Year 4 made some delicious pizzas to complete their Design Technology work this half term, after their research and experimenting with different flavours. They then used the experience to write a set of instructions for a recipe in their English lesson. Both turned out fantastic and we all really en...
Year 2 had a special visit from their Year 4 reading buddies on Friday. The children enjoyed reading Christmas stories and relaxing in their comfy pyjamas.
KS2 have had a festive afternoon watching The Polar Express while eating biscuits and drinking hot chocolate! To make sure they were comfy they all came to school in their Pjs!
KS2 have worked extremely hard to present our Christmas play this year! Thank you to all of the adults who came to watch it this week. A huge well done to all the classes, especially Year 6 who led the show with all of the speaking parts!
Did you know the ancient Greeks invented democracy? Year 4 have learned about how the Greeks would vote and how they could exile a leader they didn’t trust! We created our own vote in the classroom and wrote on shards of pottery, just like the ancient Greeks!
Year 4 visited Shibdon Pond to continue their inquiry into living things and their habitats. They sketched pond plants to see if they could identify and classify the type of plant they had found.
Our art project this half term was to create red figure and black figure pottery like the ancient Greeks! We researched the different pictures and patterns that would usually be seen on Ancient Greek vases and included picture of Greek myths and geometric patterns in our own designs. We sculpted the...
For Black History Month in Year 4 we researched the life and legacy of NASA’s Katherine Johnson. We created timelines to show the key events in her life and what she had to overcome to become such an influential figure today.
Year 4 have developed their ball skills this half term, practising with tennis balls, basket balls, footballs and rugby balls. They are becoming experts and controlling and moving around with their ball!