All About Me in Yinka Class
In Yinka we have been learning 'All About Me'. We drew around our bodies and labelled our body parts. We learnt about keeping our bodies healthy. We practiced brushing large teeth and explored the minty toothpaste. We learned about washing our hands to keep the germs...
Working Systematically when Problem-Solving
Last week, children throughout the school focussed on the strategy 'working systematically', to solve problems with unfamiliar contexts. Children are linking their learning dispositions such as resilience and articulate to explain their mathematical thinking, whilst...
Year 2’s Creative Journey: Exploring the Rhythm of Poetry!
The past few weeks in Year 2 have been an absolute joy as the children dove into the world of poetry! They’ve been reading, practicing, and exploring a variety of poems, and their enthusiasm has been contagious. We even had the exciting opportunity to compose our own...
Domino Adventures: Where Patterns and Problem Solving Collide!
On Friday the children had a fantastic experience using dominoes as a hands-on tool for problem-solving. Working in pairs, they explored various patterns and sequences, thinking critically about what would come next in each domino arrangement. It was wonderful to see...
Shireen Class Explore the Community
Last week Shireen Class were learning all about the community we live in. So we visited Chrisp Street Market and the surrounding area. Our first stop on the tour of the community was the café. We talked about if we had to been to a café before and what happens inside....
Dancing with our visitors from Hong Kong
We had a visit from a group of teachers and artists from Hong Kong, this week. They are in London visiting schools and cultural venues across the city. They came to our school to learn more about our creative arts provision. We had a lovely time showing them around...
Geography – Me and my environment.
Last week, we learned about our community and visited Chrisp Street Market to see what shops and services we could notice. In class, we all had a go at making places in our local community. We really enjoyed making the clocktower in Chrisp street market. Our map:...
Problem Solving: Nim – 7 and Number
This week children throughout the school developed their strategies to think of rules that always enable them to win the game of Nim-7. Teachers and support staff also enjoyed exploring strategies during maths meeting this week. Other year groups engaged with problem...
Maths Tug of War: A Fun Battle of Brains!
In today's problem-solving maths lesson, the children had a fantastic time playing a game of Tug of War! They worked in pairs, with one child as "Add" and the other as "Minus." The goal was to see who could reach the finish line first, using their maths skills to...
Peggy Angus Rates Rebellion Walk
We went on a guided audio walking tour of our local area. The walk was created to commemorate the historical event in Poplar. The rates rebellion took place in 1921. George Lansbury was one of the men who was arrested for asking Poplar residents not to pay the rates...