The children have been desperate to read books in the sunshine this week so we decided to take our reading lesson outside. Our current book is ‘The Witches’ and we are loving it. The lesson was based on chapter 3 ‘How to Recognise a Witch’. After reading the chapter and working on our expression further, …
Over the last half term, the children have been learning about 3 famous nurses – Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell. Today’s lesson started with a knowledge summary quiz, where the children interacted with their peers to find answers to a range of questions about these famous women. The children then summarised their learning …
Today in Topic, we have been learning all about how Ancient Greek discoveries and inventions have influenced the modern world. To begin with, we looked at some of the wider discoveries the Greeks made in science, maths, philosophy, sport, the arts and democracy. Then, we looked into some specific inventions. Here we took part in …
Winners of the survival challenge.
To end our topic on weather & climate, we had a survival challenge day. Pupils were asked to bring to school a rucksack packed with items they feel would be useful if they had to survive in a particular climate. Pupils worked in groups to set up their camp and show what equipment they had …
In science, KS1 have been learning about living things and their habitats. Today, we made the most of the sunshine and spent time outside closely observing animals and plants, including woodlice, daisies and buttercups. In pairs, we sketched our observations, labelled its features and discussed where the living thing was found and why and how …
This week, Year 2 have been learning how to measure length and height in centimetres. They have completed a range of activities requiring them to use a ruler correctly. Take a look at some of our learning below!
Yorkshire Wildlife Park! | 23 May 2023
What an amazing day we have had. We are so proud of all the children. They were very excited and we saw plenty of animals, along with finding out lots of interesting facts. Enjoy the photos!