In Maths, we made our own clocks help us to tell the time to the nearest five minutes. We have used lots of key vocabulary in our lessons such as minute hand, hour hand, clockwise, minutes past and minutes to.
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Lily and the Snowman
In English, we have been using digital literacy to inspire us to write creative recounts of Lily and the Snowman. We built our own snowmen and made shadow puppets to immerse ourselves into the story. We have also worked hard to include key features in our writing such...
Moving Vehicles
Year 6 have been taking part in a vehicle project funded by Primary Engineers and the Reece Foundation. They measured and cut wood to create frames then used triangles to strengthen them. They then used pulleys and small electrical circuits to connect the batteries...
Where is Australia?
In Geography, we are learning about Australia and how it is different to where we live. We started the unit by using atlases to identify the continents and oceans of the world. We then discussed how Australia is both a continent and a country. We are looking forward...
Y5/6 – Basketball
Thankyou to Thorp Academy and their sports leaders who hosted the year 5 and 6 basketball tournament yesterday! All of the games were played in a lovely competitive spirit throughout the tournament. There was some great talent on show with some impressive shots from...
Travelling in 4 directions
We have been learning about using all 4 directions with the Beebots to navigate around a map. We had to test different commands to form a set of instructions to successfully travel from shape to shape.
RSPB Bird Watching Week 🦅
Nursery children have took part in RSPB Bird Watching Week. We have listened to lots of stories, sang 2 Little Dickie Birds. We made bird feeders to feed the birds in our nursery garden, practising threading skills placing Cheerios onto pipe cleaners. To observe the...
This Is The Way We Brush Our Teeth 🪥
This week we have been talking all about oral hygiene and visiting the dentist. We have learnt how to keep our teeth healthy by eating less sugary foods and practised brushing our teeth with our own tooth brushes. We enjoyed listening to the story Alan's Big Scary...
Investigating wheels, axles and chassis
Today we investigated how vehicles move. We found out that wheels are attached to vehicles by axles. We worked hard to attach fixed axles and rotating axles to different chassis and decided which we preferred and were more secure. We also enjoyed testing them to see...
The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch
We have enjoyed sharing the story as a class of ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch’ as well as investigating other light sources, building our own pulley system and baking lighthouse biscuits.