Kurling and Boccia Festival
Year 2 had a fantastic time at the recent Kurling and Boccia Festival! The children showed great enthusiasm, teamwork, and sportsmanship as they took part in the exciting activities. It was a wonderful opportunity to try something new, develop coordination skills, and...
Cross Country Competition
This morning our Cross Country team attended the competition at Staindrop Academy where approximately 700 children gathered to take part with approximately 120 children in each race. All of the children that took part did an amazing job – a particular well done goes...
Music
Reception Class love music lessons. They have lots of fun exploring the musical instruments and the sounds they make. The children enjoy performing and singing nursery rhymes for their friends.
Making Faces
The children explored making faces using different media. They used play dough, collage, drawing and loose parts to make faces. They looked carefully in the mirror to check the colour and position of different features. They talked about the shape of their eyes, nose,...
Baking
The children made some chocolate chip cookies for snack. They measured the ingredients, mixed them together and took turns stirring the bowl. The children loved baking and the cookies were delicious.
Cosmic Writing
This half term, Class 5 are reading the story ‘Cosmic’ to inspire our writing. The story is about an extraordinary twelve-year-old boy who is exceptionally tall for his age and, as a result, gets himself into all sorts of trouble. So far we have focused on how the...
Our Solar System
This week, we learnt the names of the planets in our solar system. We explored the different facts about the planets including their size in diameter, average temperature and the lengths of their days and years. We found some astonishing facts out. Did you know that...
Geocentric v Heliocentric
In Science this week, we investigated the way the planets moved. We followed the scientific journey of how scientists and ancient civilisations believed Earth and the planets moved in space by doing our own mini-assembly in the classroom. It was astonishing to...
Outdoor Adventures
This week we worked on our team work. We had to work together to transport a ball across the court using different body parts. We also had to navigate obstacle courses in pairs with one of the pair blind folded. We saw some great teamwork including encouraging each...
The 5 Senses
We learnt about the 5 senses and how they help us understand the world around us. The children used their sense of smell and taste to work out what flavor crisps were in the bowls. They used their sense of touch to work out what was hiding in the trays. Thy used words...