Our book in English this half term is ‘Anglo-Saxon Boy’ by Tony Bradman. We have read the first three chapters and been introduced the main character, Magnus, and his family. 1065: Magnus is the son of Harold Godwinson, lord of the Southern Saxons and ruthlessly ambitious claimant to the Read more…
This half term we are studying Gymnastics again in PE and are focusing on balancing. We started by talking about what a balance was and the different parts of our body we could balance on. We revised some key vocabulary: Patches – large parts of our body (such as back, Read more…
This week in RHE we have been thinking about dangers, risks and hazards. We learnt that, although the terms are used interchangeably, they have distinct definitions. Danger: Something that will definitely cause you harm Hazard: Something that could cause you harm Risk: An action that you take in a hazardous Read more…
Due to the current Covid situation, we have been once again been unable to have our traditional Nativity plays and carol concert. However, the children (and teachers!) have not let this dampen their spirits and each class has produced a video performance for you to watch. There’s singing, dancing, poetry Read more…
This week Class 9 took part in the Hour of Code; global event involving tens of millions of children in 180+ countries around the world. The Hour of Code is designed to demystify coding and show that anybody can learn the basics. The children had a great time coding a Read more…
This week, Class 9 have been learning how to say and write the days of the week in French: lundi – Monday mardi – Tuesday mercredi – Wednesday jeudi – Thursday vendredi – Friday samedi – Saturday dimanche – Sunday We watched a video of a French lady Emilie, who Read more…
This week we have been celebrating Anti-Bulling Week. We started on Monday with Odd Socks Day. It was fun to wear odd socks to school and even Miss French and Miss McArthur joined in! In our RHE lesson, we thought about the theme of the week: ‘One Kind Word’. We Read more…
…and the results are in! As many of the children predicted, the fizzy drink had an adverse effect on the egg-shell (our teeth in this investigation) with a large amount of discolouration and some flaking occurring. Coffee also caused a lot of discolouration. However, the affect of the vinegar was Read more…
This week is National Maths Week and today we thought about how we apply our maths skills outside school. THe list of things we came up with included: shopping cooking/baking telling the time – knowing what time the bus is coming, what time you need to leave for school, when Read more…
Today we carried out the first experiment of our working scientifically topic. Our question is, “How do different liquids affect our teeth?” In order to answer our question, we planned an experiment using eggs to represent our teeth because teeth are made of calcium carbonate which is what eggshells are Read more…