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Pupils will be tested weekly on their times tables throughout year 2. They will start on their 10x table then will move onto their 2 x, 5 x and to finish 3 x. Children need to get 10/10 three times to progress onto the next table. There is a chart in class for your information. We have been…

Today we had a table tennis taster session and the children really enjoyed it! Well done 34EP you did a fantastic job!

Today we were given the challenge :

Can you make newspaper strong?

In our Kagan groups we were given a lot of newspaper and we had to try to use it to make a structure  to hold Winston (the teddy).  We had to think of how best to do it; lay it, fold it, squash it, roll it and anything else.…

Today the children had a table tennis taster session. They learnt how to do a backhand hold and practised hitting the ball. They then played a game called Runaround. They had 5 lives each and once they had hit the ball, they had to run around the table and join the back of the line. Once all of…

Yesterday we completed our map pop art in a mixed style of Bridget Riley and Andy Warhol.  Bridget Riley only used a maximum of 5 colours and Andy Warhol used repeated pattern or tile designs.

We used our map extract  tiles and repeated them four times.  Next we used 5 colours of our choice to…

Today, we followed instructions to make a special potion! We had to follow the instructions carefully and then we named our potion.

In phonics, we recapped our digraphs. We each had a word to blend and then we sorted them into their sounds.

Lots of us have picked or carved pumpkins this half…

This half term, Y5CS have been working really hard to improve their times tables knowledge and speed of recall. Each week, the children complete a timed multiplication test. Our class score started at 172. Each week the children have improved on this, and this week was no exception bringing our…

Well done to Josh, Obie, Ewan, Eve and Poppy for being awarded a bronze certificate for 100 smileys.

We have been using ordnance survey maps as a starting point for our art and design project.

Taking  a pencil for a walk

First we experimented with lines and patterns and explored the different ways we could ‘take our pencil for a walk’. We tried straight and curved, bold and thin, zig-zags,…

Here are some useful websites you can use to help you practise any skills you need to with your maths.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/ practise all three areas (Number, Handling Data and Shape & Measures)

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html tables, division, fractions…

Here are some useful websites you can use to help you practise any skills you need to with your maths.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/practise all three areas (Number, Handling Data and Shape & Measures)

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html tables, division, fractions…

We have been learning about 2D shapes and doing lots of shape activities.

The children have been drawing around shapes, making felt shape pictures, sorting shapes and much more.

Here are some of the activities from our busy week.