Blog Author: Phoebe Warner

In preparation for this year’s Tamworth Arts Festival, the children began their unit of learning about the artist, Wassily Kandinsky. We learned about the artist, explored famous pieces of art work he has produced and began experimenting with the use of circles and patterns using wax crayon.…

In DT this half term, Class Three learned how to plan and create a pop-up book with mechanisms. Our design brief stated that the book needed to be appropriate for children in KS1, which all of the children took into account. Since Mary Howard has been learning about Easter as part of our…

As part of our position and direction unit in maths, Class Three learned how to accurately reflect shapes in vertical and horizontal mirror lines!

This week, Class Three finished their balanced argument in English! The children edited and improved their writing to ensure a consistent, formal tone was used throughout their work. The children then took great pride in publishing their final pieces ready to be displayed in our beautiful…

For our final lesson of our ‘Economic Wellbeing’ unit, Class Three learned about different job roles and routes into careers. Year Five children researched a variety of job roles within different fields. Year Six children designed their own pathways into a career of their…

Well done to all of the Year Five and Year Six children who completed their Level Two in Bikeability this week! 

Class Three learned how climate change can impact population. The children considered what we can do to help our Earth and created posters to present their ideas!

In English this week, Class Three have started their new unit of learning in which they will construct their own balanced arguments. After retrieving arguments for and against the question, ‘should homework be banned?’, Class Three created word banks to support their structuring of an…

In RE this week, as part of our Salvation unit, Class Three created Climate Justice posters as part of the Christian Aid creative project! This linked perfectly to our learning in Geography this week, where the children explored how climate change is impacting the population. Reverend Nicky…

On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day! Class Three came dressed up and Isla won the fancy dress competition for the incredible effort that she put into her Queen of Hearts costume! 

Class Three began their unit of learning in Science this week by exploring the hardness and uses of materials. We began by revisiting prior learning and established the difference between an object, a material and a property. The children identified the materials of a range of objects and…

Class Three began their new book in English this week, which is a non-fiction text. The children developed their retrieval skills by locating facts and then constructed their own sentences, using previously taught skills. Some children even incorporated our word of the week -…