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Today we have been learning all about how Victorian homes differed. We looked at two types of home, rich and poor.

Poor house-

• The homes had no inside bathroom – Victorian people had to wash themselves in a metal bath. There was only enough water to fill the bath half full and everyone in…

This afternoon, the children have been learning about the technique of pointillism. They are going to use this way of painting to create their own images of Roseberry Topping. They started by sketching the outline and have started with their first dots of paint.

On Tuesday, we understood that sounds are made as a result of vibrations. We used homemade telephones to help us understand how this concept works.

We learned that when you speak into the cup, the back of the cup vibrates. The vibration extends the string and the sound waves, or vibrations move…

This week, in Science, we looked at how sound travels. We went outside to investigate with ‘telephone cups’.  We found out that when you speak into the cup, the back of the cup vibrates. The vibration extends into the string and the sound waves (or vibrations) move through the string. It worked…

Today, the children have worked collaboratively to help one another in measuring angles accurately using a protractor. They became very competitive in proving that they had the most accurate measurement.

This week, we came to the end of our Literacy work based around the Lemony Snicket book, ‘The Dark’.

We have written poems, retold the story from the Dark’s view point, written advice for Laszlo, made non-chronological reports about nocturnal animals, written book reviews, made glow jars, and…

I have been blown away by the standard of the project homework that I have seen during recent weeks. It’s lovely to see children enthused about their learning both in and out of school. Thank you for the ongoing support of adults at home – we are proud to have you as partners in your children’s…

We’ve come to the end of another term where I am immensely proud of each and every child in year 1. They’ve all worked so hard this term and made fabulous progress.

It’s lovely to see the children learning new things, developing their collaboration skills and helping each other on a daily…

What a lovely way to end our term.  The children made shelters and  bird feeders, and toasted and enjoyed hot cross buns!

Happy Easter everyone!

Today the children enjoyed using the oil pastels to draw a portrait of Queen Victoria.

The children studied an original portrait, looked carefully at how the artist had used shading and certain colours to include detail to the portrait. Then they used this knowledge to recreate their own image…

We’ve been busy creating cards over the past few weeks for Mother’s Day and Easter…

On Tuesday, The children had the opportunity to show each other their topic homework.  As ever, the amount of thought and effort which was put in, was excellent!

See what you think…