In Music during the last few weeks, Year 5 have been doing a unit of work on the djembe, a type of drum from West Africa. The djembe drum is shaped like a goblet and…
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Year 3: Testing Nappies
The children were shocked to see nappies in our classroom this week! In Science, we conducted experiments to test the absorbency of different nappies. The children discussed how they could make this a fair test…
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The children arrived on Monday to find a basket of very exotic-looking fruit. They discovered that the fruit came from Africa, and belonged to Handa from our story, ‘Handa’s Surprise’. We investigated the fruit by…
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Pearl Class started their final summer term with an exciting new theme : ‘A Taste of the World’. We arrived in our class on Monday to find a huge inflatable ball which we learnt was…
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Welcome back to Summer 2 and what a great first week back we have had! This week in Music, Year 5 have been continuing to develop their ukulele skills and they sound AMAZING. The ukulele…
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For the past few weeks, Year 5 have become avid music historians. They have learned about three composers from the Romantic Era: Amy Beach, Clara Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn. After a few lessons of diligent…
Read MorePerforming miracles in Year 3!
Year 3 has had an exciting first week back. They have become thespians, devising roleplays about Jesus’ miracles in the Gospels, which they performed in front of their class. Additionally, they attended an assembly about…
Read MoreNursery Celebrates Christmas
Nursery have had a busy week preparing for Christmas. On Wednesday we did our first ever performance on the stage in the hall. Our Christmas sing-a-long was a huge success and we did an amazing…
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Year 5 performed at St Joseph’s Church this Monday and it was fantastic! We are all so very proud of Year 5 and all of the hard work and all the rehearsals that went into…
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The children have continued their learning about birthdays this week. We have been making birthday cakes, cards and hats. We learnt about birthdays in different countries and had a go at singing ‘Happy Birthday’ in…
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