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Colour Mixing

By Miss P STATHERS15th November 2020

In Art, Y2’s art project this term is based around Wassily Kandinsky’s art work.

First of all we learned how to draw a circle and then we explored shading with different pencils.

This week we have been learning about primary and secondary colours. We added red, blue and yellow to our sketch books because these are the primary colours. Then we mixed our primary colour to made green, orange and purple. We had great fun mixing our colours. When we looked at each other’s work, we noticed that everyone had different shades.

Hygiene

By Miss P STATHERS7th November 2020

Year 2 have been learning about the importance of hygiene in Science. We read the story ‘Dirty Bertie’ and then we gave Bertie some tips on how to improve his hygiene.

Then we started our own experiment. We put our handprint on a piece of bread and sealed it in a bag. Then we washed our hands and put our handprint on another piece of bead. We are going to observe our bread over time and record what happens to each piece of bread.

We can’t wait to see what happens to the bread!

Amazing art work!

By Miss S STAINTON2nd November 2020

Year 6 really enjoyed creating line drawings of Mayan glyphs in their sketch books. They examined a range of glyphs carefully and then replicated these with great detail. I was particularly impressed at how confident the children were in putting pen to paper without sketching them in pencil first! Excellent work year 6!

Star Writers!

By Mrs D WILKINSON2nd November 2020

A huge well done to our first ever ‘writers of the week’ in year 6! 3 children were chosen for producing fantastic fictional Mayan explorer stories. They were very pleased with their certificates, stickers and special pencils!

We can’t wait to see who is chosen this week to receive their award in Friday’s assembly!

House Captains!

By Miss S STAINTON14th October 2020

A huge well done to our new Year 6 house captains for this academic year!

Due to restrictions, the children were unable to complete their paper ballot paper votes however we decided to conduct a virtual voting session instead!

All of the candidates delivered excellent speeches and some of the voting was extremely close.

The Way Back Home

By Miss P STATHERS24th September 2020

Year 2 are studying the story ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers. So far, they have learned signifiers for the story and created their own story maps. Today, they acted out the story and performed to rest of the class. There were some brilliant performances!

Year 5/6 Poetry Slam

By Miss S STAINTON16th September 2020

The children in year 5/6 have really enjoyed the chance to warm up their writing skills and channel their creativity through writing a range of poems for our poetry slam!

They were then faced with the tricky task of memorising and reciting their poem from memory as they performed it to their classmates.

We were extremely proud of how many children overcame their nerves and performed for their peers, well done year 5/6!

Here’s Enes with his winning performance as voted for by his classmates…

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Y2 Star Poetry

By Miss P STATHERS16th September 2020

Year 2 are studying ‘The Starry Night’ by Vincent Van Gough in Art. They have also used the painting as a stimulus for the Star Poetry unit this week. They have worked together on their own lines for a poem and used them to create Star Poems. Brilliant job Y2!

World Book Day

By Miss P STATHERS8th March 2020

We all had a fabulous time celebrating World Book Day last Thursday. World Book Day’s mission this year was to ‘Share a Million Stories’. Therefore we came to school dressed as our favourite book characters to share stories that we love. Have a look at our fantastic costumes below. Can you spot any familiar characters?

In the afternoon, we split into house teams to have a ‘Share a Story’ session. The teachers shared a story with their house first.

Then, the children shared stories with someone from a different year group! We had a fabulous time sharing our stories!

Victory Leisure Trip

By Miss S STAINTON1st March 2020

Wow! What a fantastic day we had visiting Vistory Leisure Caravan factories!

Some of our year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a fantastic real-life learning experience and had the opportunity to witness first-hand how some of the most luxurious caravans in the UK are made! Not only that, but various members of staff were more than happy to share their expertise and chat with the children about their route into this line of work and tips on the children could follow in their footsteps.

It was amazing to step foot inside the huge factory and see how much team work is involved in assembling the caravans

We were particularly amazed by the workmen’s vending machine…No chocolates and drinks in here – just tools and equipment to be dispensed!

It was great to chat to the lead graphic designer whilst he showed the children his high-tech software!

Mary was also keen to chat to the children about her job as an interior designer and how she furnishes and decorates the inside of the caravans.

And finally, the children completed a caravan designing task and shared their plans. The winning group were pleased with their prizes of giant chocolate bars!