Blog Author: Jo Bunn

We have been looking at flowers and started by observational drawing.  We thought about the flowers that we would want to sew.  We selected the material that what we wanted for the petals, drew and cut out the petals and then embarked on the sewing.  It was difficult for some but we all…

The children have been looking at different habitats and thinking about the animals and plants that would be found there.  We watched the habitat videos from bbc bite size to look at different habitats. We also had discussions around why these animals and plants are suitable for the…

For Bonfire night the children made bonfire/ firework pictures.  We used wax crayons to cover a piece of white paper then painted it with black paint.  To create and reveal the fireworks we used clay tools to score out the fireworks.

In geography we have been looking at human and physical features. We used Google Maps to find London and to find the human and physical features of our capital city. We had great fun zooming in and pressing on the binoculars to visit the places as if we were there.

In groups we have been making London Landmarks. We bought in lots of cardboard plastic and paper to create our models. We had lots of fun making them.

This week we have been designing and making finger puppets.  We are all very proud of our puppets.

We were testing materials to see which would be the best material for a raincoat for Dogger.  We thought about what we had already learnt about the properties of materials and predicted which material would be best.  We then tested them to see if our predictions were correct.

As we should have all been enjoying the first few days of our Easter break we hope that everyone is managing to stay safe and healthy.

Should you want to continue with home learning over Easter, classroom secrets have created an Easter activity timetable for every year group in primary…

I have been looking at a few websites/links that might be useful over the next few days/ weeks.

Carol Vorderman has a good site www.themathsfactor.com - there are online tutorials followed by little tasks which I'm sure the children will like

Another good site is www.pobble365.com -…

We had a look at some beautiful Spring flowers.  We had vases of red tulips and golden yellow daffodils, through looking carefully at their colours and shapes we had to represent what we could see using chalk pastels.

In KS1 we looked at the meanings of signs and symbols of coats of arms.  We thought about ourselves and the symbols that best represent us.

Are we brave, strong, loyal or good at protection?