by Maurteen Taylor | Oct 2, 2019 | Art, Class 3I, Topic
To kick-start our topic ‘Stone Age’ we decided to complete some silhouette artwork. We decided on a suitable background and made our silhouette from black card to stand out. We have put our artwork up on display and they look very effective. We are very proud of our...
by Maurteen Taylor | Oct 2, 2019 | Class 5J, English, Topic
As we are writing a character’s description, the children were asked to empathise with objects and as a group, pretended to be this object. This developed their team skills and allowed them to think laterally about how to use all children to form one object....
by Maurteen Taylor | Oct 2, 2019 | Class 5J, Science, Topic
Our topic this half term is Earth and Space. The children looked at various cards and looked for the evidence of whether the earth is flat or spherical as in the olden days people were sceptical about it.
by Maurteen Taylor | Oct 2, 2019 | Class 5J, Mathematics, Topic
As part of their problem solving skills activities, the children were asked to solve a Tangram using rounding – as this is our topic. They worked in pairs and had to use their knowledge as well as their ability to think ahead to form a rhombus with the correct...
by Maurteen Taylor | Sep 26, 2019 | Class 5J, English
Year 5 received the visit of a Drama group who spent an hour with the class. They discovered the art of freeze-frame and used their deductive skills to empathise with the characters. The children had fun taking part and relating to different cultures. .
by Maurteen Taylor | Sep 26, 2019 | Class 5T, English
On Thursday afternoon, we were fortunate enough to take part in a drama workshop which was provided by Proper Job Theatre Company. During the workshop, children explored the story ‘The Wise Old Woman’ and practiced skills such as freeze frames. This was an...
