Over the past few weeks, I have been experimenting with growing herbs and vegetables in water, something that is called hydroponics. It’s really simple and fun! Check out the video below and some of the other YouTube videos if you’re interested in experimenting as well. Remember to get permission from a parent or carer before […]
Having returned from swimming and the sun shining brightly, the Owls used the opportunity to practise the Roman formations with our newly created shields! We tried the Testudo ( used for protecting the Legionaries against incoming arrows), the Orb (to protect a General or important person) and the Wedge (used to split up incoming enemy […]
This afternoon, Year 3 have been busy creating their Roman shields from pieces of cardboard (thank you for your donations!). We looked at pictures and paintings of Roman soldiers for inspiration and carefully planned the designs. We hope to practise the various Roman attack and defence formations (including the famous Testudo) in the playground when […]
Today, Year 3 had their first lesson on forces. We learned that they can be a push or a pull and unbalanced forces mean there is movement!
We tried to exert balanced forces on each other so there was no movement!
To celebrate the end of poetry week, Years 4,5 & 6 had a special assembly on Friday where the best poems from each year group were performed in front of the children. The overarching theme was that of “Change”, and it was great to see how it was interpreted by each of the year groups. […]
This week year 6 have been working hard on their climate change poems for Poetry Week. Their strong messages and passion are clearly seen through their performances.
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Today, Year 3 discussed what makes a good performance. We thought carefully about the qualities needed to perform our poetry and then practised with our partners. Afterwards, we performed them to the class. We shall be performing our poems to the other classes tomorrow and 4 groups/pairs will be performing at Poetry Slam tomorrow in […]
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