The face and the body

6th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 started a new topic in French this week- parts of the face and body!

They started the session recapping their last topic on animals. Then looked at the head, the children were introduce to the words for head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth and hair. They played several games to learn and practice saying and seeing the words in both French and English.

Then they put our listening skills to the test. The children had to listen to a description of an alien and draw it. They used the new words for face and used their prior knowledge of French numbers to work out whether the aliens needed 1 or 13 eyes! Take a look at their aliens.

Finding fractions of amounts with practical objects

5th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 have been doing lots of work on fractions of an amount and number. We have been making unit and non-unit fractions using place value counters. In groups we had to read the fraction, identify how many equal groups there were and then make the fraction using counters. This also recapped on our prior learning of place value such as ‘exchanging’ to be able to share equally.

Dragons of the Dark Woods

29th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 finished their Literacy topic on “Dragons of the Dark Woods” by creating their own dragons eyes.

They learnt about how texture is created in images and sculptures and then had a go at sketching pictures of dragons eyes. They then designed their own dragons eyes before practising clay skills. They learnt how to make spirals, flowers and leaves etc and then followed their designs to make intricate patterns. Once dry, they painted them with metallic acrylic paints.

They look absolutely amazing and the children are so proud!

They then produced some amazing fact files about their own dragons that they created using lots of features such as subheadings, varied sentence openers and scientific words! They displayed them proudly alongside their dragons eyes.

Comparing numbers up to 50

29th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 4 were challenged to solve a word problem comparing two numbers up to 50 today.

The challenge was to find which of the children had swam the most laps. They used base ten to represent the number of laps, splitting the tens and ones. They discussed with their partners if they should compare the tens or ones numbers. The children also used a number line as another way to compare numbers.

Easter artwork in Year 6

8th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

To mark the end of their Easter topic, Year 6 have created some wonderful Easter artworks.

Mosaics and clay pots in Year 6

8th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

As part of Year 6’s Dimensions topic they have been discovering more about the Romans. They were fabulous craftsmen; they used their legacy to create mosaics and clay pots.

Mosaics

Clay pots

Year 3 Kickboxing

7th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 enjoyed their final kickboxing lesson today with Mr Brown.

They have learned lots of new skills over the last six weeks including basic punches, kicks, ducks and even got involved in some pad work! They have all made such good progress in such a short space of time.

Year 3’s Greek food tasting

6th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 had an exciting afternoon trying lots of different Greek foods. As part of our Dimensions topic- Athens v Sparta, we have been learning about Greece. The children have learnt about the history of Greece, food and culture. We thought it was only right to try some of these foods. So we had an enjoyable afternoon trying the different delicacies! We tried: olives, Greek yoghurt, Vine leaves, baklava, feta cheese, pita bread with tzatziki and hummus.

 

Parts of a Plant

5th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 3 enjoyed exploring the parts of a plant as part of our Science lesson. We took them apart, looked carefully at them and then reassembled them before labelling the main parts of the plant.

We have also been looking at length in our maths lesson so compared the lengths of the stem with our partner.

Healthy Eating

4th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 have been learning all about Healthy Eating this half term. They now know about the different food groups, the correct ratios for the food groups and how to choose healthy options for themselves. This week we have moved onto careers involving food and had a visit from our school cook- Mandy. The children prepared questions such as:
-How do you choose the menu? -How do you ensure we have a healthy diet?
-What qualifications do you need to be a school cook?
-What roles are there in the kitchen?
-Do you enjoy your job?

The children listened to Mandy and received lots of information for their next task- designing a school menu.

Thank you Mandy for visiting us this week. 😊