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Class Three created shadows in Science this week as part of their learning about light. We explored what a shadow is and how they are formed before describing ways that we can change the shape, clarity and size of a shadow. The children practically investigated what happens to the size of a…

Inspired by a non-fiction book “Great women who changed the world” Holly created a poster at home all about Rosa Parkes! Fantastic work! 

Reception are working really hard in phonics! They can now read and spell words with some Phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs! 

In Art, Class Three learned about the technique, chiaroscuro. We applied this technique to create tone and strong contrasts between light and dark. As we are learning about the Maya civilisation in English and History, the children chose a month from the Maya calendar and created the illusion of a…

In Science, Class Three learned the new term, ‘light ray’ (which we added to our working wall) and built on their learning from last week’s lesson. We used resources to physically represent light rays and learned that light rays travel from the light source to their final point in straight,…

Class Two loved learning all about the importance of recycling! A big thumbs up from the boys who have promised to recycle every possible item going forward. Well done Class Two.

Year 2 have almost finished a maths unit about money! They have been counting coins and notes, choosing the correct coins to pay for an item and solving problems. Our supermarket role play area helped with this too. Well done Year 2! 

In Science this week, Class Three compared light sources, made observations and used evidence to form conclusions. We learned that a light source is something that gives out light and named natural and artificial sources of light, noting similarities and differences. The children worked…