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Today in English, the class began looking at chapter 2 of The Arrival. We discussed the story so far and the symbolism of the illustrations. Using the people on the ship picture, we created a freeze frame and then each character was ‘woken up’ in the picture to tell us who they were, where they…

This week in English, Middle School have been thinking about the purpose of adverts and how they are successful at grabbing attention. 

In our story - ‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King - Barney and Stig are being very resourceful with items and tools…so we worked on creating adverts to sell…

Our learning journey has continued in Science as we explored gases this week. 
 

First of all, the children had to predict which of the bottles of liquid would have the most ‘fizz’. They ordered them from least to most and then listened carefully to detect the differences in ‘fizz’ as the…

This week in Dance, Middle School took inspiration from various pieces of Cave Art to create sequences and stills. To begin with, they used travel, height, shape, speed and movements to represent painting, hunting, being hunted…

After carefully listening to a piece of music, we discussed a…

This week, Middle School have continued their learning journey in Maths by deepening their understanding of place value. We have focused on partitioning and how this can be done in flexible, multiple ways. We have used various models, visuals and concrete resources to help with our understanding. 
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Middle School have painted portraits of themselves this week! See if you can guess who is who…(I did a very good job at guessing which we agreed was due to their attention to detail and the fact I know them so well!!)

Well done, Middle School!
 

The day has finally come when we can use our new and improved running track again! 
Year 6 were given the privilege of the first try on the rubber tarmac this morning with Year 5 following on close behind. The class were very impressed with how fast the path made them run and they can’t wait to…

This week in Lower School all the children have been comparing numbers as part of their maths learning. Look at these photos of year one’s learning for a snapshot of the week …

In our Science lesson this afternoon, the children completed an investigation to observe what happens to shadows throughout the afternoon. The children set up rounders posts in the playground and whenever the sun came out, they were able to see the shadow it created. The children measured the…

Today the children in Upper School were introduced to a new graphic novel, The Arrival by Shaun Tan that we will be studying for the next few weeks. I did this through a display with items that the children discovered and discussed. We focused the learning through use of modal verbs in our…

After talking about seasons, autumn and plants the children created some autumn trees of their own. 
 

The Upper School children have been using a range of materials to create some space images in their sketch books. These have included, pastels, pencils, colouring pencils, chalks, felt tips, paper and water colours. The class have really enjoyed using a viewfinder to help them observe carefully…