Class 7
Computing – branch databases
Today, class 7 learned about ‘branch databases.’ We played some fun games of ‘guess who’ in pairs using YES/NO questions to try and guess the vegetable or musical instrument.
Reception
Being a good friend
In RHE, My Happy Mind and Think Equal this week, we have been talking about what makes a good friend. We made a friendship potion together, sprinkling in some love, kindness, sharing, helping and listening. We took our potion making outside to the mud kitchen and worked as a team to make them. We have also used our fine motor skills to make friendship bracelets, thank you cards and friendship chains!
Class 7
World book day 2024 – dress as a word!
Today for world book day, class 7 enjoyed lots of vocabulary activities. One of these activities involved a class competition where the children had to work in table groups to see who could find the most synonyms for their word! Well done red table with 18 synonyms!
Class 13
World Book Day
Today we celebrated World Book Day. We dressed up as words and then explored the Mr Men series of books by Roger Hargreaves. After reading a couple of stories including Mr Bump and Mr Grumpy, we designed our own Mr Men characters and wrote stories about them.
Class 8
Roman Deities
In history we have been learning all about the ancient Romans. In todays lesson, we learnt about all the different gods and goddesses they worshipped. We had fun matching their descriptions to their pictures. Lots of fun stories and ideas!
Class 9
Artefacts from Grace
Grace in class 9 has brought lots of artefacts into class including Roman coins, Roman dice, bullets from WW1 and a lead toy aeroplane. Our class loved looking at the items and discussing how and when they were used.
English
The Fairy of Enchanted Wood!
In English, We looked at the Enchanted woods in our text ‘ The girl and the Dinosaur’, where there were fairies, giants and unicorns. A beautiful fairy garden appeared in class. The fairy was called Dax. The children described the fairy garden, designed and created their own fairies and fairy doors. We wrote letters and cards to Dax and produced some wonderful writing!
Class 13
Cams
This half-term in Design and Technology we have been exploring and making Cams. We made explored existing products that used cams and then made a prototype. We then designed a moving toy, considering the shape of our cam carefully. We made the toys by backing and decorating shoe boxes and adding the cam mechanism.
Reception
Exploring our Town Heywood
The children have enjoyed creating a giant map of our Town, adding in landmarks, shops and houses! We made parts of Heywood in the construction area and created the hats of people who help us in the community. We have also been learning about looking after our environment and enjoyed sorting materials at the recycling centre.
Class 4
Provision Learning
Lots of fun and learning in provision this week. We have been classifying animals, using adjectives to describe, building fairy houses, recognising alien words, practicing fact families, and even having a go at learning how to crochet!