Class 11 used their mastery skills and perseverance to be on the Olympic panel in Maths! Children had the decimal scores of a heptathalon event and had to order the scores of 10 Athletes. This was particularly challenging as some events were in ascending order (hurdles) and some were in Read more…
KS2 attended a special assembly today focusing on being safe online. All classes in KS2 will also take part in a workshop highlighting the ways in which we can all ensure we are safe when using the internet.
Last week were welcome during our fellow primary leaders from our local cluster schools into our school. Each school shared how they had encouraged their peers through lessons and activities to understand mental wellbeing and develop strategies to support it. We were able to share and gain other suggestions too. Read more…
For half-term homework, Class 11 created their own homemade boats for a race! As part of our forces topic, we focused this week on water resistance. We discussed how streamlined shapes would be the best design due to the pointed front and curved back to allow the water to flow Read more…
Over half term, class 12 were set the task of making a boat to test as part of our science lesson. The force we were focussing on was water and air reistance. The challenge was to build a boat which is streamlined and moved through the water quickly. Miss Bishop Read more…
Class 11 have designed, created and evaluated Tudor roses as part of our D&T lesson in Linked Learning. We discussed how the Tudor rose was created by joining the White Rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster when Henry VII married Elizabeth of York. Many children found the clay rose (partly the petals) quite tricky to use and we evaluated how we could improve this skill in the future. Have a look at our clay designs below.
This week, Class 12 created a Tudor rose out of clay, then we painted them.
During a busy assessment week, Class 12 took some time out to take part in a yoga session. This was aimed to relax our minds and give us time to reflect and let go of any of our worries. We did a short meditation to finish it off.
As part of belief and values and also linked to Children’s Mental Health week, we discussed the meaning of inner peace. We explored how acts of meditation, yoga, Thai chi, prayer or simple thought and relaxation were ways to find our own inner peace. In class, we listed to a Read more…
Class 11 took part in a yoga session today to continue with Mental Health week and to help us with our assessment focus. We practiced many tricky poses including butterfly pose, cobra, tree pose and planks. We focused on our breathing and balancing to perfect these poses. We then finished Read more…