In Class 8 we made catapults as part of our Linked Learning on the Romans. We worked in teams to follow the tricky instructions. We had lots of fun testing our finished prototypes. What top tips would you give somebody who wants to make a catapult Class 8?
In the Nursery we learn through play! It helps us to understand the world around us and encourages us to develop as individuals in a variety of ways. This includes our confidence, imagination, communication and social skills. Play is important as it supports early brain delevopment and because it’s fun Read more…
Class 7 have been investigating how Roman Catapults work in their D.T. Lessons. We have made prototypes and used them to fire marshmallows across the room – with varying success! Our next step is to consider how we might improve our designs to make more efficient weapons. Thank you to Read more…
Paddington Bear visited Class 4 yesterday for our World Book Day celebrations. Mrs Brown had forgotten how to make his favourite marmalade sandwiches! So, after reading his story, we had a go at making marmalade sandwiches ourselves before writing instructions to help Mrs Brown remember. We also made Paddington Bear Read more…
This week in Nursery we have been reading the story of the three little pigs. We have really enjoyed retelling the story both indoors and outdoors and building our own houses in the construction areas. Even the Reception children came to help us. We created our own junk modelling houses Read more…
At last we have two displays of brilliant shadow puppets! These were made by Class 7. It was tremendous fun. Look how they have paper fastener joints to add movement. Some children put on plays to show them off to the rest of the class.
The children in Class 5 have been working hard this week to create their puppets. After lots of designing, cutting, sewing and gluing they are now complete. It was hard work at times but with perseverance we got there and have all produced our own puppet. We hope you like Read more…
Over half term, the children in Class 4 were asked to research Africa and to produce a piece of homework that showed what they had learned. Take a look at the some of the fantastic things the children brought in this week. Holly and Scarlett even worked collaboratively on theirs!
This week, Class 9 made a variety of musical instruments – including guitars, drums, pan-pipes and rainmakers – using junk model materials. This follows on from our learning of Sound in Science and our planning in DT: building instruments that could make high, low, loud and quiet sounds was our Read more…
Class 5 have been getting to grips with sewing in preparation for creating our puppets. We learned how to thread a needle and create a simple running stitch. It was tricky at first but with perseverance we got there!