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 […]
Category Archives: Key Stage 2
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 […]
Experiencing cognitive wobble in Y5
Today in year five we have experienced “cognitive wobble” whilst learning about fractions. Cognitive wobble is where children are encouraged to think deeply about a specific topic. Sometimes the answer […]
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, […]
World Mental Health Day
In Y5/6AM we are kick starting world mental health day with some mindfulness and breathing exercises
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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