Evaluating simulations
In computing we have been using simulation programs to help us problem solve and evaluate our decisions. Today we were in training to become astronauts, we had to go through a series of tasks to help our comrades.
Year 6 Entrepreneurship Day!
Today we have had an entrepreneurship day in Year 6 Whales! We learned all about what it takes to be a part of team, what a good team manager looks like and what will happen if you have a catchy slogan for your product! We have created adverts for our own brand of lemonade, researched recipes and…
Game Designer!
Definitely my favourite kind of lesson, the children have been creating their own design for a game today, we’ve had creative freedom to make an environment we love with control over the sky, ceiling, floor and even fire/water obstacles! The children have thoroughly enjoyed this and it was great…
The Peloponnesian War
This week in history we are continuing our learning on Ancient Greece. We have looked at the Peloponnesian War which happened between the Greek city-states Sparta and Athens. The war lasted for 30 years, it ended with Athens surrendering. Sparta ordered Athens to knock down their walls but the…
Sports Day!
An amazing effort from all the children today for Sports Day 2023! All the children have performed brilliantly and shown true sportsmanship in the way they conducted themselves and showed support for each other whether they won or not! Also a big thank you to all the parents that came to watch,…
Sports day superstars!
Year 5 and 6 participated in their sports day today, which saw us take part in a range of activities including sprints, obstacle course and javelin. I am so proud of each and every child today for showing determination to finish each race. Here are just some of our competitors!
Our last Sports Day!
We had a great afternoon complete in many different activities for our last ever Sports Day at Primary School!
We had some tight calls for first place during the sprint, some egg-cellent egg and spoon finishers and some outstanding obstacle course winners!
I couldn’t believe how far the…
Amazing arithmetic!
Year five Dolphins polished their arithmetic skills today, using a layout WAGOLL to help them.
Reading SATs Booster
To prepare for year 6, as well as our usual lessons we have begun looking at the style of questions used in a past SATs paper
Lifting Levers
During DT, Year 1 have continued their learning on mechanisms by making a lever. They learn that levers move around a fixed point - the pivot. They used a lever to make Jack climb the beanstalk. They were so impressed with the work they had done.
Celebrating Monarchs
This week in History we have been answering the question “How do we celebrate monarchs?”. In doing so we learnt all about the jubilee and how this celebrates the monarchs major milestones. We also found out that Kings and Queens have two birthdays. During the summer birthday celebration they…
Historical arguments
Today in History, we learnt all about how and why Arabia grew so far so fast. We had some very insightful discussions over different factors and produced some terrific justified reasons. Well done Year 4!