Water transportation investigation in LKS2

Years 3 & 4 have set up a week-long investigation to establish whether room temperature affects the speed of water transportation in plants. We’ve put 100ml of water and 1tsp of food colouring into a measuring cylinder with a stick of celery and put the cylinders in different areas around the school. In theory, the […]

KS1 DT

This week KS1 have been learning how to make templates in preparation for making their bookmarks. They thought carefully about the sizes, making lines straight and symmetry.

Treemazing Trees

Year 2 started a series of science lessons on how important and amazing trees are for humans, animals, birds, insects, plants and the planet. The children were able to share their existing knowledge about trees and build upon it. We discussed the many ways that trees benefit the planet and help support life. We kept […]

Year 1 Maths – Finding Quarters

Year One have been working on finding halves and quarters in maths. We have been really focusing on finding quarters of an amount.

Greater than less than in Reception

We have been having fun learning to use the greater than and less than symbol, and the equals symbol!

Textiles in LKS2

In year 3 and 4 this week, we have started our new DT topic… TEXTILES! We started to practise threading a needle, tying a knot and starting off when sewing.

Preschool make a fish and chip shop for their beach topic!

We built it, cut out the fish and chips and opened up shop today. We are using our 1ps and 2ps when we go shopping and are very good at checking we have the right amount of money.

Clean fun!

Today we had so much fun using mouldable soap! We had fun making snowmen, bouncy balls, all sorts of other things! We also enjoyed smelling it as it smells of raspberries! It’s super fun and less mess than playdoh!!

Eric Carle

Although “Going on a Lion Hunt” is our focus book this half term we have been reading some classics by Eric Carle. I managed to visit my Nan recently who was a teacher, she gave me a stack of Eric Carle books! Today we enjoyed The Tiny Seed, which we loved as we’ve been doing […]

Cooling down the St Margaret’s Way 😁