Printmaking Club
For our first session of printmaking club today, we explored some examples of lino printing then began to design our print blocks which we will use to create our own […]
Author Archives: Miss Alexander
Y5/6AM Art Skills
In their artwork, Y5/6AM have been learning about the portrait work of Hans Holbein and Pablo Picasso. Using a range of techniques, Y5/6AM used their sketchbooks to develop their mixed […]
Y6 Units of measure
Today in Y6, the children were set a number of Christmas-themed measurement challenges to complete. Supported by a number of resources, Y6 showed excellent teamwork and resilience in realising, writing […]
Subtracting mixed number fractions with numicon
Today in maths, Miss Alexander’s group were learning how to subtract mixed number fractions. We used numicon to help us build the fractions and convert them to improper fractions before […]
Y5 Away from the desk maths
This week, Year 5 have been building on their place value work in maths by multiplying numbers and amounts by 10, 100 and 1,000. We took our learning outside this […]
Y5 Poetry
This week, Y5AM explored the features of poetry as part of their work in literacy. Together, we unpicked the language features used, finding examples of figurative language including personification, similes […]
Y5 Water Resistance
This week in science, Year 5 used their knowledge of forces to investigate the effects of water resistance, a slowing-down force. The children took part in a range of experiments, […]
Y6 Away from the desk maths
In our maths sessions this week, Y6 have been learning about equivalent fractions. Today, we built.on this learning by comparing and ordering fractions with the same/related denominators. Miss Alexander’s group […]
Fantastic Forces at Gulliver’s Theme Park!
Off to a good start at Gulliver’s! We’ve experienced a fascinating tour of the theme park, where we identified the different kinds of forces used in each ride. We are […]
Y5/6AM Website design
Today in Y5/6AM, we learnt about the features in Google Sites, as well as what makes a good website, then had a go at using the features to practice creating […]
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