Year 4: “Explorers”
This half term, Year 4 have been learning about famous explorers in history and geography, focusing on polar adventurers like Ernest Shackleton or Matthew Henson. In English, we read Ice Trap!, the gripping true story of Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, using it to...
Will it float!?
This week in Shireen class, we’ve been diving into the world of floating and sinking—and what a splash we’ve made! We kicked off our learning with a fun science experiment, exploring a range of everyday objects to see which would float and which would sink. Before...
Our visit to the Church
This half term, in RE, we have been learning about Christianity. We have been exploring the question 'What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain?' We were fortunate enough to visit St Anne's Church in Limehouse. It was a great experience that supported our...
Y5 Computing- Creating a Logo using Vector Diagrams
For Computing this term, Y5 worked on computer graphics, especially learning how to make diagrams with a computer. We call one type of this work Vector diagrams because they are made of different shapes assembled together. The pupils used Google Drawing to create...
A Trip to the Cutty Sark: Learning Like Real Sailors!
Today we went to Cutty Sark with our adults and our friends. This term we are learning about Christopher Columbus and the Seven continents so it was a great for us to go and see a real life ship for the first time! Some of us have never been on a ship so it was nice!...
Our trip to Cutty Sark – exploring like real adventurers!
Today, Delaunay hopped on the DLR for an exciting adventure to the Cutty Sark. We’ve been learning all about continents, oceans, and Christopher Columbus, so we stepped into the shoes of sailors who have travelled the world! The Cutty Sark is a real-life clipper ship...
Our learning in Summer 1!
This half term, we have been reading Cloud Tea monkeys. We inferred from the front cover. We tasted different types of tea. We used colourful semantics to identify who, what doing, what, where? Thanks for reading our blog.Ayman and Summer...
Tasting tea, making bread and volcanic eruptions
This half term, we read Cloud Tea Monkeys. This book is about a girl named Tashi who lives in a village below the tea plantations where her mother earns a living. In our first lesson, we got to taste different types of tea. We discussed the appearance, aroma, flavour...
Year 5’s Visit to the Science Museum
Kahlo and Lichenstein class had great fun today visiting the Science Museum as part of their topic this term which is learning about Space. They got to see models of the planets that are in our Solar System. They saw models of spaceships, rockets and models of...
Composting with Hamilton Class
What is the point of compost? Compost Enriches and Builds Healthy SoilAdds organic matter to the soil and increases the nutrient content and biodiversity of microbes in soil. Conserves water and reduces water use by helping soils retain moisture. Helps prevent soil...