Year 5 are Biome Explorers!

To kick start our new geography topic of biomes, year 5 took part in a virtual reality workshop with PrimeVR . During this time the children were able to get a sense of how climate, landscape, plants and animals differ across our planet. This immersive learning experience transported the children to the vast Amazon rainforest where they saw different species of monkeys, Antarctica to see penguins, the Savannah to see lions and to the Arctic to see what the sky at night looks like without light pollution. 

St Lucia have Fun at Forest School

Our children have done a lot of growing last term, and so our forest has become bigger! We had lots of new areas to explore. Luckily, the rain held off long enough for us to listen to the story of the three little pigs, and build shelters for own little animals! Children used sticks, mud and leaves to protect their squirrels, bunnies and hedgehogs from the weather. 

We had fun digging for treasure, experimenting with buckets and pulleys, cooking in the mud kitchen, and playing our special forest school hide and seek. 

Now we are familiar with our big new space, we are looking forward to new adventures next week!

 

Year 2 are pattern professionals!

In Year 2, we have been looking at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. The children had fun exploring these shapes in real life today. They looked at patterns that they could make using resources in the classroom.

Kelsie said, “I joined two cubes together to make a cuboid.”

Ask your child:

What shape is a domino?

What shape is a tennis ball?

Come and read afternoon in Reception

 On Monday 30th January it is the start of National Storytelling week. To reintroduce our monthly stay and read sessions we would like to invite the parents of our Reception children the opportunity to come into school and share in a love of reading with their child. We are inviting parents in from 2.40-2.50pm on Monday 30th to come and read a book in class with their child. If you are able to attend we would love to see you there!

3D Clay skills and techniques

In year 2 art, we are learning how to use clay in different ways. It can be very tricky to use as it dries very quickly so we have been learning how and when to add water. We have practised rolling clay to an even thickness, and inlaying different coloured clay. We have also made ‘vegetables’ in response to a story by rolling, pinching and pulling coloured clays. We have been learning how to use scoring and slipping techniques to join pieces of wet clay.

Rolling, shaping clay and smoothing the cracks.

Our inlayed clay 'worms' in response to a story with some arching ones too.

Pinching, pulling, scoring, slipping and joining our clay.

Our magic vegetable gardens including: cabbages, carrots and turnips, in response to a story.

Year 3 spellings

 Here are this weeks Year 3 spellings. If you need another paper copy please ask your class TA.

myth

gym

Egypt

pyramid

mystery

hymn

system

symbol

lyric

typical

Cut out collages inspired by Matisse

In year 3 art, we have learned about collage.
We looked at some of the Cut Outs by the artist Henri Matisse.

Using his work as a starting point, and the idea of positive and negative spaces in the cut outs, we used animal stencils and coloured paper combinations to create some very bright, eye catching collages!