walter Tull's timeline in Year 2
    In History we have been learning about timelines. We thought about what it means to be a significant person in history and learnt about our significant person Walter Tull.
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    Digging up history in Year 3!
    In our History lessons we have been learning about 'prehistory' and how we know information about the Stone Age. We all became archaeologists and discovered different artefacts from the Stone Age.
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    Looking at artefacts from the Stone age to Iron age year 3
    In history we started off our new topic of ‘From Stone Age to the Iron age’ by becoming archeological and digging for artefacts that will teach us about prehistory.
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    Comparing number in year 1
    In Maths we have been looking at how to use the greater than, less than and equal symbols to compare groups of objects. In this picture, the children were rolling a dice and then adding the number of ...
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    Using cubes to make number sentences in Year 1
    In our Maths learning this week, we have been using a variety of concrete materials such as dice and cubes to create number sentences which add 3 add ends together. We have also really enjoyed working...
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    Oil pastel artwork inspired by David Hockney and Görkem Dikel in Year 2
    We have been practicing our Art skills. We have been shading and creating tone with different types of pencils. We have also learnt about different techniques that we can use with oil pastels which ha...
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    Using everyday objects to compare quantities in Year 1
    What a fantastic first week we have had settling into Year 1! During our Maths lessons we have been practising the skill of comparing quantities and measures. Here we are comparing the weight of objec...
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    Chariot races in Year 4
    In Writing, we are exploring a new book - 'Romans on the Rampage'. To immerse ourselves into the book, we pretended to be Romans and took part in a chariot race on the playdeck!
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    Exploring measures in Year 4
    We have been looking at the number 1000. We have used different types of measures to explore the number, looking at capacity, length and mass.
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    Experimenting with shade and tint in Year 1
    In Art, we have been looking at how to use shade and tint to change the colours we use when painting. In this picture, the children are using the watercolours to experiment with adding those technique...
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    Creature character descriptions in Year 5
    We have been writing a character description of a vile creature from the myth of Beowulf. In groups we created our own mythical creatures by drawing a part of the creature each.
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    Using Gattegno charts for Maths in Year 6
    In Maths, we used a Gattegno Chart to help us understand the powers of 10. This chart is extremely useful in helping us decompose numbers.
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    Creating washes with watercolours in Year 3
    In Art we have been learning new techniques with water colours. We did a watercolour wash, blending colours together to create different mood effects. This will help us when making our backgrounds of ...
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    Watercolour paintings inspired by Paul Klee in Year 3
    In our Art lessons, we have been developing our watercolour skills. We have been using white, grey and black to add tint, tone and shade to different colours. By next week, we will all have created a ...
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    Hurdles final with Year 3
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    Year 6 smashed the plank at Sports Day!
    We had a brilliant time at our final Holy Trinity Sports Day!
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    Writing about our flights to Peru in Year 1
    In our Writing lesson this week we took a virtual flight to Peru. We packed our suitcases, got our passports stamped and boarded the plane where the pilot greeted us in both Spanish and English. Our p...
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    Note taking skills about Peru in Year 1
    In Writing we are writing information text about Peru. Today we worked on our note taking skills to collect facts to use in our writing.
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    Comparing the Caribbean to the United Kingdom in Geography in Year 2
    In Geography this week, we have been comparing what we have learnt about the Caribbean to what we know about the United Kingdom. We have considered human and physical features as well as food and cult...
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    Rainforest paintings inspired by John Dyer in Year 3
    This week in our Art lessons we have been continuing our rainforest theme. Today the children were given free choice of materials to create their own interpretation of a John Dyer piece.
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    Learning about how people can stay connected to God in Year 3
    This week in RE we were learning about how Jesus is like a vine. We then wrote about how people can stay connected to God and others on leaves for the classroom display.
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    Debating in Year 4
    In our Writing lessons we took part in a debate about whether iPads should be banned in schools. We wrote a list with our own reasons for iPads and against them. We then came up in pairs, voicing our ...
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    Non unit fractions in Year 3
    In Maths this week we were learning about non unit fractions. To consolidate our learning, we played a fraction game where we made wholes using equal parts of different foods.
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    Non-Chronological reports in Year 4
    Year 4 are excited to publish their non- chronological reports on West Africa. We have been working hard on ensuring we are using features including relative clauses, fronted adverbials and a list of ...
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    Information text posters in Year 3
    We started a new unit of writing this week based on information texts. We have discussed and learnt  the features of information texts and their functions within the text. We created 3D information po...
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    Multiplication arrays in maths in Year 1
    In maths we have been practising the skill of multiplication using arrays. Here we are making an array out of our own bodies. We learnt that an array is an arrangement of objects in rows and columns.
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    Trip to St Pauls in Year 5
    As part of the singing and music work we have been doing this year, we were lucky enough to get to have a very special visit to St Paul's Cathedral where we explored the amazing space and heard the be...
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    Goodbye Ms Flight from Year 6
    This half term we say goodbye to Ms Flight. She has been working with us as a student teacher on her final placement of her PGCE. We congratulate her on securing a job for September and wish her all t...
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    Focusing on transition during PSHE in Year 2
    In PSHE this week, we have been looking forward to the future. We have talked about how we are feeling for next year and the transition going into year 3.  We are all excited about moving up another y...
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    Writing traditional tales in Year 2
    In writing this week we are writing our own alternative traditional tale. We have thought about the traditional tales that we already know and what exciting twists they could have. We made a plan and ...
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    Persuasive posters for West Africa in Year 4
    We created persuasive posters encouraging travellers to visit West Africa. We explored some historic landmarks, food and culture that travellers could appreciate from visiting countries in West Africa...
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    Replicating Louise Borgeois's sculpture in Year 1
    In Art this week we exhibited great teamwork whilst sculpting this gigantic newspaper spider. It is based on the bronze sculpture by Louise Borgeois entitled 'Maman.' We described her work as scary, i...
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    Brushing up on time in Year 2
    In maths, we have been recapping our knowledge of time so that we are ready for next year. Whilst we have mainly been focussing on our knowledge of o'clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to, lot...
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    Studying Biomes in South America in Year 6
    We have learnt about the different types of biomes located in South America. Our focus country, Chile, has two key biomes - desert and tundra. Can you locate Chile on the map?
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    Fantastic assembly from Year 2
    We were so excited to perform our fantastic assembly about the Caribbean. We shared what we have been learning and even sang a song by Bob Marley. We were very brave and put on a great show! We had pr...
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    Performing poems in Year 3
    We have been writing and then performing poems in year 3.
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    Reports on West Africa in Year 4
    We have had a fantastic week! We started to plan our non-chronological report on West Africa using our learning from our Geography lessons. We looked at a non-chronological report example and to recap...
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    Developing Oracy during PSHE in Year 1
    In PHSE this week, we were having discussions about people who help us and who we can go to when we are in need. We showed fantastic listening to our classmates when it was their turn to talk.
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    Caribbean watercolours in Year 2
    This week we have been finishing our Caribbean style art work by using watercolour paints. We are excited to be able to share them in our Year 2 assembly next Tuesday at 3pm!
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    Caribbean culture in geography in Year 2
    In geography this week, we have created posters ready for our assembly. We have been researching about Caribbean culture in preparation. We would like to invite all Year 2 parents and guardians to com...
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    Performance poetry in Year 3
    In our writing lessons we have started a new unit on performance poetry. We explored different types of poetry and had a go at performing the Michael Rosen rap, we did a fantastic job!
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    Watercolour painting in art in Year 3
    This week we were learning how to use watercolours to paint a rainforest background. We used our sketched pictures of a toucan and added a watercolour background to further test our creativity.
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    Analogue clocks in maths in Year 4
    This week, we have started learning about time and reading an analogue clock. We have loved using clocks and developing our understanding about minutes and hours. We now know how to read the time to t...
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    Exploring different faiths in RE in Year 5
    In R.E. we are looking at different faiths in the community of Hackney. This week we did a show and tell to explain a tradition important to our culture, belief or family. ...
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    Sharing Windrush History with Year 1 and Year 6
    On the anniversary of Windrush this week, Year 1 were fortunate to get a visit from Year 6. Year 6 shared the posters they have created to educate people ab...
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    Beginning to learn the time in Year 1
    This week in Maths we have been focusing on the skill of describing the time. We have been telling stories using the language first, after this and then. We also practised reading words relating to ti...
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    Map skills in Year 1
    In Geography, we have been naming and locating the seven continents and the five oceans. We started off our lesson by completing a world map jigsaw in pairs.
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    Caribbean art in Year 2
    In Art, we have been looking at Caribbean art and have created our own using SketchesSchool. We love the bright colours and relaxing landscapes!
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    Learning about Christenings and Baptisms in Year 2
    Year 2 have really enjoyed working on their R.E. floor book. We have been learning about how Christians show commitment to God and the church and this week we learnt about Christenings and Baptisms. W...
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    Sketching skills in Year 3
    In our Art lessons, we were focusing on our sketching skills. We followed a tutorial to learn how to sketch a toucan. Next week, we will move onto shading and colouring. We all really enjoyed this cal...
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    Deforestation debate in Year 3
    We have been writing a persuasive text about deforestation. Before we started writing, we held a debate where we argued for and against deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
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    Atom workshop in Year 4 with Cambridge University.
    We took part in a science STEM workshop with Cambridge University students. We learned all about the periodic table and atoms! We also created our own artwork based on atoms!
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    Writing folk tales inspired by Anansi the Spider in Year 4
    We have had an exciting week in Writing as we have been creating our very own folk tales! We know that folk tales are fiction, often teach a lesson, have repeated phrases and involve a trickster, such...
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    Rainforest information texts in Year 5
    In our Writing lessons, we continued exploring the rainforest for our information texts. Firstly, we ranked our most exciting facts about the rainforest and then we completed a layout for our writing,...
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    Persuasive letter writing in Year 6
    Across the world, tigers are endangered. As part of our latest persuasive writing unit, we have written letters to convince poachers to stop hunting tigers and given alternative solutions to earning m...
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    Symmetry in Year 4
    Year 4 have had a fabulous week in Maths learning about symmetry. We have identified lines of symmetry in polygons by folding paper and using mirrors. We have also been reflecting symmetrical patterns...
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    Mathematical position and direction in Year 1
    This week in Maths we have been focusing on the skill of describing position and direction. We have been making quarter, half, three quarter and full turns using our body parts and objects around the ...
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    Geography in Year 3
    In Geography this term we are learning about the Amazon rainforest. For our first lesson we created a fact file with a map of the Amazon and used our research skills to find out geographical facts.
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    Drama for writing in Year 2
    In writing we have been reading the story ‘The day the crayons quit’ which is about crayons who wrote letters to their owner. We are going to be writing our own letters but we are going to write them ...
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    Writing immersion in Year 3
    In writing this week we have been immersing ourselves into our new text ‘The Umbrella’ by Jan Brett. To get our imaginations flowing, we recreated post Impressionism artwork by the artist Henri Rousse...
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    Spanish in Year 6
    Hola! This week, we have been learning about clothes in our Spanish lessons.  We learnt the Spanish verb for ‘wear’ and creating sentences using the verb. Gracias a todos.
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    Rainforest writing stimulus in Year 5
    In writing we will be exploring the book ‘The Vanishing Rainforest’ as a stimulus for our work.  To help us to immerse ourselves in the text, this week we identified what could be found in the rainfor...
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    Vegetable paintbrushes in Year 1 art
    This week during our trip to the Curve Garden, we were printing with okra and creating wonderful pieces of art. We talked about the best way to apply the paint to the okra to get the desired pattern a...
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    Art inspired by the Caribbean in Year 2
    In art this week, we have been creating our own versions of traditional Caribbean art as we are learning about the Caribbean islands in our geography lessons. We noticed that traditional Caribbean art...
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    Anansi the Spider inspired writing in Year 4
    In writing, we have started to explore a new book - Anansi the Spider which is an African folktale. In order to fully immerse ourselves into the tale, we created our own Anansi inspired art!
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    We have been developing our Scientific skills by exploring different types of leaves in Year 1
    As part of our Science focus on plants we have been using the skill of close observation. Whilst at the Curve Garden this week we studied leaves and noticed what was similar and different about them. ...
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    In Maths we have been working on money recognition by playing games in Year 1
    In Maths we have been learning about money. We played a game to check our coin recognition. We closed our eyes whilst getting a coin to see if we could remember by touch which coin it was. We had to t...
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    Testing our partners in Reading in Year 2
    In Reading this week we have been writing our own stories and then creating our own ‘test its’ to see how well our partner had read what we’d written. We wrote 5 different questions to see what our fr...
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    Writing diary entries in the perspective of the Queen in Year 2
    This week in History, year 2 have been learning about Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. In this lesson we were writing our diary entries as if we were the Queen walking wearing our coronation crown as ...
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    Writing Egyptian news reports in Year 3
    In our History lessons this term we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. Our enquiry question this week was ‘How did Ancient Egyptian civilisation end?’ We made breaking news reports explaining the...
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    Information texts about Ancient Egypt in Year 3
    In Writing we have been learning about non chronological reports so we researched facts about Ancient Egypt and wrote our own non-fiction text.
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    In preparation for our Platinum Jubilee celebration this week, in writing, we wrote persuasive letters inviting a special friend to a Royal wedding.
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    Designing and creating our own royal wedding dress in Year 4
    Year 4 have been preparing for the Queen's Jubilee this week. Our theme is Royal Weddings, so we have been researching royal wedding dresses through the ages and together created own wedding dress! In...
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    Fractions games in Year 5
    In Maths we are exploring fractions. We have played multiple games in order to compare fractions and find equivalent fractions.
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    Exploring the queen's residences in Year 6
    As part of the Jubilee celebration, year 6 learnt all about the Queen’s different residences. There are 6 key residences in total. On the fact file below, there are four; can you name the final two?
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    Celebrating vegetarian week in Year 3
    For vegetarian week this week we learnt how to prepare and bake vegetarian pies. We followed a recipe and prepared some delicious pies packed full of health vegetables!
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    Watercolours in Year 2
    In Art we have been creating a masterpiece based on the artist Georgia O’Keffe. We have been learning the skills of sketching and painting with watercolours. We used our iPads to zoom in on images of ...
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    Art project in Year 1
    As part of the Primary Advantage Art project, 1T have created their own habitats! We used our prior Science knowledge of animals and their adaptations for different environments, a...
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    The Benin Kingdom in Year 5
    In writing we explored different items related to the Benin Kingdom. We predicted what they were used for and how they could relate to an adventure story.
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    Newspaper reports in Year 4
    In Writing this week, we have been writing a newspaper report based on a Chinese tale called the Rainmaker. We used our knowledge of report writing to retell this fiction fable in a non fiction style....
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    Times Tables superstars in Year 4
    In maths, we are busy preparing for our times table test in June. This week, we created a help sheet for each times table to help each other think of useful strategies to practise each times table at ...
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    Relationships in Year 3
    In our PSHE lessons, we have been learning all about relationships.  This week, we were working in groups to explore how we can keep safe. We thought about who can keep us safe, places that are safe a...
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    Georgia O'Keeffe in Year 2
    In art, we have been taking time to work on our drawing and painting skills. We have been using watercolours to add colour to sketches of flowers. Our focus artist is Georgia O’Keeffe and we have been...
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    RE Interview in Year 1
    In our RE lesson, we interviewed Miss Fatima to find out how, when and to whom Muslims pray. We asked her about how many times Muslims pray in a day, what it is like to pray in a crowd, her favourite ...
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    Carnival costumes in Year 1 inspired by 'Malaika's Costume'.
    In Writing we explored the text 'Malaika's costume about a little girl in Trinidad who is getting ready for carnival.We were excited to receive a letter from Malaika and we are going to write back! We...
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    Carnival outfits in Year 1
    We have been learning about carnivals. We designed our own carnival outfits inspired by animals.
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    Fire Brigade visit in Year 2
    We have been lucky enough to have a workshop with the London fire service all about fire safety! It linked well into our history learning about The Great Fire of London and we learnt lots of valuable ...
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    Plant experiments in Year 2
    We have been looking at one of our main science skills “observing over time”. We planted sunflower seeds 2 weeks ago and we put each pot in different conditions to test to see what conditions plants c...
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    Diary writing in Year 3
    We have been writing diaries based on our stimulus text. We have been learning all about paragraphs, what should be included and how to start and end them. Here we are sorting sentences into clear gro...
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    Making fraction walls in Year 3
    We have been ordering and comparing fractions. We made own fraction walls to help us see the fractions clearly!
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    News reporters in Year 4
    This week, we will begin writing a newspaper report based on a tale from the ‘Tales of China book.  In preparation, we worked in groups to create our own news reports.
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    Shang Dynasty fact files in Year 4
    In topic, we are learning about the Shang Dynasty. This week, we worked in groups to discuss what we have already learnt about the Shang Dynasty and asked questions about what we wanted to find out, e...
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    Salt dough dinosaur fossils in Year 6
    This half term, year 6 have been studying fossils in science and instructions in writing. We made our dinosaur fossils using salt dough and we wrote instructions on how to make these fossils in writin...
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    Plant experiments in Year 3
    In Science this week we learnt about the transportation of water in plants. We then did an experiment with white flowers and food colouring where we predict that the petals will turn blue!
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    Writing Mummification Instructions in Year 3
    As part of our writing unit, we are learning about how Tutankhamen was mummified. We wrote instructions for how to mummify an orange and then had a go at following our instructions!
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    PSHE in Year 6
    In PSHE, we are learning about the emotions people feel when they suffer a loss. We worked in groups to read different scenarios and gave our opinions on how they felt/coped during their grief.
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    Notting Hill Carnival in Year 1
    In History we have been examining photo evidence to prompt questions about the life of Notting Hill Carnival founder Claudia Jones. Some of the questions that we brainstormed were 'What did she do tha...
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    Mini Beast Art in Year 1
    This week at the Curve Garden, we got to do some live drawing of mini beasts. We had a selection of worms, wood lice, snails and slugs to sketch.
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    Shang Dynasty in Year 4
    In history we are continuing our investigation into Fu Hoa’s tomb. We used our classification and inference skills to organise the artefacts found into groups that could tell us about life in the Shan...
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    Relationships in Year 2
    We have been thinking about relationships in PSHE. We began by thinking about family and then started thinking about other relationships. In this lesson we explored touch and how it can feel negative ...
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    Learning about the Qur'an in Year 1
    This term in RE we are learning about Islam. This week we thought about why the Qur'an is special to Muslims. First we played a game in which we had to guess what was behind the keyhole. We guessed wh...
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    Learning about seed dispersal in Year 1
    At Dalston curve garden we learnt about seeds and seed dispersal. We made our very own flying seeds.
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    Great Fire of London timelines in Year 2
    We have been learning about the different stages of the Great Fire of London. We discussed and acted out different parts and then put them on a timeline.
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    Peer-marking our writing in Year 2
    We have been practicing our editing skills in writing and sharing our work with our partners so that we can help each other and give helpful feedback.
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    Adverb charades in Year 3
    As part of our English unit we have been learning about adverbs of manner. Here we are playing a game of charades where our partners job was to guess the verb and the adverb of manner.
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    Artwork inspired by Yanomami artist Joseca in Year 3
    In Art we created drawings inspired by the Yanomami artist Joseca. We drew pictures showing our relationship between wildness and the living world.
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    Observing artefacts found in Fu Hao's tomb in Year 4
    In History we took a close look at the artefacts found in Fu Hao’s tomb in the Shang Dynasty. Fu Hoa was a female army leader and she was buried with many valuable items.
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    Getting back to 'green' in Year 4
    In PSHE we explored the different zones of regulation and discussed the importance of acknowledging our feelings and understanding that everybody at some point experiences all of the different zones a...
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    Team building games in Year 5
    We had a visit from our friends at Upton Court to work on our team building as a class. We worked in groups and took part in many activities that required good communication and teamwork.
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    Mary Anning's fossil discoveries in Year 6
    In Science, we are learning about fossils. Our first lesson was quite interesting as we had lots to talk about due to previous learning. It was also very interesting & shocking to learn about Mary...
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    World War 2 in Year 6
    We have started our new history unit, World War 2. In this lesson, we analysed images from the 1930s and learnt how it was possible for Hitler to rise to power with the Nazi Party.
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    All about fractions in Year 3
    In maths, we have started learning about fractions. We cut out shapes and worked out if they were made of equal or unequal parts.
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    Excavation in Year 3
    This term we will be learning about Ancient Egypt. For our first lesson, we explored what the role of an archaeologist is. We had lots of fun excavating for artefacts!
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    Directions in Year 2
    This week in, we have been recapping our knowledge on direction, time and fractions. We practiced our direction language with an app called bee bot which also required us to refresh our knowledge of c...
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    Willow Pattern Story in Year 4
    In writing, we have started reading the beautiful  'Willow Pattern Story' by Allan Drummond. The story is pictured in the very famous willow pattern blue and white crockery still used today. At the st...
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    Etching in Year 1
    In design technology this week, 1T learnt the skill of etching. First we designed a patterned snail shell, we then moulding clay into a snail and etched in our designed pattern using tools. Here are s...
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    Planting Magic Beans in Year 1
    Our first class text this term is 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and whilst at the Curve Garden this week we were lucky enough to handle and plant some big, brown beans just like the ones that Jack was give...
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    Great Fire of London in Year 2
    This week we launched our new history topic 'The Great Fire of London'! We discussed when the event happened and compared it on a timeline to other events we have learnt about in history. We compared ...
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    Maths Escape Room in Year 5
    This week we completed an escape room in teams We used all our learning from our maths lessons this year to break a code and escape.
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    Playscripts inspired by 'A River' by Marc Martin in Year 4
    This week in Writing, our learning objective is to write a play script. In preparation for this, we immersed ourselves in play scripts by acting them out, explored and identified features of them and ...
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    Testing circuits in Year 4
    This week as part of our science enquiry, we devised a fair test to see what variables could impact the brightness of a bulb in a circuit.
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    Using digital manipulatives to understand column subtraction in Year 3
    In Maths this week we have been learning to use the column method for subtraction. We have been using digital manipulatives available on the braining camp app to support our understanding.
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    Mindful breathing in Year 3
    We have been doing mindful breathing exercises after lunch to help us be calm and ready for our afternoon of learning.
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    Easter symbols in Year 2
    We have been considering the Easter story and we have learnt about the symbols that represent Easter, new life and the Christian message of Easter. We made Easter baskets that we designed with eggs, c...
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    Tyger, Tyger in Year 6
    In English we have written modern versions of Tyger, Tyger  by William Blake.
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    Peg Dolls in Year 2
    We have finished out art project learning about the human form and created peg dolls of some of the significant people we have learnt about this term.
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    Year 1 investigating plants at the Dalston Curve Garden
    We had the first of our twelve sessions at Dalston Curve Garden. We explored the garden using our senses. We used magnifying glasses to study the plants trees and collected some petals and sticks from...
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    Year 1 and the wildlife at the Dalston Curve Garden
    We had a wonderful first session at the Curve Garden, exploring nature and making wildlife collages. We were even visited by a fox!
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    Investigating area using manipulatives in Year 4
    In maths we were investigating area using manipulative, we challenged ourselves to see how many different shapes we could make with an area of 7 squares of the same size.
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    Art inspired by Julian Opie in Year 2
    We continued our art project which is looking at the human form. We looked at the artist, Julian Opie and took inspiration to create our own self portraits. Who can you see in these masterpieces? ...
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    Classifying animals in Year 1
    In science we have been classifying animals based on their diets. We learnt the terms carnivore, herbivore and omnivore. Please ask us what these words mean!
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    Geoboards in Year 4
    We have loved learning about area this week using technology. We have learnt that area is the space inside a closed two-dimensional shape. We have been calculating area, comparing area and making our ...
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    Using manipulatives in Maths in Year 3
    We have been comparing our 2, 4 and 8 times tables. We did this by creating mixed operation sentences and representing it on ‘braining camp’ using our iPads.
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    Prehistoric art in Year 3
    In our art lessons we have been learning about prehistoric art. Over the last few weeks we have been creating a cave wall background for us to create a cave wall drawing.
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    Year 6 - Ufton Court - Mastering the low ropes
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    Year 6 - Ufton Court - Morning Wake Up & Shake Up, Followed by Breakfast
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    Continents in Year 1
    In Geography we have been learning about continents. We know some continents have many countries whilst others do not. This week we focused on North and South America. We played a game where we acted ...
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    Year 6 - Ufton Court - Bonfires
    We went out to collect firewood and then learnt to make the spark to light the fire before we had time to enjoy it! https://holytrinity.hackney.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/f856406...
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    Year 6 - Ufton Court - Preparing dinner
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    Year 6 - Ufton Court - Mapping skills in action
    Learning the site, our mapping skills in action.
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    Year 6 - Ufton Court - Safe Arrival
    Year 6 have arrived at Ufton Court safe and sound.  Just before getting off the coach they took a selfie....they are super excited!
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    Jumping experiment in Year 1
    As part of our celebration of British Science Week 2022 we tested the hypothesis 'The taller you are, the further you can jump.' In our class, we found that this was the case. We are excited to hear t...
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    Growing sunflowers in Year 1!
    As it it is science week, we have planted some Sunflower seeds. We are looking forward to see how they grow!
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    Engineers in Year 2
    This week we have been loving science week! We had an enquiry question which was asking whether a triangular prism or a cylinder is stronger. We worked together to solve the problem by seeing which on...
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    Earthquake simulators in Year 3
    In our geography lessons this term we have been learning about mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Today we made an ‘earthquake simulator’ to help us to better understand our enquiry question What i...
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    Tectonic plates in year 3
    We have been learning about what causes and earthquake. We created a model that represents the movement of tectonic plates and the effects it has on the earth and the buildings.
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    Bread baking in Year 4
    For science week we are exploring the theme of ‘Growth’ we investigated how yeast causes dough to rise.
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    We published some fantastic setting descriptions based on their own narrative inspired by ‘A River’ by Marc Martin. Miss Porritt was blown away by the captivating figurative language used such as onom...
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    Planting in Year 5
    As part of science week we planted sunflower seeds. We thought about all the things plants need to survive. We will see how tall ours will grow!
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    Long jump investigation in Year 6
    We have taken part in a science investigation: The taller you are, the longer you jump. We measured each other’s height, then took to the playground to measure how long each person jumped. Our investi...
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    Let their be light in Year 6
    This week we investigated created different circuits to find find which would produce the brightest light. We found that the more power a circuit has, the brighter the bulb will be.
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    Electricity in Year 4
    We had an exciting time investigating which materials were conductors and insulators to help light a bulb in a circuit. We found out that conductors are often metals and some objects can be both depen...
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    Subtraction in Year 2
    This week we have been doing some really challenging maths! As a class we have found subtraction tricky but we have all persevered and now we’re subtraction super stars!
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    Circuits in Year 4
    This week in Science,  we created our own circuits using bulbs, batteries, wires and different materials. We tested to see which materials are conductors or insulators.
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    Collage in Year 2
    We have continued our art project on the human form with our focus being the face. We used the technique of collage to create interesting looking faces!
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    In PSHE this week we have been thinking about working as a team. We played a mirroring game and thought about how it feels to work with a partner. We said we felt 'delighted' and that it was 'exciting...
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    Peer reviews in Year 1
    In writing we have been reading our setting descriptions to each other to peer review. We focused on the way we were using our voices and being active, whole body listeners!
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    Sorting and classifying animals in Year 1
    We have been using the scientific skills of observing and classifying. First we sorted animals by differences that we could see. Then, just like real Scientists, we classified animals as either mammal...
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    We have been talking about our dreams and goals. We sat in a circle and discussed the steps we need to take to achieve our goals. Each time we thought of a step to get there we took a big step forward...
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    Pancake Day recount writing in Year 2
    This week we have been having a writing competition to write a recount of our wonderful Pancake Day activities! Click the link to read the winning piece...Shrove Tuesday Writing Competition - Winning ...
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    Pancake Day in Year 2
    On Tuesday, we celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a pancake party! We cooked our own pancakes in the morning following our own instructions that we had written and then in the afternoon we got to eat them...
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    We have been exploring light. We were investigating which materials were reflective and others that are not as reflective. We enjoyed investigating in the dark.
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    This writing cycle we have been working on writing a diary entry from the perspective of Liv in Escape from Pompeii. This is the first draft by one of the pupils in 3T.
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    This week in Art, we focused on artwork by the cartoonist Carl Giles - Mother’s Day that depicts a family picnic. We drew our own version of our families having a meal in cartoon style.
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    Year 4 looked amazing on World Book Day; we had a range of characters from Harry Potter to the Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. In Maths, we took part in an investigation helping a school who had l...
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    In year 5 we constructed different sized canopies for parachutes. We will be seeing how size affects the rate of descent during our science experiment next week.
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    We have been learning to read maps. Using the grid coordinates, we were able to find the four and six point grid references for different locations across London.
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    Drama for writing in Year 3
    This week in writing have been working towards writing a diary entry from the perspective of Tranio in Escape From Pompeii. We had a drama lesson where we shared emotions and feelings of the main char...
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    Gravity in Year 5
    We have been completing an experiment to see the relationship between gravitational force and mass.
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    Instruction writing in Year 2
    This week we have been learning all about instructions and how to write them. We followed two different sets of instructions to see which were easy to follow and which ones were harder. We found one s...
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    Year 4 had a fantastic time at London Zoo this week. The children were able apply their knowledge on living things to different animals such as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We loved the works...
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    In science, we have begun our new unit Electricity.  Circuits can be found in all electrical appliances and we discussed the main components of a circuits and their functions.
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    It has been assessment week in year 2 this week but we have still found time to use our bodies and create the alphabet! We put our teamwork to the test and worked in small groups to create letters of ...
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    Conscious alley in Year 3
    In our writing lessons, we were thinking about how the main characters escape in our new story ‘Escape from Pompeii’. Some of us had a chance at walking down ‘conscious alley’ where we were sharing ou...
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    The world on our plate in Year 1
    We kicked off our Geography Topic 'The World on our plate' by exploring the stickers and labels on interesting foods from around the world. We then found these countries on maps, using Google Earth to...
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    Rekenreks in Year 1
    In maths, we have used rekenreks to help us subtract.  Why don't you ask us how they work!
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    Using Maths manipulatives in Year 1
    We learnt that our fingers are a brilliant manipulative that we can use to help us to solve equations. This week we have been focusing on subtraction. We learnt that other words for subtraction are de...
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    Chinese lanterns in Year 1
    We have been celebrating Chinese New Year by making tigers and Chinese lanterns.
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    Editing our writing in Year 2
    We have been practising our editing skills by working together to look at an example of somebody’s writing and looking for mistakes to correct. We then edited our own writing and gave ourselves a writ...
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    Tudor comic strips in Year 2
    We have finished our history topic on the Tudors. We reflected on our learning this week by creating a comic book strip on what we would do if we were Tudors for a day. We realised we had learnt so mu...
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    Missing number problems in Year 3
    We have been solving missing number problems in our maths lessons. We have been rearranging the number sentences and also writing the inverse to check our answers!
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    Emmeline Pankhurst letters in Year 3
    This term we have been learning about The Suffragettes in History. We have also been writing letters in the perspective of Emmeline Pankhurst. “Deeds Not Words!”
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    Exploring how to live the Ashram way of life in Year 4
    In writing we have been writing a balanced argument discussing the advantages and disadvantages of living the Ashram of peaceful and sustainable living.
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    Fractions in Year 4
    In Maths we have become fraction experts. We have been learning about equivalent fractions, improper fractions, adding and subtracting fractions. Here are some examples of Mikel and Marilyn's fantasti...
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    We have been identifying different parts of eggs in order to explore the life cycles of birds.
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    Goodbye Mr Hoole In year 6, this week, we say goodbye to Mr Hoole. Mr Hoole has been supporting learning while he trains to be a teacher. We wish him all the best in the rest of his studies and in ...
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    Jewish music in Year 1
    During RE, we listened to some traditional Jewish music! We had never heard instruments like the Kinor or the Shofar before! We played a game in which we listened to and had to guess the instrument. T...
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    Christingles in Year 1
    We have been making beautiful Christingles as part of our Christingle service this week. We are trying to remember what each part of them represents, please ask us to see if we remember!
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    Christingle service in Year 2
    We absolutely loved making our Christingles this week and watching the amazing service. We worked really hard as a team and were so excited when we turned off the lights and saw the glow sticks glowin...
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    Newspaper reports in Year 4
    We published our magnificent newspaper reports about waste found in the Ashram village based on our topic book 'Be the Change'. We explored formal language, wrote two sections of the report based ...
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    I have a dream in Year 6
    This half term we have been learning all about the Civil Rights movement. We learnt all about Martin Luther King and wrote poems based on his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech.
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    Christingles in Year 3
    We made Christingles in RE to celebrate Jesus Christ as “the light of the world. We watched Reverend Laura’s assembly and then all lit our “candles” together.
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    In art this week, we have been perfecting our paper weaving skills. We made a heart template and chose two different colours to weave through.
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    In year 2, we have created our own ‘minibeast hotels’. In our science lessons we have been learning about habitats and this week we focussed our learning on microhabitats. We thought about what materi...
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    Year 5 Archery at Ufton Court
    Talking through the basics and the safety factors of archery.
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    Creating Catapults at Ufton Court
    The Year 5 children have arrived safely at Ufton Court. After unloading and getting their beds ready they went straight into an activity building and using catapults. ...
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    Creating anti-bullying mascots in Year 1
    In PSHE we have thought carefully about the meaning of the word 'bullying.' We talked about how it feels to be part of a group and how it might feel to be left out. We concluded that everyone has the ...
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    Lego printing in Year 1
    In our Art lessons, we have been using objects, such as lego, to make printed paintings!
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    Acrostic poems in Year 2
    We were so lucky to be invited to an online poetry workshop through Scholastic! We joined in fantastically and even got to create an acrostic poem about ourselves or something else we love!
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    We have practised our teamwork and cooperation skills in PSHE. We found it a tough challenge though as we had to make pictures of different things using only 2D shapes in under a minute! Can you guess...
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    Protesting inspired by the Suffragette Movement in Year 3
    We have been learning about the suffragette movement in our history lessons, so we designed and made protest posters. We held a silent protest around the school. Here are our posters!
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    Tag rugby in Year 3
    In PE we have been completing rugby drills. We then used these skills to play games of tag ruby.
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    Newspaper feature hunt in Year 4
    We have been unpicking the features in newspaper articles to help us write our own news articles based on the book ‘Be the Change’ A Grandfather Gandhi story. We created a colour key and found he feat...
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    News reporters in Year 4
    We have explored a range of newspaper articles to prepare us for writing our own based on our topic book 'Be the Change'. Our articles will be about finding waste around the Ashram Village which is a ...
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    Exploring emotions in Drama in Year 5
    We used drama to portray different emotions through body language. We will use it to help write our diary entries later this week.
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    Newspapers in Year 6 inspired by Romeo and Juliet
    We have come to the end of our Romeo and Juliet topic in writing. Have a look at the fantastic newspaper report written by Evan.
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    Art critics in Year 1
    We critiqued the art work 'Katzenclub' by Luois Wain. We thought about what the cats were doing and what we might hear if we were there. We also discussed what we thought might happen next.
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    All about Egypt in Year 1
    We have been learning all about Ancient Egypt and thinking about the differences between life back then and modern life today.  Ask us if we would like to have lived in Ancient Egyptian times!
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    Fractions in Year 2
    In Year 2, we have been learning all about fractions in maths. We began at the start of the week by thinking about splitting shapes and numbers into equal groups. Here are some pictures of us splittin...
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    All about friction in Year 3
    In science this week we have been investigating friction. We used a ramp with different surfaces such as carpet, smooth plastic and corrugated cardboard and timed how long it took for the toy car ...
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    Friction experiments in Year 3
    In Science we have been learning all about friction. We predicted which surface the car would travel faster on and then tested it by timing how long it took the car to roll down the ramp on differen...
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    Zones of regulation in Year 4
    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...
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    Plant life in Year 4
    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 flo...
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    Plant breeding in Year 5
    In Science, we had a go at creating new plants! We used different techniques such as cutting, sprouting and planting seeds. We are very proud of our garden and can’t wait to see what grows.  Ask us ab...
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    Truisms in Year 6
    As part of our photography unit, we have learnt about truisms. These are images that have motivational quotes superimposed. Here are some of our examples.
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    Tetronimos and Pentominos in Year 1
    We have been learning about shape in Maths. We had lots of fun building and drawing Tetromino and Pentomino arrangements. A Tetromino shape uses four square tiles while a Pentomino shape uses 5. We us...
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    Sorting shapes in Year 2
    We have been exploring 2D shapes and their properties. We have been grouping them, comparing them and creating repeated patterns.
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    Peer editing our Journey Stories in Year 2
    We have been working together to edit our amazing journey stories based on the book 'Meerkat Mail' by Emily Gravett. We used our editing pens to add in missing punctuation and correct misspelt words.
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    Guessing the shapes in Year 4
    In our maths lessons we have been learning about angles in shapes. We played guess the shape with a partner. Mohammed described his shape as having 4 right angles and four sides of the same length. Ca...
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    Forces hunt in Year 3
    Our new Science topic is all about forces. In groups we explored our classroom to find out what can be pulled and pushed and the effects of these forces.
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    Multiplication using concrete resources in Year 4
    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.
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    Writing letters in Year 4
    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 th...
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    Emotions graphs in Year 5
    We tracked the emotions of Floella on her journey to England from Trinidad using graphs. It will help us writing our postcards to the queen based on the book ‘Coming to England’ by Floella Benjamin....
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    Exploring what 'rights' mean to us in Year 6
    In history this half term, we will be learning about the Civil Rights Movement. We spent some time this week thinking about what rights are and what they mean to us. Here are our thoughts. What do you...
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    Digging deep to improve our vocabulary in Year 1
    In our Writing lessons, we have been learning the story of 'We're going on a Bear Hunt'. Here we are exploring the textures and settings from the story! For the rest of this term we will also be re...
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    Sorting emotions into the 'Zones of Regulation'
    In PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education), we have been learning about our feelings and how they can match the 4 colours of the 'Zones of Regulation'. We learnt that there are 4 zones: red, yellow,...
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    Researching the Tudors in Year 2
    We launched our new topic of the Tudors! We used different sources of evidence to find out who the Tudors were. We can’t wait to find out even more information about this interesting era!
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    Being Science enquirers in Year 2
    We launched our new Science topic and Writing focus this week! In science we have begun learning about 'living things and their habitats'. Our first Science enquiry was about what makes something a li...
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    Character descriptions in Year 3
    In English we have been looking at the stories of the 'BFG' by Roald Dahl and 'Planet Omar' by Zanib Mian. In one lesson we looked at descriptions and tried to match them with characters within the st...
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    Big Friendly Giant in Year 3!
    This term we are reading the BFG by Roald Dahl. In our first lesson we wrote about how the characters may have felt when they first saw the BFG. Just in case you didn't know BFG stands for Big Friendl...
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    Character descriptions inspired by the book FArTHER in Year 4
    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 charac...
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    Sorting vertebrates and invertebrates in Year 4
    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.
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    Reduce, reuse, recycle artwork in Year 5
    We have been learning about reusing materials to make artwork. This sessions we have been using plastic bottles to make and decorate musical instruments, such as maracas. We will eventually look at ho...
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    Acting inspired by Shakespeare in Year 6
    O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? In our first week back we have immersed ourselves into our writing text Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Using our drama skills, we acted out this ...
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    Rapid number recognition in Year 1
    We made a ‘staircase’ of numbers to 5 and played a game of who’s missing to help with our knowledge of composition of numbers and quick number recognition.
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    Remembering capital letters and full stops in Year 2!
    Something we find tricky in Year 2 is remembering our capital letters and full stops to make a sentence. This week we edited using traffic light sentences! We used green for go (capital letters) and r...
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    How to keep healthy in Year 2
    We have been learning all about life cycles and how to keep healthy. We have recently been focussing on keeping clean and how personal hygiene affects our health. We tested to see how effective soap w...
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    Twas the night before Christmas in Year 3
    In our reading lessons we have been reading the poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas’. We explored the features of the poem such and rhyming couplets and worked together in groups to perform the poem...
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    Jingle Bell Rock in Year 3
    In our singing lesson we learnt the Jingle Bell Rock, we were singing and dancing which made us feel even more excited about Christmas!