2019-2020

Class 2’s maths unit this term is measuring.

The children measured out the ingredients for pancake mix.

We made and ate them together in class. YUM!

Class 2 had a visitor from a robotics engineer to show the children how to programme a Bee-bot. They spent the morning programming the Bee-bots to go around different tracks.

As part of our history topic on the Vikings we've been learning about what the Vikings ate and drank. We followed a recipe to make some Viking bread. We tried it with honey, just like the Vikings used to eat it and most of us thought it was delicious!

Class 4 had a super exciting parcel arrive for them . . . it looked as though it was from the Iron Man!

We have been reading The Iron Man story by the famous author Ted Hughes and we contacted the illustrator, Chris Mould, to tell him how much we enjoyed his illustrations.

He sent us each a lovely bookmark that he had specially designed to celebrate his new edition of The Iron Man on the 50th anniversary of it first being published.

Year 5 used a decoupage technique to make ornaments of the first letter of their name.

We used old maps as this links in with our geography topic this half term.

In Class 4, we enjoy working together to help us compare and order 6-digit numbers in our Maths learning.

Year 5 have been learning all about forces in science.

To explore the effects of air resistance and gravity we made and tested different designs for parachutes.

It was great fun testing our parachutes.

Year 5 have also been experimenting with water resistance as part of their work on forces. We made different shapes from modelling clay and timed how fast they travelled through water to try and find out which shapes were most streamlined

The Year 5 children have been learning how to cycle safely during their Bikeability training.

Mrs Dennison was very proud and pleased that everyone in the class passed and took home their Bikeability badge and certificate.

Well done Year 5!

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Week 1

Once again Year 6 are taking part in the First Lego League challenge. This year’s project is called ‘City Shaper’ and is all about how design, nature and technologies influence the ever-changing cities and towns we live in. The children are busy building the Lego models and constructing their robot. After half term the children will begin to undertake the programming challenges.

Our class novel this half term has been The London Eye Mystery. All the children have had a copy of the book and we have used it as part of our reading curriculum as well as a stimulus for writing. The children loved reading the novel and were on the edge of their seats finding out what had happened to Salim. The children have produced some brilliant newspaper reports documenting Salim’s disappearance and how the Spark children solved the mystery.

Our science topic this term has been Evolution and Inheritance. We have studied adaptations, evolution and inheritance in animals and plants. Also, we have found out about the prominent Victorian scientist Charles Darwin and his amazing adventures on the Galapagos Islands. We carried out an investigation about his famous finches using tweezers, kitchen tongs and pegs to mimic the adaptations of the different finches’ beaks.

Recently Year 6 visited Westlakes Science Park to explore the STEAM trail. Adam, our guide met us at Ingwell Hall and led us around the trail. Year 6 had a fantastic time learning all about the STEAM subjects (science, technology, engineering, art and maths) and how they are part of our everyday lives. The children found out about: wind energy, electricity, solar power, photography, nuclear energy and the water cycle. They even had time to solve word puzzles and take some brass rubbings. A great time was had by all.

This half term year 5 and 6 have been lucky to work with the Primary Business Partnership. Claire and Alfie from the partnership visited us at school and taught us all about the manufacturing process, how businesses manufacture products, buy raw materials and sell them for a profit.

The children worked in small business teams and had to manufacture cubes, buy additional raw materials to build more cubes and then sell their final products for profit. Watch this space as a number of the pupils were natural entrepreneurs and could soon be ‘hired’ by Lord Sugar!

Year 5 have been learning all about forces in science.

To explore the effects of air resistance and gravity we made and tested different designs for parachutes.

It was great fun testing our parachutes.

As part of our history topic on the Vikings we've been learning about what the Vikings ate and drank. We followed a recipe to make some Viking bread. We tried it with honey, just like the Vikings used to eat it and most of us thought it was delicious!

Year 5 have also been experimenting with water resistance as part of their work on forces. We made different shapes from modelling clay and timed how fast they travelled through water to try and find out which shapes were most streamlined