School Work

A sunny day out at Shakespeare’s Globe

Today, Class 4/5 visited Shakespeare’s Globe in London as part of their work in Literacy. They have been looking at his plays, summarising them and started to act them out, so it was great to have the opportunity to see where they would have been performed all those years ago. It was a long journey … Read more

Class 4/5 invited to pottery workshop at The Priory

On Friday, Class 4/5 spent the afternoon at The Priory doing a pottery workshop. They were invited into the Art Department to create their own gargoyles using clay, which will be fired in the kiln over summer and returned to the children in September. They began the session by talking about what a gargoyle is … Read more

Class 2 recorder assembly

Class 2 have been learning how to play the recorder this term and performed an assembly for parents to show them their progress.  Below watch Class 2 perform a few warm up exercises before the main performance.

Healthy eating in 1R

In the last couple of weeks class 1R has been learning about healthy eating. We have tasted and compared different fruits and vegetables. Many of us even tried fruits such as physalis and pomegranate for the first time! Then the children worked in small groups to plan and prepare a healthy recipe. They safely and … Read more

Aliens in reception this week

This was our last week of learning about space and we ventured into alien territory. Making our own aliens was an exciting activity and a chance to let the imagination run riot!  Describing their aliens in writing on Tuesday was more challenging but the children tried hard to use some descriptive language to aid an … Read more

Rocket Seed Science Experiment

Class 5/6A received two packets of seeds in May. One packet was blue and the other was red. One of the packets had been to space with Tim Peake but we didn’t know which ones! It was part of an experiment to see if we can plant seeds in space in the future. Once the … Read more

Class 3 Assembly

Class 3 shared their learning about Ancient Egypt with the rest of the school today in their Class Assembly

In D & T we have designed and made vehicles

In D & T we have designed and made a vehicle that has an axle and wheels. We had to use a bench hook and hacksaw to saw the dowelling to make the axle, to attach wheels to. Here we are testing to see which vehicle would travel the furthest. Everyone was very excited about the … Read more

Macbeth

This week, the children in the 5/6 Classes have been exploring Macbeth through Drama.  Last week, they learnt some interesting information about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre as an introduction. In our first lesson this week, the warm-ups involved the children acting in pairs and taking on particular roles.  This proved highly entertaining but was … Read more