As we continue our work on life cycles, the children have been learning about different types of eggs. This lesson specifically focused on the structure of eggs from birds, and eggs from amphibians, comparing the two. The children learnt about the purposes of the albumen, chalaza, yolk, germinal dis...

Week 3 ended with Y5M claiming the attendance trophy again thanks to another week of 100% attendance. This topped off a great week for the children in year 5 as they finished their amazing work in English where they completed their biographies on Kenton Cool, continued enjoying their maths lessons o...

We have started our new Science topic this week: Living things and their habitats. The children kicked off the lesson by refreshing their memories on the different types of animals. We then began looking into the life cycles of various animals and how they differed from each other. We looked at h...

What an amazing first week back we have had this week. The children have settled back into the swing of things and have picked up where they left off with their fantastic attitude to work.  Notices: Next week, Monday is a bank holiday so the children will be back at school on Tuesday. The...

As we continue our new Design and Technology unit, the children have been learning a variety of ways to prepare vegetables for their soup. The children learnt how to use the bridge and claw method for precisely chopping vegetables. They learnt how to use a peeler to remove any unwanted skin from...

What a wonderful week we had last week. The children worked hard and there were some superb highlights. We enjoyed another good set of spelling results, finished re-drafting our discursive writing, enjoyed a range of activities during World Book Day and started some new topics in design technol...