Space Art
As part of our topic work on space, the children got creative and produced some lovely artwork. They painted their own planets, choosing the size, shape and colour of the planet and some children even added patterns. They mixed paints to get the colours they wanted to...
Diwali
Reception Class learnt about the Hindu festival of Diwali. They looked at how Diwali is celebrated and talked about how it is similar to festivals celebrated by their own families. They made diva lamps from clay, as Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights. They...
Making Rockets
As part of our topic on space, the children made their own rockets from junk modelling materials. They selected materials, cut things to the rights size and used different ways to join objects together to make their own rockets.
Adam Bushnell visits Class 4
On Friday afternoon, the children in Class 4 were thrilled to welcome author Adam Bushnell into class for a creative storytelling workshop. Building on their work on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the pupils planned their own tales about stepping through a...
Adam Bushnell visits Class 5
A huge thank you to Adam Bushnell, who delivered a fantastic workshop for Class 5 this morning, linked to their work on the Titanium music video. The children created their own storyboards based on imagined supernatural events around the school, each connected to a...
KS1 Visit to Weardale Railway
Our Key Stage 1 children enjoyed a wonderful visit to Weardale Railway on Friday afternoon to celebrate the railway’s 200-year anniversary. The pupils were thrilled to ride the historic train and spent the journey eagerly spotting wildlife and features of the...
Adam Bushnell Visits Class 5
We were lucky to have Adam Bushnell visit our class to inspire us to write about the Vikings. He came armed with a variety of Viking weapons and items, including a horn, which, when blown, produced a huge sound. The class made notes about Viking life and then used...
River Walk
On Monday, Class 5 ventured out into Wolsingham to explore the streams and river in the area. We started following the Waskerley Beck upstream where we saw a series of waterfalls. We identified some features of erosion in the stream, including the formation of new...
Protractor Work
We have been working on angles this term. To help develop our accuracy in measuring, Miss Coote used masking tape to create a range of acute and obtuse angles on the desks. We then went around the classroom writing our own answers on them and compared our findings. ...
Habitat Exploration
In Science, we have been classifying animals. We investigated which animals might live in habitats around our school grounds to help classify our animals in a different way. We went out and explored different areas to see if our predictions were correct. We also...