Terrific Tuesday!
What a great day we had in Year 1 today!
We had lots of surprises and different things appearing in our classroom! First we had a surprise envelope from Wanda. We had to predict what was inside the golden envelope. When we opened it we had an invite to her space party. We were very excited to…
Violin Showcase!
For the last 10 weeks, the year 3 children have been working towards a violin concert with their violin teacher, Paula. The children had never played the violin before and within just 10 weeks, they were able to play a series of songs through pizzicato and using the bow.
The children were very…
What a busy day we’ve had in Year 1!
This morning, we arrived in school to find a golden envelope. We made predictions about where it was from… many of us thought it was from the Easter Bunny! When we opened it, we found an invitation from Wanda and the alien to a party! We then used our noun phrases to plan the party.
After that,…
Violin demonstration
Today the Year 3 children did an amazing job of showcasing the results of their 10 week violin course to parents. We were all extremely impressed with the concentration and discipline they showed.
They demonstrated their performance skills by following instructions from their leader. They…
Thermal insulation in action
In science, we have been learning about thermal conductors and thermal insulators. We wanted to test to see how thermal insulation worked so we made a Baked Alaska.
To begin with, we laid a sponge cake on a baking tray and completely covered it in layers of ice-cream.
Next we put the cake…
Gold!
Well done to Lyla for being awarded 300 smileys. What an achievement!
Silver!
Congratulations to Nathan, Owen, Jude, Thomas, Sienna, Bailey and George for being awarded 200 smileys. Brilliant!
Bronze Award!
Congratulations to Harley, Jack, Izabel, Frankie, Olivia and Brandon for being awarded 100 smileys.
York Day 3
During our final morning, we visited The Chocolate Story where we learnt about the history of chocolate, where it originated from and took a journey from bean to bar. We tasted our way through the story with some delicious chocolate treats and some more traditional flavours we were not so keen on.…
Fishing Heritage Centre!
For our local area topic, we went to the Heritage to find out more about Grimsby and how it became a famous fishing port. Year 3 and 4 both did a fantastic job, they listened and had lots of questions for Bob and John. Well done everyone!
York Day Three
For our final morning we visited the York Chocolate Story where we learnt about where chocolate comes from and how it is made. The children tried a bitter/spicy chocolate drink that Aztecs drank thousands of years ago. They also tasted pure cocoa and chocolate nibs, although some of the children…
Shape makers …
We are learning about shape and we have been quite creative. We made 2 d shapes from matchsticks and also used the geo boards to see what different shapes we could make.