Black History Month in Year 3

We’ve learned an awful lot about Black History this month – the origins of Black History Month, why it is so important, what it means for us all as citizens of the world and how we can learn from lessons of the past. Together with Year 4, we have focused on Black sportspeople and their […]

More Chats with Ghana in Year 2

This afternoon we shared our Alma Thomas mosaics as part of our Black History celebrations. Some children also read out their Louis Armstrong inspired poems. In return our link teacher, Ms Donkor, told us an Anansi tale and the children sang a song.

The Empire Windrush

This week, as part of our Black History Month celebrations, Year 5 have been learning about The Empire Windrush. We discussed why people may have moved from the Caribbean to the UK after WW2 and talked about some of the difficulties as well as the positives. As part of our learning, we read a poem […]

Pre-school Thursday snapshot

Year 6: Noun Hunt

Year 6 went on a noun hunt in the playground. They had to find common, proper, collective and abstract nouns and put them into a table. Finally they solved a spooky anagram to complete the task.

Year 6: WW2 Newspapers

Inspired by our recent learning about WW2, we decided to create our own newspapers based on the events directly after Black Saturday (the first night of the Blitz). We learnt a range of ICT skills, shortcuts and word processing tricks.

Anansi the Spider

This morning Year 1 & 2 visited the Unicorn theatre to see a fantastic production of Anansi the Spider. The children loved the show and we are all looking forward to learning more about the stories in class. A big thank you to the parents who came along too.

Hungry?

Are you fed up of boring sandwiches? Then come to Year 4 to check out their BRAND NEW COOKBOOK! Featuring the most delicious sandwich recipes of the century, you’ll never have to eat a boring egg cress sandwich again!

The Great Fire of London Poetry Year 2

Year 2 have written some creative poems about the Great Fire, thinking carefully about their powerful verbs. They thought about life in 1666, the bakery, the fire, the people and their reactions and the ending of the fire.

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