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Chronology- what was happening in Britain when the Angles and Saxons arrived?
To get to grips with chronology of when the Angles and Saxons arrived in Britain. We used our main class timeline to place when they arrived among other historical events that we have already studied. The children then worked on their own timelines of events around...
Science week 3M and 7B
This years theme for Science week is growth so each has been given a different challenge to do with growing sunflower seeds. In 3M and 7B, we have posed the question ‘Does the size of a plant pot affect the size of the sunflower plant?’ We have made our predictions...
Designing and creating our light up boxes
The children are now fledged electronic engineers. They have loved designing and creating their light up boxes for DT. They made their own circuits using wires, resistors, LEDs and powered it all using a Raspberry Pi. Fantastic work from all.
Labyrinths in 5B!
As part of our new English unit, we have been investigating the idea of labyrinths and how - in Ancient Greece - they were all made in the same way! Check out our attempts - some are outside, and some are in the hall as rain interrupted our labyrinth-making!
Moving Minibeasts
We have been learning how a moving picture is made and experimenting with making their own. We used a sliding mechanism and decided whether we wanted it to be a horizontal, vertical or diagonal lever.
Giving and following instructions
We started learning about the importance of clear instructions in Computing. We listened to and gave instructions to others to see how important it was to be clearly understood.
Up, up and away!
We have enjoyed exploring our new book ‘Paper Planes’, making our own paper planes and watching them fly. We then thought of different verbs to describe how they moved.
Exploring a range of money containers
As part of our Design Technology, we are going to be designing and making an Anglo Saxon purse. To get us started with some ideas, we had a look at a range of different money containers. We looked at the fastenings, the materials, how many pieces of material were used...
Weather Reporting in 2S!
Self-Image
During PHSE, we have been discussing self-image, body-image and self-esteem. We have also been considering how airbrushed and filtered images may give us unrealistic and false expectations of ourselves. We have been learning how we can combat these negative thoughts...