Year 1 have been showcasing their creative skills this week creating collages. This week they have created landscapes taking inspiration from the two artists they have studied this term, Matisse and Beatriz Milhazes. They used their skills of cutting and tearing to make different shapes...
Year 2 went on a brilliant trip to the Neasden Temple, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir. The temple is a traditional place of Hindu worship. The children gained knowledge of Hinduism that could not have been achieved in the classroom. The temple and the gardens were...
This week in maths, year 3 have been using their knowledge of place value to represent three digit numbers in different ways. One way was to use a Gattegno chart. The children partitioned the number into ones, tens and hundreds. For example, the number 342...
Year 4 had a fantastic time at the Woodberry Wetlands. They learnt about different animal habitats and closely observed some different creatures. Activities include pond dipping – using nets and trays to explore aquatic habitats; minibeast hunting – looking in the woodland habitats to discover...
This week, Year 5 have begun to write their informal persuasive letters. They are inspired by Floella Benjamin's experiences on 'Coming to England' in the 1950s. She experienced relentless racism from the other children in her school and was extremely unhappy. Year 5 are writing...
Year 6 went to the Woodberry Wetlands and really enjoyed spotting different birds. They were great with binoculars and found some really interesting things! We have also been working hard in maths, using cuisenaire rods to represent multiplicative and additive relationships. ...
This week, Reception learning was inspired by autumn. They have begun reading a new book called ‘Tree.’ They were inspired to create their own tree in the outside area. [gallery ids="6809,6810,6811,6812,6813"]...
In computing, year one have been practising their mouse and trackpad control. They have been learning to use a mouse in different ways such as opening a program, clicking and dragging objects on a screen and using a mouse to create a picture. [gallery ids="6803,6804,6805"]...
Year 2 started their history topic, The Great Fire of London, with a trip to the City of London. The children learnt historical concepts such as ‘significance’ and ‘continuity and change’, and compared and contrasted varied architectural styles. They learnt all about Christopher Wren and...
Year 3 have been enjoying reading the book, ‘The Legend of Spud Murphy’. Two new vocabulary words they have been practising using are boredom and adventure. They have been enjoying their partner reading sessions. Partners take it in turn to read each page and summarise...