What a fabulous time, celebrating reading, Year 6 had on World Book Day! We started the day by sharing our work on the 'Land of Neverbelieve' with our grown ups from home and our friends in Year 6 before we ventured off to [...]
Year 6 enjoyed their 'Pop Art' unit studying the work of Lichtenstein and Warhol. They then used this knowledge to create an original image of an inspirational person from popular culture before using the iPads to create a digital piece of art. [...]
Year 6 enjoyed their recent DT project of researching, designing, making and testing model air raid shelters. They agreed on their design criteria, specifying that their shelters had to be camouflaged (to protect from enemy detection), weatherproof (to not allow water in) and [...]
Year 6 Art Year 6 were inspired by the war-time artist Paul Nash. The children used watercolours and pastels to create a painting inspired by his painting, 'Battle of Britain'.
Year 6 were transported back into the 1940's for their trip to Beaumanor where they took on the roles of wartime evacuees and experienced what life was like during this time. We spent the day learning about rationing while shopping for essentials to create a war time meal, listening and cracking codes in teams [...]
Earlier this half term, Year 6 were given the opportunity to take part in the 'Safety Zone' event held at the National Water Sports Centre. The event provided children with an opportunity to learn about safety in a range of realistic settings. The children met safety experts such as Fire Fighters, Road Safety Officers, [...]
During our 'Explorer Day' to launch our work on Shackleton, we conducted some vital research on the fifth largest continent of Antarctica. We then worked in teams to create our own fact-filled information posters to display in our classrooms. The children enjoyed being creative with their designs and demonstrated many of our 'Take Care' [...]
Year 2 have been very lucky to have Mrs Smith join us for our PE sessions this half term. We have been looking at different balances and how to travel from one position to another. This week we have been incorporating the gymnastics equipment into our routines. Look at our fabulous balances! We have [...]
