Wish Tree!
Mary Howard pupils reflected on their hopes and aspirations for their time at our school. We created wish ribbons for our wish tree in the spiritual garden. A beautiful activity of connecting with ourselves spiritually!
Our Spiritual Garden!
Mary Howard were very excited to be introduced to our new spiritual garden! The children started to use the resources to connect with God and develop their spirituality!
Wanted: The Highwayman!
In English this week, Class Three had lots of fun writing character descriptions of the Highwayman in the form of a wanted poster! The children’s SPAG focus this week has been adverbial phrases, we planned and wrote a range of sentences using adverbials in different positions. The children then…
Kandinsky Art!
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.…
Sharing our Easter pop-up books!
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…
Reflecting Shapes
As part of our position and direction unit in maths, Class Three learned how to accurately reflect shapes in vertical and horizontal mirror lines!
Balanced Arguments!
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…
Careers in PSHE
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…
NYLG Litter Picking
Well done to our NYLG who began our litter picking initiative. They will continue to pick litter Monday to Thursday and then guide other students on a Friday!
Bikeability!
Well done to all of the Year Five and Year Six children who completed their Level Two in Bikeability this week!
The impact of climate change on population
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!
Oracy in English
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…