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In Month: January 2024

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  • Science, Y6
    Year 6 Science
    29th January 2024
    The class are currently learning about electricity and they have been using electrical equipment to make circuits. They have drawn diagrams of their own circuits and then made them to see if they work. More recently, they have investigated whether adding more batteries will impact the brightness of the bulb.  
  • Design & Technology, Y6
    Y6 Design & Technology
    29th January 2024
    The class made waist coasts for their teddy bears. This required them to design a waistcoat and then measure and cut their own material before sewing together the shoulders and the sides and then finally sewing on buttons. 
  • Science, Y6
    Y6 Science
    29th January 2024
    Year 6 researched the circulatory system. 
  • News, Newsletters
    Newsletter Week 18
    26th January 2024
    Newsletter Week 18
  • EYFS
    A cosy home
    22nd January 2024
    The children of F2 have loved using our crates to create a cosy new home for Stick Man and his family.
  • EYFS
    Making Bird Feeders
    22nd January 2024
    After reading a non-fiction book about winter and finding out that food is scarce for birds, the children of F2 have been making bird feeders for our outdoor area.
  • EYFS
    Retelling Stick Man
    22nd January 2024
    The children of F2 are really enjoying retelling the Stick Man story on our small world tray.
  • EYFS
    Winter Weather
    22nd January 2024
    The children of F2 have had an amazing time exploring the winter weather.  We have been comparing it to the season of Autumn and painting our own beautiful winter trees.
  • EYFS
    Creative homework
    22nd January 2024
    The children of F2 did an amazing job getting creative around the theme of the Nativity.  We are artists!
  • EYFS
    Nativity
    22nd January 2024
    The children of F2 all sang and danced their hearts out at Our First Nativity.
  • News, Newsletters
    Newsletter Week 17
    19th January 2024
    Newsletter Week 17
  • EYFS
    Diwali
    19th January 2024
    The children of F2 loved learning about how Diwali is celebrated.  We even made our own Diva lamps from salt dough.
  • EYFS
    Library Visit
    19th January 2024
    The children of F2 loved our visit to Denton Library.  We can't wait to go back again soon!
  • EYFS
    Remembrance Day
    19th January 2024
    The children of F2 learned that on Remembrance Day, we are remembering the soldiers who fought in the war a long time ago.  We created out own poppy art in the classroom, including a wreath to leave at the cenotaph on our class visit.
  • EYFS
    Owl Babies
    19th January 2024
    Bill the owl came to visit us in our classroom! We asked him lots of questions.  We found out that he was bored of eating mice, so we have helped him by writing shopping lists using our phonic knowledge of different foods to try.
  • EYFS
    Exploring Autumn
    19th January 2024
    After going on an Autumn walk to explore the changes in our season, we created our own paintings of Autumn trees.  We focused on our vocabulary words of roots, trunk and branches.  We also did some colour mixing to create our own Autumnal shades.
  • Design & Technology, Y4
    DT - design and make a biscuit
    18th January 2024
    For our DT unit, the children had to design and make a biscuit with packaging for someone who has previously taught them in school. They learnt a lot of different skills linked to baking and design. 
  • Art, Y4
    Art - Andy Warhol
    18th January 2024
    In Art, we have been learning about Andy Warhol. Here we are practising the blotting technique to create various images just like Warhol would have done.
  • Geography, Y4
    Geography - the Americas
    18th January 2024
    In Geography, we have been learning about the Americas. We used google earth to locate various place in the Americas and found out about where it is located compared to other places.
  • PE, Y4
    Outdoor Education unit
    18th January 2024
    In our Outdoor Education unit, we have been practising our orienteering skills. We used maps of the school to find different markers to solve clues.

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