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In Y5/6, we have been studying and writing formal persuasive letters.  Today, we imagined KS2 SATs were going to be abolished.  As a class, we discuss whether we thought that children should have to do SATs or not.  At the end of our discussion, we had a vote and the class decided that KS2…

In computing, Year 3/4 have been making PowerPoints titled 'All about Me.' They have learnt to select themes, insert text boxes and new slides, edit and format text, insert pictures  and change transitions.

Well done everyone.

They are looking fantastic.

In Science this week we have been learning about the parts of a flower, and what each part does. We dissected flowers  to see if we could identify the different parts.

In P.E this half term, we have been learning a variety of rolls. These include: log roll, dish and hollow roll, teddy bear roll, egg roll and a forwards roll. Today we put some of these rolls together to create a sequence. We watched our partners sequences and we were very proud of what we…

In Science this week we have been learning about the parts of a flower.
We dissected a flower with our partner and watched a video to find out the job roles of each part.
We then learnt about the process of pollination and how this leads to fertilisation.

Great work Year 3! 

This week we have been exploring melting and freezing. We have learnt lots of new words like frozen, solid, liquid, melting and temperature. We used the freezer to freeze water then tried different ways to melt the ice. The warm water melted the ice the fastest. We also melted some chocolate using…

We’ve been learning all about snow, ice and Arctic animals. We held pieces of ice to see what happened and enjoyed talking about the melting process. 

As part of our Science unit on Light, we learnt about shadows.  

We learnt that shadows are formed when an opaque object blocks a ray of light.  We aimed to show that a shadow can change size depending on the distance the object casting it is from the light source.  Shadows can also be…

We have come to the end of our topic on Romans. This week the children have been really busy using what they have learnt throughout the unit and further research to plan and produce a PowerPoint presentation about what the Romans have done for Britain, which they presented to the class. They all…

The children have been exploring how to create 3D designs on computer. First they created a room and then added features and details such as furniture and decoration. Skills included: resizing, manipulating and rearranging features to create the best effect. Here are a few screenshots of their…

We watched a video about a little girl called Sophia who celebrated the Jewish festival of Hanukkah with her family. We learnt all about the traditions including decorations, candles, songs, games, prayers and food. We followed a recipe for latke (potato pancakes) and made them. The Jewish people…

As part of our topic on World War 2, we have been learning about the Blitz.  We have been looking at images, videos and reading first hand accounts of the air raids that happened during that time.  We generated descriptive and figurative language phrases individually and shared and developed them…