End of half-term reflection
Another term full of learning, fun and adventure! This term has been incredibly busy and filled with exciting activities. Here's a look at some of the things we've been up to: Our Year 2 students have been diving into the world of math and finance! They've been...
Hamilton Class are dedicated to improving their articulation skills!
Hamilton class have enjoyed their play and their learning. During the learning they practice their articulation skills all the time. Here is a little snippet of our talking in class. We have been learning in maths about comparing quantities. Is it more than, greater...
Wondermaths Problem-Solving Competition
This week Year 5 mathematicians entered a problem-solving competition called Wondermaths: Home (wondermaths.org.uk). Children participated in a wide range of problem solving activities and competed against 14 other schools in the Heats. Problems included, puzzles,...
Sharing our discussions
Children have been taking their P4C questions home to continue our discussions. In class, the concepts the children make connections to are varied and interesting; recently, some of them have been friendship, choice, difference and power. The children are enjoying the...
Year 6 Workshop: Aspiring News Reporters for Sky TV
On Monday, our Year 6 students had the incredible opportunity to step into the shoes of professional news reporters for a special workshop hosted by Sky TV. The excitement in the air was palpable as the students prepared to create their very own 90-second news report...
Continents, Columbus and Calculating Money
by Mayhirema and Ishak This week in English we finished our magical object stories. Our characters had different magical objects like paintbrushes, footballs, bowls and webs. We redrafted it at the end of the week, and we published our favourite chapter. In some of...
Young Artists’ Summer Show 2024
Congratulations to Aliu in Year 6, whose brilliant portrait of Zaha Hadid has been selected for the Royal Academy Young Artists' Summer Show. He was very happy and proud to be selected, and it was well deserved as not only did he work hard during his art lesson, but...
Learning Dispositions in Yinka Class: A case study
Learning dispositions are habits of learning that we foster and encourage in students to help them grow and develop as learners. These habits are embodied in different students in different ways all across the school, but are particularly varied in their presentation...
Making Spirals
This week in our Bow Arts session with Katka we were creating spirals with pastels on a large scale. We were focusing on working collaboratively. Our spirals could overlap with someone else’s and then we could colour in the gaps. Some of us decided to try and mix two...
Problem Solving in Year 4: Finding all Possibilities
This week Year 4 were developing their problem solving skills with a focus on 'finding all possibilities'. Children were presented with a problem involving money and used plastic coins and jottings to find as many different combinations as possible. After children had...