As part of our learning about America, Class 9 have been lucky enough to receive postcards from several different states in the USA. Thanks to family, friends and the wonders of social media they have been able to learn more about: Alabama Alaska California Indiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Read more…
Yesterday, Class 9 went to visit St Luke’s church to consolidate their learning about Christianity. They met Maureen, a retired vicar, who explained to them what happened in the church and the key beliefs of Christianity. The children were also allowed to explore the church building and ask questions. Thank Read more…
Class 9 went outside today to do some spontaneous teamwork this afternoon… all thanks to the snow. The class were split into two teams and challenged to see who could build the best snowman. After a bit of a rocky start with children wanting to just do their own thing, Read more…
In our first Language and Communication lesson of this half term we considered the question, ‘Should physical labour be used as a form of punishment?’ The words they were asked to consider were: punishment character inhumane society This question has come about because in Holes, our current English text, a Read more…
Today in Class 9, we have been ‘Harnessing Heat’ with one of the scientists from Mad Science. We talked about how and why materials change states when they are hated or cooled and then we saw this in action with a tea-bag rocket and a candyfloss machine. We also attended Read more…
Our new French topic this half term is “En Classe” and we are learning to name some of the objects in our classroom. This week we consolidated our learning by playing some games. We had to reach Ito the freely bag (without looking) and try to guess what the objects Read more…
We’ve been continuing our learning about States of Matter this week and have learnt why solids, liquids and gases behave differently. It’s all about the particles. The particles in a solid are packed tightly together so there I see no room to move. This is why a solid keeps it Read more…
In their assembly this week, children in Key Stage 2 discussed cyberbullying. They discovered that cyberbullying is the ‘repetitive, intentional hurting of another person through technological devices such as phones or over the internet’. They listened to several scenarios and discussed how the children in those situations should respond. Some of Read more…
Our new Beliefs and Values topic for this half term is ‘Christianity’ and we started this week by exploring where and when Christianity was founded and who founded it. After discovering that Christianity was based and the teachings of Jesus (and began after his death), we looked at various images Read more…
To finish off our Science topic, ‘Eating and Digestion’, we carried out an experiment to answer the question, ‘Do we need acid to digest food?’ To do this, we needed the following pieces of equipment: Two sealable freezer bags (the stomach) Two slices of bread (the food) One glass of Read more…