by Maurteen Taylor | Sep 25, 2019 | Art, Class 3N, Topic
To kick-start our topic ‘Stone Age’ we decided to complete some silhouette artwork. We decided on a suitable background and made our silhouette from black card to stand out. We have put our artwork up on display and they look very effective. We are very proud of our...
by Maurteen Taylor | Jul 17, 2019 | Class 5J, School Events, Topic
As part of the STEAM week, Year 5 have been concentrating on conducting some scientific experiments. The week was spent devising strategies: organising, planning and pricing an Antartica Expedition. The class has also worked hard to build a rocket that was launched to...
by Maurteen Taylor | Jul 2, 2019 | Class 5J, Class 5T, School Trips, Topic
As part of their Topic, Year 5 went to visit Ryedale Folk Museum in North Yorkshire. The day was very much enjoyed by all. The children took part in many activities such as learning about Homelife, Thrashing, Illuminations and they explored the grounds of this...
by Maurteen Taylor | May 22, 2019 | Class 2N, Keystage 1, Topic
We introduced our African topic by looking at African dancing. We learnt some basic dance moves first. We did this at a slow pace. We then built on the basic moves and became faster. We had lots of fun and we can not wait to start our topic now. We completed some...
by Maurteen Taylor | May 14, 2019 | Class 1A, Class 1R, Keystage 1, Topic
On Thursday 2nd May Year 1 went to the Sand Park in Dewsbury Park. This trip was to introduce our new topic about the seaside. We had a great day – digging deep to find wet sand. The. We worked hard together to build fantastic sandcastles using the instructions...
by Maurteen Taylor | Apr 11, 2019 | Class 2N, Keystage 1, Topic
In our topic lessons, we have been looking at different toys. We designed our own moving toys, made them from a variety of resources and then we evaluated our work. Most of our toys matched our designs and looked similar to what we wanted. We used our problem solving...