School Council opens their polling station
School council are excited to have held their first poll.
Every child across the school has had the chance to vote on this week’s question.
After coming up with the idea, designing and making the tubes and holding their votes, school council are super excited to see the impact this could…
Constructing a Playground
In DT this half term the children have been learning about playgrounds, the materials that they are made of and why certain materials are used. As part of our topic the children have had to create a model playground using materials from our classroom. They did a fantastic job. Well done…
Easter Service and Bonnet Parade
Wow! What a fantastic Easter service - thank you Class 2. You read beautifully, sharing the story of Easter and how it is celebrated. Class 1 your singing and dancing was energetic and joyful to watch and Class 3 your watercolour crosses were incredible.
Well done to all who took part in…
Developing our sketching skills
The children have been working very hard on developing their sketching skills over the past half term. Today they picked a view of our beautiful school to sketch. They worked very hard to include sketching techniques whilst focusing on proportion. Our next lesson will be their showcase piece of…
Creating branching databases
Class 2 have continued their learning about branching databases by applying their knowledge of yes and no questions, attributes and grouping to enable them to create branching databases on the Chromebooks. They then swapped computers to test each other’s databases. Great work everyone!
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Steady Hand Game
As part of our electricity science topic we have been constructing circuits. When we had put our circuits together our task was to design and make a steady hand hoop game. This involved using a metal hoop to act as a switch for the circuit. We have successfully produced our game and class 2…
Why do we need skeletons?
Our enquiry question in science this week was ‘Why do humans need skeletons?’. We used a rubber glove and straws to look at why our bodies need support. We then labelled the bones in our body by post it noting our partners and completing a skeleton relay in pairs. Some great practical…
Greenpower Racing Update
Our racing car is taking shape and we now have the bodywork fitted to the chassis. Year 5 have done a tremendous job of designing the body work and the final results are really impressive. On the construction front, Year 6 have a few jobs left to do. The battery and the brake need to be fitted…
Traditional tales
Reception have had surprise visitors in the classroom over the past two weeks. Last Monday they arrived to find a gingerbread man had ran away! They then had lots of fun exploring the traditional tale through reading the story, acting it out, making gingerbread men, decorating them and of course,…
Can plants grow anywhere?
Class 1 have continued their learning about plants by investigating the big question, ‘Can plants grow anywhere?’ They have set up a comparative, fair test and predicted the answer based upon their previous knowledge of what plants need to grow. Great work everyone. Can plants grow anywhere? Time…
Stoke City Play Leaders
Today has been the final week of the play leaders course. Children in year 4/5 have been learning how to coach and mentor others and carried out their own games for other groups applying their skills. We can’t wait to see their games in action at break and lunch times.
World Book Day
Wow, what a World Book Day!
We decided on a WBD with a twist this year in the hopes of not only inspiring a love of reading by showcasing different books, but also inspiring us as individuals. Our focus book Salt in his Shoes, based on the life of Michael Jordan, did just that. We unpacked the…