This term, our key text we will be reading and using for our writing inspiration is Floella Benjamin’s, ‘Coming to England’. In our first writing unit we will be focusing on the genre: biographies. We have been learning that biographies are written in chronological order....
Year 4 have been enjoying their mindfulness each day. They have been learning about the zones of regulation and different emotions we may feel at different times. They have been learning different mindfulness techniques to help regulate their emotions. [gallery ids="9590"]...
In art, we have started to create our own portraits inspired by the artist Kehinde Wiley. We looked at one of his artworks and identified the different shapes and lines we see in his work. We then looked at photos of ourselves and used these...
This week, we have been exploring the works of the artist Paul Klee. Today, the children listened to various instrumental pieces and used pencils to ‘take their line for a walk’, letting the music guide their drawing based on how it made them feel. [gallery ids="9576,9577,9578,9579"]...
We have had a fantastic start to the new year in year 1. We have begun our first art topic, portraits. We are creating portraits inspired by the artist Paul Klee. We know his artwork is abstract which means not realistic. Our portraits will be...
This week in computing, we had a fantastic afternoon creating quizzes using coding. We added in sound effects for incorrect answers using the ‘if’ ‘then’ conditionals. [gallery ids="9496,9497,9498"]...
In history this week, we were learning about the roles of women during World War 2. We had some great discussions! [gallery ids="9489,9491,9492"]...
Year 3 have finished writing their 5 point-plot Quest narrative and they were extremely proud to publish their work. [gallery ids="9483,9484,9485"]...
As part of our World of Work Week learning, year 2 visited the Homerton Fire station. We learned all about fire fighters jobs, sat in the fire engine and even sprayed their hose! We had a fabulous time. [gallery ids="9478,9479"]...
This week in maths, year 1 have been learning to tell the time to the hour. We know that the minute hand is always on 12 when it is an o’clock time and the shorter hand, hour hand, points to the hour. We enjoyed practising...