P4C in Year One: Philosophical Discussions About Kindness and Teamwork
In Year One's Philosophy for Children (P4C) lessons, one of the most engaging and thoughtful topics they have tackled recently has been friendship. This led to discussions about kindness and teamwork where the young minds were encouraged to ask profound questions...
Exploring Partitioning: Visual learning in Shireen class
The children in Reception are starting to explore the world of numbers using the concept of partitioning. Partitioning helps children break down numbers into smaller manageable parts. To teach this we have been using the 'Part-Part-Whole' model. This provides a hands...
Roll Up, Roll Up
There was a special circus in school today... Embracing Arts visited us, and amazed us, with their sensory performance and wonderful singing. There were sparkly things, shaky things, scented things, and lots of immersive things. The circus was lots of fun, and we all...
The Fox and the Star
We were very grateful to receive a beautiful limited edition print by Coralie Bickford-Smith, sent to us by Artsmark, Arts Council England. It's an illustration from the book of the same name by Bickford-Smith. Year 1 enjoyed listening to the story and then looking...
Do you know what you want to do? Futures Workshop
Colin and Anike presented options to Peggy Angus class about what they could do when they left school. Colin is the Learning and Development Manager at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Anike went to college and then chose an apprenticeship route to join the...
What is Oracy?
This week in Hepworth Class, Ms Miah had the word 'Oracy' on our board. We were full of curiosity and asked many questions to find out more. "What is that?" - Haydn"What is oracy?" - Humam"Is that our new topic?" - IshakWhat does oracy mean?" - Nahid"Is that what we...
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...