17 Jan

What is the temperature today?

Every day, we have been checking and recording the temperature. We have even seen -2’C, we definitely needed our coats, hats and scarves that day! 

17 Jan

'Great British Dishes' Week 2: Eton Mess!

After learning about traditional British savoury dishes last week, we took a look at sweet dishes in our second DT lesson! When considering how healthy different desserts were, we learned about nutrition and RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) and how many shop-bought meals and puddings have lots of…

17 Jan

iCell!

Year 6 worked hard during their first lesson of iData where they were introduced to spreadsheets. The children learned how data is inputted into spreadsheets via cells and practiced navigating through spreadsheets, solving problems and cracking codes!

17 Jan

Year 6 Knitting Club!

The children who attend Knitting Club each week are very excited to be starting their new project. They are eagerly already making teddy bear hand puppets for next year's Christmas Shoebox appeal! Well done Team Knitters!

It really seems as though Max has caught the knitting bug also... After…

14 Jan

Our Weather Station

We have been weather forecasters and finding out the weather in the UK. Some children made cameras in the making area to record the forecast too. We had other children checking the satellites and others recording the temperature. 

14 Jan

Sending messages using Semaphore

In computing we are learning to encode, send and decode messages in our Cryptography unit. Using flags is difficult and it was like learning a whole new language.

14 Jan

Reception Superheroes

Reception have been reading all about how to be a Superhero. Do you recognise us even when we are dressed as our superhero alter egos?

13 Jan

How is static electricity created?

Today, we have been finding out how static electricity is created. Using balloons, we have made our hair stand on end! We have also created enough static electricity to be able to lift pieces of paper and stick our balloon to the wall.

13 Jan

Investigating seeds in fruits

We have been comparing the seeds in different fruits this week in Science. We looked at size, shape, colour and number. Next lesson we will be looking at how seeds are dispersed.

12 Jan

Computer Networks

This afternoon, Year 3 were learning how computer networks work. In groups, we acted out how a network switch sends messages to devices on its network. 
 

10 Jan

Anyone for a Ploughman's Lunch?

For our first lesson in out DT unit (Great British Dishes) we learned about what the term savoury means and discovered a range of Britain's traditional savoury dishes. Whilst we have cooked cottage pies at home, in school we conducted a taste analysis for the three main parts of a Ploughman's…