Shine Time activities started today and group of children chose to be part of ‘Cosmic Stretching’. The children all took part in a Harry Potter themed stretching session. The children listened to a condensed version of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. As the story was told the children all tried different stretching positions, for example, the sorting hat, the broomstick, the 3 headed dog stretch. Great fun was had by all!
Reception have been reading the story of The Three Little Pigs. Last week they looked at different materials and objects and predicted whether the big bad wolf from the story would be able to blow them away. Reception used the word ‘predict’ and gave reasons for their predictions e.g. I predict that the feather will… Continue Reading
We had a special visitor in class to help us celebrate the feast day of the Epiphany. We enjoyed learning about how this is celebrated in France and learnt the French words related to the feast day and ingredients used to bake the cake eaten during the celebration. Continue Reading
Year 5 had a great time at Jarrow Hall and found out all about life in Anglo Saxon Britain. They visited the farm and learned about the animals, before sitting around the warming fire and listening to the story of Beowulf. In the afternoon, the children got the chance to try their hand a weaving… Continue Reading
Year One had a wonderful time when they went to the Tyne Theatre to see the pantomime, ‘Aladdin’. They joined in with the singing, dancing and actions. A super time was had by all! Continue Reading
This week, Year One have been learning about instruction writing. The children all made jam sandwiches and took notes about what they did step-by-step. The children then reviewed their notes and compiled clear, precise numbered instructions on ‘How to make a jam sandwich’. The children learnt about the importance of using imperative ‘bossy’ verbs to… Continue Reading
Reception are becoming more independent and creative with the loose parts materials. They are beginning to use their imaginations to develop their own creations. High levels of involvement and engagement have been evident during their play. Continue Reading
Year 2 children worked hard to design, build and paint a robot. This was based on our topic – Monstrous Materials and the book, the Robot and the Bluebird. Children were challenged to first design their robot and to think about items that could be used for the build process. Children then added parts that… Continue Reading
We used grated chocolate to learn about the three main types of rock. We compacted it in layers to make sedimentary rock, applied heat and pressure to create metamorphic rock and allowed liquid chocolate to cool and set to make igneous rock. Of course we had to test how dense they were by taking a… Continue Reading
Year 2 have been bringing in materials for several weeks and have just begun to assembly their robots based on their own original designs. Children have been challenged to add movable parts to their robots using either split pins or a hinge. As you can see, the children really got stuck into the build… Continue Reading
