This week, Parrots have been learning all about postal workers. We used a map to deliver letters around the school and decided if we needed to go straight, left, or right based on where we were.

In Year 4 our curriculum topic this term is volcanoes. 

Pupils have done some fantastic pieces of work on the positives and negatives of living near volcanoes. 

Woodpeckers have been thinking about shading techniques in their art work. This week they transferred these into drawing apples. Their finished results are fantastic!

Year 2 have been experiencing which 3D shape was the strongest to make a bridge. They found that the cuboid held the most books. They will use this information to design and build their bridges next week. 

Swallows look great in their animal-themed clothes!

This week in year 2, the children have continued to learn about materials in science. They have been testing which materials are waterproof and which are not. They have been discussing why materials are chosen for different purposes. 

The Puffins followed the yellow brick road like in the story of Wizard of Oz.  We pretended to be scarecrows, tinmen and lions. We made some red shoes, printed our own yellow roads and finished with playing musical instructments in our band.

On the way we stopped to celebrate Lunar New Year. We made dragons and had a dragon dance.

What a busy week.

Busola in Year 4 has recieved a 'Talent for Writing' award this week. 

This fantastic award was for an original piece of creative writing that was selected for publication in a young writers' anthology. 

Puffins, Parrots and Penguins enjoyed learning all about Lunar New Year on 29th January. We learned that it is the year of the snake and had great fun exploring new year activities in the provision. We all LOVED tasting noodles and the best part of the day was performing our own 'Dragon Dance'!!

Year Six are hooked on their class reader: Holes by Louis Sacher.  We have created text maps to represent all the information about the incredible venomous lizards living in desert.  The classes have done a great job using scientific, geographical and a formal tone to inform their audiences about the lizard.  They are now having a lot of fun inventing their own animal: The Wabub.  We will keep you posted on their progress and their next piece of writing!

Year Six Kestrels have studied the work of Frida Kahlo in order to create their own self-portraits.  We have looked at proportions and how to focus on details.  We have looked at representing ourselves and our personalities in the background of our art work.  Fantastic effort!

The children requested cereal for snack this morning, so they set up their own cafe. With the extra cereal we made birdfeeders. 

The children have been listening to fairy tales, this week. For our dance session the children pretended they were at the magical ball.

We have been learning what makes a simple circuit. We now know the names a many different electrical component and can look at a picture of a circuit to see if it is complete or incomplete. Stay around for more electrifying news. 

We our so proud of ourselves in year 4! We are working on developing our knowledge and application using multiplication. So far, we have been working on factor pairs, multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000 and we've been using different methods. Now, you can see why we are so happy. 

Year 1 looked at different kinds of hand puppets and then designed their own. They cut out the felt pieces and have enjoyed learning how to sew in order to join the two pieces together. 

Parrots and Penguins were very excited to have a visit from a Dental hygienist. She told them they need to brush our teeth twice a day, using small circular motions. They then played a game, looking at which food and drink items are good or bad for their teeth. All of the children recieved a goodie bag with a new toothbrush, tooth paste and a two minute timer. 

Wagtails have been hard at work trying to build their 3D stone age houses which are now nearly complete.  They used the nets of 3D shapes to make the basic shapes.  

Woodpeckers have been very busy this week, learning how to subtract using the column method. They demonstrated what marvellous mathematicians they are becoming!

The children in Puffins have settled  back into school well. New children have also started and are making new friends. The children have played with ice and in the mud kitchen. The children have made lollipops, melted snowmen and we are learning to mark make.