Computing
Grammar is fun!
Today Class 12 had lots of fun in their grammar lesson! We played Kahoot – a quiz game on the iPad. The children really enjoyed this quiz and can’t wait for the next grammar lesson!
Physical Education
PlayMaker Award!
Class 12 had a full morning of sport on Monday! They are taking part in lots of sports activities to earn their PlayMaker award. The children in Class 12 are taking part in this course to earn their leadership award for sport. It turns out we have lots of natural Read more…
Music
Singing Assembly
Every Wednesday we come together with Mrs Longworth Smith to sing our hearts out. Today we learnt a new song ‘Flash Light’ by Jessie J, which was quite tricky. We also added some actions to ‘Call on me’ by Bruno Mars, thank you to the Class 11 girls who have Read more…
Art & Design
Abstract Animals
Class 11’s art project continued yesterday, when we started to turn our line drawings of an animal into a bright, creative, abstract version using existing examples as inspiration. I think you will agree they all look fanctastic! We have 3 more copies to create using paint, collage and oil pastels. Read more…
Cooperation
Types of questions activity
Year 6 have been investigating different types of comprehension questions. They had four types: retrieval, vocabulary, inference and organisational. Working in pairs they sorted questions into the correct categories.
Art & Design
Amazon Artists
Today Class 11 begun the first stage of an art project based around animals of the Amazon rainforest. We studied photographs and sketches of different animals and had a go at drawing them in our sketch books. A lot of perseverance was needed as sketching such detailed creatures wasn’t the Read more…
Mathematics
Boosting our Maths
In class 11, our newest Maths booster group got to grips with developing their Arithmetic skills in our first after school session. We focussed on addition, subtraction and place value revision. Well done guys great to see you enjoying boosting your learning!
Character
Robinwood – Archery
Watch out Team GB – Harwood Park has some future Archery stars! After a few practice shots, the children split into two teams: “Brilliant Batz” and “Flying Foxes” and competed against each other to score the most points. The final score was: Brilliant Batz: 102 Flying Foxes: 111 Also, several members Read more…
Character
Robinwood – Climbing
Hill Group had their second session on the climbing wall this morning. They all challenged themselves to achieve more than the day before, whether that was climbing to a higher position, reaching the top, or using only certain coloured holds. The staff were really impressed with the attitude of all Read more…
Character
Robinwood – Nightline
Valley Group completed the ‘Nightline’ activity this afternoon. They had to follow the rope to complete an obstacle course. Sounds easy, right? Well, it would have been had they not been blindfolded. They had to use their communication and team work skills to negotiate the course, which was made even Read more…