Ukulele in 5S

This half term in year 5 we will be spending some time with a specialist teacher to develop our skills in playing the ukulele.

 

Last week we learnt how to hold the ukulele correctly, the names of the strings and how to play the A chord.

This week we are learning all about major and minor…

Category: YEAR 5 BLOG

read more...

War Memorial Visit 2021

Reception walked with their Year 6 friends to the War Memorial at church. We laid a wreath of poppies we had made and talked about how we remember the soldiers. We also read the names of some of the local soldiers who died.

Category: RECEPTION BLOG

read more...

Year 4B Maths

Image of Year 4B Maths

In maths we are learning about multiplication. We have been making arrays to represent different numbers and using our 10 times tables to help us work our our 9s and 11s. We have learnt a new maths word this week too - factors! 

Category: YEAR 4 BLOG

read more...

4B Habitat hunt

Image of 4B Habitat hunt

Year 4 have started a new science topic all about living things and their habitats. We went on a treasure hunt around our school garden to find garden worms, insects with more than 6 legs, dead leaves, green items and lots of other things. 

Category: YEAR 4 BLOG

read more...

Making numbers using a tens frame

Image of Making numbers using a tens frame

In Reception Blessed this week we have really enjoyed making numbers. Mrs Thompson showed the children a numeral and they counted the right amount of counters on to the tens frame. The children were able to use the tens frame to identify the different ways we can make the number e.g. 2 + 2 = 4.…

Category: RECEPTION BLOG

read more...

Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Art in 5S

All this term we have been investigating the work of pop artists and specifically the work of Andy Warhol.  We have looked at the techniques he used and have attempted to use them to create our own piece of pop art.

We took an everyday item and tried to produce a copy of it 4 times.  We then…

Category: YEAR 5 BLOG

read more...

Outside learning

Image of Outside learning

Year 1 have been doing some of their learning outside this week. We have enjoyed comparing the lengths and heights of different objects. We have loved acting out ‘Room on the broom’ which is the story we are reading in English this week.

Category: YEAR 1 BLOG

read more...

Outdoor Adventure Afternoon in 2B

Image of Outdoor Adventure Afternoon in 2B

To inspire our recount writing next week, we took part in a variety of outdoor adventure activities this afternoon. We toasted marshmallows by the fire and talked about fire safety, we had an orienteering challenge on the field where we had to use our teamwork and mapping skills to locate items…

Category: YEAR 2 BLOG

read more...

Outdoor Adventures

Image of Outdoor Adventures

This afternoon in Outdoor Adventures, Reception Blessed have been getting a bit messy! We created mud paint using poster paint and different amounts of mud. The children noticed that the paint was thicker and darker than normal. We thought that this might be a good outside activity to try at…

Category: RECEPTION BLOG

read more...

People who help us

Image of People who help us

In Year 2 we have been learning about when we would need to call 99 and which services are offered in an emergency. We discussed the people who help us and how important their roles are.  We then acted out some scenarios and even got the chance to dress up. We had lots of fun! 

Category: YEAR 2 BLOG

read more...

The Yogi Group

Image of The Yogi Group

As yesterday was World Mental Health Day, we celebrated this in school today by taking part in a guided yoga session led by an instructor from The Yogi Group. During our session we explored breathing techniques, a yoga story, yoga poses that helped us work on our resilience and positive…

Category: YEAR 2 BLOG

read more...

Yoga

Image of Yoga

To help celebrate World Mental Health Day, Year 4 had the chance to give yoga a try.

It was a very informative session and allowed the children to consider different ways to relax when they are finding something tricky.

Category: YEAR 4 BLOG

read more...