Year 4 really enjoyed their anti-bullying workshop. They learned about how it’s important to speak up about bullying. The year 4s displayed some excellent drama skills; they role-played how we should treat each other respectfully at all times and how we look after everyone in...
Year 5 are designing a super fun marble maze game for children aged 10-12. They are going to create it, play it and then rate it with their peers. This week they began the designing process. They needed to make sure they had a start,...
The children who didn’t go to Kench Hill had a wonderful week at school. Their highlight was when they took to the water to help clean up the River Lea. In canoes, the children searched the banks of the River Lea for litter. They were...
This week in Nursery, the children have been making simple marks with twigs and leaves. They have been copying patterns to help them develop their writing skills. They have also been solving puzzles; thinking carefully about matching different shapes to inset boards. ...
Reception children have been busy this week creating beautiful firework inspired artwork and exploring materials. They drew themselves at a firework display and wrote letters and words to describe how they sound. Pop! Fizz! They loved exploring ice and observing the changes throughout the day. [gallery ids="7080,7081,7082"]...
This week in maths we have been practising our counting skills. We have been learning the importance of one to one correspondence and been learning strategies to make sure we only count the objects once. We then moved onto counting pictorial objects and thought about...
Year 2 have an exciting new book, ‘Lazy Lion,’ by Mwenye Hadithi, to inspire their writing over the next few weeks. This week they have been immersing themselves in their new text. They have listened to the story several times and retold the main events...
This week in maths, year 4 have been learning about perimeter. They know perimeter is the distance around the edge of a shape. In pairs the children investigated which leaves had the greatest perimeter. They used a piece of string to measure around the edge...
In geography this week, children have been using a variety of sources including maps and satellite photos to identify the key features of a river. The children know and can label the source, mouth, bed, meander, course, tributary, delta and floodplain. Year 5 also knows...
In year 6, they have been taking inspiration from their class text, ‘Goodnight Mister Tom,’ to help them write a 5 plot-point narrative based on being evacuated from the city to the countryside because of the Blitz. To help prepare them for their writing they...