How does human and animal gestation and lifespan compare?
Today we explored gestation periods of different mammals.
We concluded that,’the larger the mammal, the longer the gestation period,’ however there are some exceptions to that rule.
Frieda 5A, ‘I enjoyed creating a bar chart to show the different results.’
Year Basketball
We have been learning how to dribble and pass in basketball. It's been great fun and we are really improving.
Reading Together in Nursery B
As the children settle into nursery life, they are enjoying sharing books together.
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Year 1 Maths Representing Objects
Year 1 Representing Objects
We have been learning to represent objects using counters and tens frames. Well done Year 1!
Wibble Wobble Parachute Games
We enjoyed trying out our new school parachute in Nursery A today. It’s huge so there was plenty of space for everyone. We sang along and followed the instructions in the song ‘Wibble Wobble, Wibble wobble, jelly on a plate.” Click on the link below to sing along at home.
Library Time for Nursery A
Nursery A enjoyed their first visit to our school library this afternoon. We tried to guess the animals in the ‘Flip Flap Forest’ book and then we had some time to choose our own books.
Library Visit
Year 4 really enjoyed their first visit of the year! Lots of lovely books waiting to be read.
Giorgio Morandi
This week we started our new art topic, drawing. We looked at the artist Giorgio Morandi who was famous for his still life drawings. We were inspired by his work and completed our own simple line contour drawings, using objects from around our classrooms. We were so pleased with our work and even…
Times Table Fun!
This week year 4 have been working really hard on their times tables! We started we our 3s, then 6s and 9s. The children have loved working practically to create their own arrays with counters, writing on the tables makes everything much more exciting too!
Art and Design: Drawing
The children experimented with ripping different types of paper and explored making marks with black paint.
Let’s Play in Nursery A!
This week has been all about new experiences for our nursery children. They have been discovering the nursery environment and all it has to offer, whilst making new friends.
All aboard the English Martyrs Bus Tour!
The children in Nursery A have been playing together to create a bus, using crates, wheels and wood. A tambourine made a perfect steering wheel. Watch out for the fast drivers!