Thermal Insulators
This week, we did another experiment to understand what thermal insulators are. We used hot water in a beaker and surrounded it with different materials such as bubble wrap, foil and a scarf. We discussed why each one would make a good insulator. We measured them...
Class 3 Assembly
As our ECO-Warriors, Class 3 used their class assembly to remind children and parents about the ways in which we can work to look after our planet. We hope that all those who joined us enjoyed their assembly and we would like to say a big thank you for coming along to...
Visit to Auckland Palace
Class 2 and 3 enjoyed a wonderful trip to Auckland Palace, filled with hands-on learning and discovery. In the chapel, they explored and handled objects linked to Easter, while in the museum they became “Christianity Detectives,” searching for clues about the faith in...
Tennis Festival
Class 4 went to Parkside Academy to participate in a Tennis Festival. They were able to practice a range of tennis and badminton skills lead by their fabulous sport leaders (Jasper and Jenson) who explained and demonstrated the skills very well considering the noise...
Food Label Investigation
Class 4 have been busy developing their understanding of healthy eating through an exciting food label investigation. The children explored a wide range of food packaging and worked collaboratively in groups to decide how best to sort the items. They considered...
Maths
Today the children recapped what they knew about dividing decimals by 10 and 100 and we discussed what happens to the digits when we multiply. We played practical games where the children danced to the ‘Cha-Cha’ slide and wrote on tables or their place value chart to...
Food & Nutrition – Food Tasting
Class 4 had a fantastic time stepping into the role of food tasters as part of their Design and Technology learning. The children explored the taste profiles of a variety of sandwich fillers and breads, developing their understanding of flavour, texture, and...
Solubility Experiment
This term, in Science, Class 5 are exploring the properties of materials. This week we did an experiment to understand the meaning of solubility. We had five different substances including sugar, salt, sand and hot chocolate. We used our understanding of the...
Jesus’ Journey Through The Desert
This half term, we are learning about the events of Lent in our RE unit. To help us understand them, Francine has been coming into our lessons to share what Christians do and the reasons behind it. This week, Francine told us the story of Jesus’ 40 days and 40 nights...
Percentages
This week, Class 5 have started their unit on Percentages. To help us understand what a percentage is, we used grids with a hundred squares on them to identify percentages around us. We learnt that percent means ‘out of 100’ and how we can write this as a fraction...