Super Daisy

The children in the Nursery have been learning all about the story ‘Super Daisy’.

We have been drawing and painting our own rockets and Super Daisy’s and making predictions as to what might happen next in the story.

In Maths the children have been learning some new vocabulary such as ‘more and fewer’ and enjoyed accessing a range of activities such as counting/sharing stars and identifying who has collected more/fewer.

We have been exploring space and learning some new vocabulary such as planet and astronaut and the children went on to set up a space station in the role play area. They have been flying to space on their own spaceship, completing their daily logbooks and finding out more information about space by looking through the information books.

Finally, the children have been talking about their favourite foods, we talked about the different foods we enjoy and when we like to eat them, our favourite part was making and tasting their own sandwiches.

Take a look at some of our amazing learning experiences….

Learning about sustainability in Walnut Class

Year 4 had some guests visit the school and talk about sustainability. Our guests’ goal is to create parts of London which are green, practical and child friendly. So, they asked our Wonderful Walnuts for their opinion. To start, everyone drew a map of their journey to school. They had to think about what they could see on this journey, what they could hear, smell and how they felt at different parts. Children were given the opportunity to share their unique journey’s and discuss the parts they liked and didn’t like. Turns out most of the class enjoyed the parts that involved more parks and greenery where they could hear the birds and meet up with their friends on their way to school. Then, Walnut class had to get really creative and draw a bridge. We had stepping stone bridges, London eye bridges, swimming bridges, rainbow bridges and many more! We worked together as a team to attach all of our bridges together in creative ways to make one long bridge. There was a lot of problem solving and teamwork with this activity and I was so proud of the support and respect all the children were showing each other. Well done Walnuts!

Year 5 dragon creations

Year 5 have started their Reading of ‘How to Train your Dragon’ with some inspirational interpretations of their own dragons.

Homework projects in Reception class

The children in Olive class were very busy this Easter holiday, making their homework projects at home with their families. Their story boxes were inspired by their favourite stories from our topic last term such as ‘Harry and the bucketful of Dinosaurs’, ‘Monkey Puzzle’ and ‘Chicken Liken’. They were very creative! Have a look at some of their amazing work!

Reception class topic launch

Olive class had their Topic Launch last Tuesday, where children and parents were introduced to our new topic ‘Fantasy and Adventure’. We looked at some of the learning that will take place this term, and we engaged in a variety of activities linked to our topic. It was lovely to see parents and children working together and exploring the learning environment!

Making simple circuits in Year 4

In Science this week, children investigated making different circuits in our science lab. We discussed the different components needed to create a simple circuit and the correct terminology. They then looked at different picture cards of different circuits and made them. The class had to predict whether each circuit will work. To help this prediction they were encouraging to consider the questions; Is it a complete circuit? Why? Why not? Does it have a power source? Children then had to fix the circuits that were broken.

Year 3 trip to London Zoo

On Thursday, Year 3 enjoyed a trip to London Zoo where they  took part in a Rainforest Explorer workshop. Children explored the rainforest habit, looked for animals and took temperature and humidity readings. Children learnt how rainforest animals are adapted to their environment, the threats they face and how we can help. Children came face-to-face with a variety of amazing rainforest species including monkeys, sloths, and tamanduas. What a fun day!  

Nursery Topic Launch

The Children in the Nursery were delighted to spend the morning with their parents at our topic launch. This has provided the parents with an insight into some of the learning that will take place around our new topic ‘Fantasy and Adventure’.

The parents were very complimentary and thoroughly enjoyed engaging in a range of activities with their children.

We would like to thank all of the parents for attending the topic launch, take a look at some of our photographs capturing the children and their families exploring the learning environment.

Alder’s Topic Launch

In Alder class, we had a Topic launch for our Geography topic of ‘How Earth Was Shaped.’ We investigated what it means to be a Geographer and we used Atlases and videos to find out about our planet’s continents, oceans and natural wonders. We are very excited to learn more about this enthralling topic!

Year 4 Topic Launch

On Thursday, Walnut class were introduced to their new topic, Anglo-Saxons. We first located this period on a timeline and noticed it was just after the Romans. We briefly learnt about who the Anglo-Saxons were, where they came from, why they came to England and about their way of living. The class found many similarities between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings! We discovered how skilled the Anglo-Saxons were especially in making weaponry and jewellery. So, we made our own shields and pendants as well as creating self-portraits of ourselves as the fearsome warriors and writing our names in Anglo-Saxon runes. It was fantastic to see everyone getting stuck in to the activities and already starting to produce questions about this group of people.

What made Baghdad’s Golden Age

This morning, Cherry class enjoyed their topic launch all around the topic ‘Trade and Travel. What made Baghdad’s Golden Age?’ From AD 700 – 1258, Baghdad was the centre of culture, learning and trade. Children explored with their parents, Islamic art that contains many geometric patterns with interesting shapes. Calligraphy is also used as a high art form. Calligraphy is the decorative art of writing or lettering using a pen or brush. Children had a go at creating their own Islamic patterns and writing using shapes, rulers, ink and watercolours. What a creative morning. Thank you parents for joining us.

Nursery visit Hyde Park

The Nursery children went for a walk through our local park to look for signs of Spring. We were very excited to find things such as insects and budding flowers, we even spotted a lady bird hiding in the grass!

We talked about the buds on trees, new flowers and nests being built.

Mrs. Roberts was very impressed with the children’s knowledge about the how the flowers change from season to season.  Everyone proved to be super detectives and found evidence of all of the items we had discussed the previous week in the classroom.

The children’s behaviour was outstanding throughout the walk and members of the public commented on this.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents/carers that accompanied us on the trip, we really appreciate it.