SATS breakfast!
To provide a calm and positive start to each morning, Class Three arrived early and enjoyed a delicious SATS breakfast together this week! Elodie volunteered to share a prayer before we began and the children loved spending this time together before beginning their assessments. A huge thank you to…
Kandinsky Art!
Mary Howard continued with their Tamworth Arts project this week by using paint to apply their Kandinsky inspired circles to their canvases. Next, the children will begin creating patterns using a variety of bright colours in the style of our focus artist!
Raising the VE Day flag!
To begin VE Day, Mary Howard were joined by Reverend Nicky and members of our community and the Parish Council. After Reverend Nicky offered her blessing, the children reflected on the words ‘celebration’ and ‘commemoration’ whilst watching the raising of the VE day…
Wish Tree!
Mary Howard pupils reflected on their hopes and aspirations for their time at our school. We created wish ribbons for our wish tree in the spiritual garden. A beautiful activity of connecting with ourselves spiritually!
Our Spiritual Garden!
Mary Howard were very excited to be introduced to our new spiritual garden! The children started to use the resources to connect with God and develop their spirituality!
Wanted: The Highwayman!
In English this week, Class Three had lots of fun writing character descriptions of the Highwayman in the form of a wanted poster! The children’s SPAG focus this week has been adverbial phrases, we planned and wrote a range of sentences using adverbials in different positions. The children then…
Kandinsky Art!
In preparation for this year’s Tamworth Arts Festival, the children began their unit of learning about the artist, Wassily Kandinsky. We learned about the artist, explored famous pieces of art work he has produced and began experimenting with the use of circles and patterns using wax crayon.…
Sharing our Easter pop-up books!
In DT this half term, Class Three learned how to plan and create a pop-up book with mechanisms. Our design brief stated that the book needed to be appropriate for children in KS1, which all of the children took into account. Since Mary Howard has been learning about Easter as part of our…
Reflecting Shapes
As part of our position and direction unit in maths, Class Three learned how to accurately reflect shapes in vertical and horizontal mirror lines!
Balanced Arguments!
This week, Class Three finished their balanced argument in English! The children edited and improved their writing to ensure a consistent, formal tone was used throughout their work. The children then took great pride in publishing their final pieces ready to be displayed in our beautiful…
Careers in PSHE
For our final lesson of our ‘Economic Wellbeing’ unit, Class Three learned about different job roles and routes into careers. Year Five children researched a variety of job roles within different fields. Year Six children designed their own pathways into a career of their…
Bikeability!
Well done to all of the Year Five and Year Six children who completed their Level Two in Bikeability this week!