English
A special Frappe Friday
As a special Christmas treat and as a reward for every member of class 12 reading at least 3 times this week, we all had a lovely Christmassy breakfast together! Merry Christmas everyone see you in the New year!
Art & Design
Shadow Puppets
In DT we have designed and made shadow puppets we used the screen to see how they worked. We have worked really hard and love our final products. Here are some of the pictures.
Science
Do we need acid to digest food?
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 orange juice (the stomach acid) One glass of water A paper towel To start with, we used our hands to break the bread into smaller Read more…
Art & Design
Class 12 Christmas Cards
As we reach the end of term, class 12 spent the morning making clever pop out Christmas cards for their families and friends. They look very impressive don’t you think!
Science
Does acid break down all foods in the same way?
This half term, we have been looking at eating and the digestive system. Today we conducted an investigation to see if acid breaks down all foods in the same way. We took 5 different foods and mimiced part of the digestion process. First we put our foods into a bowl (the mouth) and added water (saliva). We then mashed up the contents using a fork (teeth). After that, we poured the chewed up food into Read more…
Cooperation
Scrooge by Class 8
The children have worked incredibly hard to create this performance, learning songs and lines. I am so proud of what they have achieved. Thank you for coming to watch us and helping with the lines.
Whole School
Christmas in Class 11
This week, Class 11 said goodbye to Mrs Coombes and wished her lots of luck and wishes in her new job. We also took part in the KS2 Carol Concert performing ‘Do you want to build a snowman’ and ‘In Summer’ from Frozen. Children dressed Richard up as a snowman while they were singing and everyone did a fantastic performance! Freya also bravely performed a solo on a cornet as part of the show.
Geography
A volcanic eruption.
Today class 7 & 8 explored a volcanic eruption using bicarbonate of soda an vinegar. The volcano erupted and we saw the explosion and saw the trail of destruction the lava left down the cone on the volcano. Both classes were very excited when the lava started to come out of the crater.
Class 10
Stars and snowflakes
The children did fantastic during our Christmas play! Beautiful stars and snowflakes. Thank you to all the parents who came to support us.