Philosophy for Children (P4C): Fostering Curiosity and Imagination in Year Two
Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a subject that encourages young minds to think deeply, ask questions and explore the world around them through curiosity, imagination and reflection. At its core, P4C is about nurturing the ability to think critically and articulate...
STEAM and World Book Day in Delaunay
Recently, we celebrated STEAM and World Book Day with exciting events that piqued our students' incredible capacity for curiosity and imagination. All STEAM ahead! Let's get going . . . It was so much fun : ) Using miniature robots, we explored the world of STEAM...
Arts Council
The new arts council cohort met today. We discussed the role and responsibilities, alongside the fun creative opportunities planned for the rest of the year. The new team are raring to go - watch this space to see their ideas for how they would like to make the arts...
British Science Week: Steam Day
Yesterday morning, we celebrated our annual STEAM day by immersing pupils in various Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths activities across years 1-6. There was an array of activities ranging from building bridges, photo-frames and rockets to making a...
Hamilton class learn about using positional language to improve their talking.
Child: Where is it? Child 2: There, pointing towards the object. Teacher: Does that tell you where the object is? Children: No! https://youtu.be/idJYhjGyWTU?si=V-rA5TU7JZU-8x_T In class, during maths time, we learned the different words and phrases to explain where...
World Book Week Adventures: Taking SUPERWORM into Forest School!
World Book Week is always a magical time of year, a chance to celebrate the power of storytelling and imagination. This year, we brought the beloved tale of Superworm by Julia Donaldson to life in a very special way—by taking it into our Forest School! This engaging...
Maths Problem-Solving
Successful mathematicians understand curriculum concepts, are fluent in mathematical skills and procedures, can solve problems, explain and justify their thinking, and have a positive attitude towards mathematics, and to themselves as learners of mathematics. NRICH...
We got to meet an Author!
Yesterday, we went on a very exciting trip. We met an author in real life for the first time ever! We met Joseph Coelho who wrote Our Tower. We felt very privileged to meet him because we read his lovely book, used it to innovate and create our own stories. In Year 2,...
The Little Red Hen
For this spring term, Carle class have been reading the book, The Little Red Hen! We read the story in different ways allowing the children to get involved. We read it during carpet time with our listening ears on, and then we had the chance to get actively involved....
Year 5 & 6 Problem Solving
This morning, year 5 and 6 engaged with problem solving activities to round off a fantastic week of learning. Year 5 are currently using WonderMaths challenges to complete tasks using dominoes, pentominoes and tangrams. Year 6 were having great fun completing Nrich...