What is area?

What is area?

4B have been learning about area this week. We discovered that area is the amount of space that is taken up by a 2D shape. To help understand this, the children explored building shapes using non-standard measures (sticky notes, maths books, square cards) to build...
Happy Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah

In our RE lessons, we have been learning about Hanukkah. We know that during the eight day celebrations, Jewish families light a special eight branched candlestick called a Menorah, to represent the eight days that the little jar of oil lasted. Like many other world...
Science in 5B! Testing air resistance!

Science in 5B! Testing air resistance!

Check out our action photos from our recent investigations into understanding air resistance!  We tried running with a large sheet of card when it was vertical and wide, when it was horizontal and flat, and also when it was curled into a cone – we made...
Fractions Pizza Party

Fractions Pizza Party

We have been learning about fractions in our Maths lessons, and what better way to do it than with pizza! In our pizza party lesson, we identified how shapes could be halved into 2 equal parts. We found that the square shaped pizza could be halved in more than one...
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