Curriculum
Lunar New Year
The children have enjoyed learning all about Lunar New Year this week. The week ended with a visit from a parent who talked about why Chinese New Year is important to their family and how they will be celebrating. They gave all the children a lucky red envelope and a fortune cookie! They enjoyed looking … Read more
Carbon Printing Golden Fish!
As part of our printing work this term Maple class have created these amazing paintings based on The Goldfish by Paul Klee. Children used carbon paper to print fish. Throughout the activity children used their sketchbooks to experiment and explore the skills needed to create their piece of art. They loved lifting the carbon paper … Read more
Huffing and Puffing in Discover & Do!
We have had a fabulous time exploring The Three Little Pigs in Group activities and our whole class time in the 2 weeks after we returned from the holiday break. Many of our classroom areas had enhancements to extend the children’s learning during Discover & Do. For example, the addition of some pigs and wolves … Read more
Year 5 Still Life Drawing
Our current Art topic is Objects and their Meaning, where we have been looking at a variety of different artists’ compositions, and discussing the objects they have used, and what they might mean. We have also spent time thinking about our own personal opinions of these pieces of art, which has led on to today’s … Read more
Badminton in Maple Class… with balloons?
This week in PE, Maple Class used balloons to practise rallying with badminton rackets. Next step will be actual shuttlecocks!
Art In Our Community
Following a meeting with Tom Hardy, the Bid Manager at the Hitchin Bid Team, we asked what we could do as a large Hitchin school to support the town and our local community. As a result of this meeting we were tasked with filling the windows of the old M&Co shop in the heart of … Read more
Woolly Mammoths in Year 3
Last week, Year 3 got to have a go at following a set of instructions to create woolly mammoths out of milk containers. We think you’ll agree that they turned out magnificently!
Transient Art in Reception
Transient art is something we do a lot of in Reception. You may or may not have heard the term before. It literally means “moveable art”. It is any creative work that does not stay fixed in its position. You may ask, why is it important to include it in our curriculum? Transient art gives … Read more