Year 1 trip to Dear Zoo

All of Year 1 went on a trip to the theatre. Here are a couple of pupils’ recounts of our trip. Yesterday we went to the train station to catch the train to Letchworth. Then we walked to the beautiful gardens to have a picnic. I liked the biscuits because they were amazing. Then we … Read more

Building Tudor Houses

Everyone has settled well into Holly class and are getting used to the new routines and independence expected in Year 1. In our Design and Technology lessons, we are building Tudor houses as this links to our History topic of ‘The Great Fire of London’. We started by experimenting with different ways to join paper … Read more

Castle Assembly

Holly performed their class Assembly in front of the whole school. They remembered their lines perfectly and spoke loud enough for everyone to hear! They also showed off their completed 3D castles.  

Magic Mountfitchet

Holly and Cedar’s trip by Sonika Holly and Cedar class went on a school trip to Mountfitchet Castle. First we all went on a coach, it was fast like the wind. Also we had to go in pairs on the coach and I sat with Ava. It took us one hour to get there. When … Read more

Sensational Sculptures!

Holly class and Cedar class were all achievers this week for their excellent sculptures. In Art, we have been looking at the work of Henry Moore and how he uses natural shapes to create simplified sculptures. We made shapes using our bodies, photographed them and used these to sketch out some ideas. Then we shaped … Read more

Investigating seeds

Over the past few weeks, Holly class have been investigating different types of seeds. First, we studied different varieties of seeds looking closely at the different sizes, shapes, textures and colours. We learnt about seed dispersal and how seeds are carried away from their parent plants in different ways – by the wind, by water, on … Read more

A Healthy Breakfast!

Holly and Cedar class made their own healthy breakfasts today. Today we were learning about healthy eating and which ingredients we could include to make a healthy breakfast. We learned that fruit is healthy because it contains lots of vitamin C, yoghurt is good for our bones as it has calcium in and granola gives … Read more

World Book Day Assembly

On Wednesday 28th February 2018 Holly Class performed an Assembly about World Book Day. They spoke beautifully. They were loud and clear and even the Year 6s at the back could hear them! <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yW576UyoHTA" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Mexican food

Holly and Cedar have been learning about Mexico in their geography lessons. They have learned about the capital city Mexico City and a tiny village called Tocuaro.They have learned about the Mexican way of life and how it differs to ours. As part of this work the children tried some Mexican food. They tasted cheese … Read more