Year 6’s Last Day | 19 Jul 2024
What a fantastic year we have had with this year’s cohort. They went out in style.
Today saw the end of our fabulous topic ‘We Are What We Eat’. KS! opened their own Italian restaurant complete with music, flags and pizza making! The children were given a broad range of ingredients and they worked together to identify whether the ingredients came from a plant or an animal. They then utilised a …
We have been learning that our food comes from plants or animals. In out topic lesson, the children worked in pairs to sort a range of foods according to where they come from. It was wonderful to hear the children’s discussions and ideas as they worked well together. We then looked at different animals and …
On Friday, all of the children in Kingfishers made bruschetta. Using the bridge technique to chop the the tomatoes they mixed them together with chives, white wine vinegar, olive oil and salt and pepper. Once we had toasted the bread and rub it with garlic they served the tomatoes mixture on top.
After leaving our clay pots to dry, it was time to paint them. We decided which secondary colour we would like them to be (green, orange or purple) and mixed primary colours to created these colours. We painted our dipping pots and can’t wait to use them! They look great!
Skylarks used clay to create their own dipping bowls. They rolled and coiled the clay and used slip and smoothing tools to attach the coils together. When they are dry they will mix primary colours to create secondary colours to paint them. The pots have already received lots of admiring glances from members of staff. …
Today, KS1 completed their Muddy Puddles day for the Summer term. Thankfully the weather stayed dry (on the whole) and we were able to spend the day outside exploring a range of engaging and exciting activities. Throughout the day, the children explored 3 activities. They included ‘Gone with the Wind’; an activity based on the …
Well, what a fantastic entry point we had, celebrating all things animal in Bluebirds and Robins. We went on an animal hunt and found various creatures lurking around the grounds. We then turned ourselves into animals with super face painting (Mrs Marriott, Mrs Papworth and Miss Dibb should open a new business!). Finally, we had …