Year 5 have had an incredible day at the beach for our latest art topic, Natures Art. We investigated materials, explored what we could do with them, and then used these to create our gold piece of art in the afternoon. The children were fantastic ambassadors for the school, and worked so well across the day!
Reception have been observing their bean plants over the past few weeks. Today, they decided it was time to show off their ‘green fingers’ by planting the beans into the soil.
Year 4 have loved their science this afternoon linked to Grouping and Classifying! We looked at ways living and non living things could be sorted and different ways they can be categorised. We then LOVED playing a game of ‘Guess Who’ in which we had to ask questions in order to identify and group people, using classification techniques! 
Year 6 worked hard to get stuck into their arithmetic learning and completed some SAT practise!
This afternoon in RSHE, Year 1 looked at different types of information online and whether it was safe to post certain things without permission. The children were great at using their oracy skills to state their ideas and opinions and could justify and give their reasons why too. Their task was to work in a group to decide whether the information was ok to be shared, not ok to be shared or if it depended on different reasons. Mrs Wells loved hearing the children’s conversations and the debates going on between each group.
Year 5 have been putting together their programming learning to construct a carousel that they can programme to turn using a switch and a motor. They made their designs, and began to bring these to life before designing an algorithm next week.
In RE this week, reception have been continuing our learning of The Easter Story, we considered why hot cross buns are a symbol of Easter. The children recapped the story, then tasted hot cross buns and discussed the cross symbol and what it means for Christians. 
On Friday, Year 2 went to the Winter Gardens in Sunderland to take part in 2 workshops linked to our learning in Science and Geography. We began our learning by taking part in a growing pants workshop where we focussed on what a plant needs to survive before potting our own plants. In the afternoon, we look at the coastline of Sunderland and thought about the changes from the past to the present.
Last week, our mixed football team played two matches at Clegwell. The team won one and lost one, with goals from Ava and Bodhi. Well done team, fantastic attitude and effort as always.
