Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been learning to use Excel. They have identified what a cell, column and row is. They have also learnt to enter data into these cells, changing the font, font size and cell colour. Furthermore, the children learnt about bar graphs and they made their very own… Read more »
Request for cardboard boxes!
Dear Parents/Carers , Please can you bring in as many cardboard boxes for our DT project next week! Thank you, Miss Raymond and Mr Ladlow
PE today (Prisoner)
Today the children played a game called Prisoner. The aim of the game is to eliminate the opposite team by throwing the ball at them (below their knees) or catching them out. If you get hit or caught, you have to go to the ‘prison’. You can only escape the prison if one of the… Read more »
Viking Longhouses
Today, the children read about Viking Longhouses. The children discovered that the Vikings did not have windows in their homes as it was often cold in Scandinavia and therefore, they were trying to keep as warm as possible! Furthermore, the children also learnt that many Viking houses were made out of grass and driftwood! We… Read more »
Week Beginning 14th June
The highlight of this week was our trip to the Guildhall. Thank you so much for all the effort that was made to provide the children with an appropriate costume. They all looked amazing! We were welcomed to the Guildhall by two volunteers who spent the morning with us, showing us artefacts and telling us… Read more »
Week Beginning 7th June
Good Morning Everyone This week seems to have flown by! In English this week, having finished reading The Street Child before half term, we discussed the plot and the difficulties of Street children, in particular Jim Jarvis, who is the hero of the story. The children were then asked to come up with ideas for… Read more »
Week Beginning 24th May
We had a lovely start to the week! On Monday the whole school went to church to celebrate Pentecost. As ever I was very proud of all the children; they read their thoughtful prayers clearly and behaved impeccably. In Maths this week we have been measuring. Depending on age and experience the children have measured… Read more »
Week Beginning 17th May
In Science this week we investigated Optical Illusions. Having looked at many examples, the children made Thaumatropes, which were popular in Victorian times. As part of our Victorian topic we also started to learn about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and the affect they had on nursing today . We are all looking forward to… Read more »
This Week
This week we have been learning about the types of jobs Victorian children were forced to do. Having watched power points and videos about coalmining, chimney sweeping, factory work, bird scaring and domestic service, the children were unanimous in their decision that they are better off coming to school! In music we watched “Who Will… Read more »
Building Bridges
Inspired by studying Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of their Victorian topic, Class 2 has been designing bridges. Over the last two weeks they have been provided with different materials and a variety of success criteria, culminating this week with them being given free choice of materials to build a bridge spanning 30cm which could… Read more »