Year 5 - Human Life Cycle
During this science lesson on the human life cycle, the children explored the stages of growth from birth to adulthood, with a particular focus on the rapid development that occurs during infancy. After discussing key milestones in a baby’s first year—such as weight gain, increasing height and motor skill development—the class worked collaboratively to interpret a set of data showing the monthly growth of a baby. Using this information, they constructed line graphs to visually represent changes in height and weight over time. The activity helped reinforce their understanding of how humans change and grow during the early stages of life.
Reception - Spectacular Space!
This week, Reception have been on a mission to outer space! We started the week by reading the book ‘meet the planets’ to learn the names of the planets in our solar system. We then worked hard to complete the space related challenges in the classroom, such as making shape rockets in the maths area, creating sparkling space pictures in creative and labelling the planets in the writing area. The children have also loved exploring our small world space zone in class. What a space-tastic week we’ve had! It has been out of this world!
Year 1 Science- Environmental Workshop
Yesterday, Year 1 had a fantastic time at an environmental workshop led by Georgina. She made learning about waste and recycling interactive and engaging, teaching them how to sort materials into the different coloured bins. The children left with some great new facts and shared these at the end of the workshop. Joey and Percy discovered that batteries should be placed in a carrier bag outside the bin to prevent fires. Callie learned that hard and soft plastics need to be separated, with hard plastics for recycling and soft plastics as waste. Olivia noted that hard plastics and metals go in the grey bin, Vienna shared that paper and cardboard belongs in the blue bin, and Haydn added that food waste should be put in the burgundy bin. All of our children received a recycling pack to take home which included a variety of follow-up activities, information for those at home, a certificate and a sticker.
Forest school club- week 1
This afternoon the children have been foraging for natural treasures to make their natural paint brushes. We then used water colours to create a picture using our paintbrushes. The children then went exploring, engaging in child initiated play either experimenting with water, funnels jugs and pipes or exploring our outdoor area to make dens or find minibeasts. We have had a great time living life in all its fullness!
Reception: Muddy Monday
Reception class have had a fabulous time at Whitehall park. The children found treasures, built dens and bug hotels, found minibeasts, balanced and climbed trees too! It was lovely to hear the children's excited voices amongst the trees and they really enjoyed getting muddy too! The rain certainly didn't spoil a fabulous afternoon of living life in all its fullness!
Reception- Forest School
This afternoon we have enjoyed a forest school session. We have had fun bug hunting, habitat building, role playing, and den building. The children learnt about different flowers and trees in our environment and had a great time exploring.
Year 4 - Science: Sound Insulation
In today’s science lesson, the Year 4s were able to explain in detail reasons why we should protect our ears. They discussed the damage prolonged exposure to loud noises can do to our hearing and ways in which we can reduce that exposure. Their main idea was to block out the sound, so their task was to investigate different materials to evaluate their ability to insulate against sound. After exploring the materials available, they predicted which would work best and then got to work creating their own ear defenders, filling cups with their chosen material. Each child then got the opportunity to test out each of the materials by holding them against their ears and recording how well the material blocked out the sound. The majority of the class noted that cotton wool appeared to be the best at blocking out the sound.
Year 5 - Life Cycles
Today in Science, Year 5 explored the fascinating world of life cycles, focusing on a range of insects. They compared how some insects undergo complete metamorphosis, changing form entirely at each stage, while others simply grow into larger versions of their younger selves. The children then created visual representations of their chosen insect’s life cycle, using a variety of materials such as rope, cones and counters to illustrate each stage in a creative and engaging way.
Reception- Muddy Monday
Today during our Muddy Monday session, we went minibeast exploring in Jack’s Key. The children used magnifying glasses and Petri dishes to take a closer look at the amazing minibeasts our local area has to offer. They were excited to discover a variety of tiny creatures, including worms, spiders, and woodlice, carefully observing their features and movements.
Reception- Muddy Monday
During our Muddy Monday session, the children also put up their shelter, using nearby trees to help anchor and support the structure. They worked together to stretch and secure the materials, thinking carefully about how to make it stable, while also looking for mini beasts.
Reception Farm Visit
Today, the Reception class had a special visitor – Farmer Steph! She brought a very cute, two-week-old lamb named Olly and two chicks for the children to see. Steph talked about what it's like to look after farm animals and the jobs she has to do. The children learned that pigs are surprisingly good at digging and help turn over the soil on the farm and their chickens each lay one egg every day! Thank you to Nightingale Farm for sharing their animals with us.
Year 1 Science and Computing- How Does a Plant Grow?
This afternoon, Year 1 have been exploring the names of various parts of a plant and the different stages of plant growth. They created their own animations on Purple Mash to illustrate these stages and then played them back to enjoy watching their plant grow. They absolutely blew us away and managed to create some exceptional animations of a seed developing a stem and roots, growing into a sapling, growing leaves and a stronger stem, starting to bud and then finally flower. The children even added visiting bees to their plants to pollinate them and seeds dropping off their plants to form new ones. Amazing work, Year 1!