Autumn fun
We had an afternoon inspired by everything Autumn! We listened to the Leaf Man story and created our own characters. We painted Autumn trees and made leaf rubbings. Reception used conkers to count and match numbers. Year 2 wrote some amazing descriptions of seasonal changes.
Celebrating our Unit of Learning!
As a celebration of all of the children’s hard work during our unit of English this half term, we had a Macbeth themed celebration afternoon! As the children had just performed their finished Witches’ Brew poetry, they brought their grotesque mixtures to life by following a set of instructions and…
Witches’ Brew Poetry
Class Three finished their Witches’ Brew poetry, which they wrote in the style of Shakespeare, using: rhyming couplets, archaic language and imperative verbs. The children then learned about how to perform their poetry using intonation, tone, expression and pace. They brought their poetry to life…
Tag Rugby
In PE this week, Class Three used their newly acquired knowledge and skills of tag rugby to participate in their own pupil-led games. The children worked fairly, following the rules of the game and considered tactics to help them to succeed. Super koinonia was demonstrated by all!
Our Toy Museum
We have been creating descriptions of toys from the past. We wrote labels for each toy so visitors to our toy museum can find out about how children played with toys beyond our living memory.
Factors
In Maths this week, Year 5 learned that factors are whole numbers multiplied together to create a product. They used practical equipment to represent factor pairs and support their reasoning when problem solving. Year 6 used factors as a method to divide by first identifying factor pairs…
Learning about Poverty and The Trussell Trust
This week Class Two and Three worked together in preparation for our Harvest Celebration. Following discussion, the children researched the impact of poverty on a local, national and global scale. This research facilitated an enhanced appreciation for the work of The Trussell Trust food…
Non-fiction: Toys in the past
Our new English text is an information book. We have been learning about features including contents, index and glossary. We are going to write descriptions of old toys for our Toy Museum in the classroom. Everyone had lots of fun playing with the toys!
