Class 7 used their knowledge of circuits and electricity to make a working torch! They worked really well in their teams and were very proud of the results. Can you use your knowledge of electrical symbols to draw the circuit in the torch?Read More
On Tuesday all of KS2 had a special assembly involving healthy food. We had to create two healthy dishes, however it was a competition, so the stakes were high! The food was judged on taste, appearance and nutritional value. We had lots of fun and we are all looking forward to trying to recreate these...Read More
Maths In Maths, we will be using negative numbers in context. Can you think when we might talk about negative numbers in real life? Can you write a word problem that uses negative numbers? English Next week in English, we will continue to read the novel ‘Street Child’ by Berlie Doherty. Who are Jim Jarvis...Read More
The 500 words competition has been launched for 2016 on Radio 2. Lots of you have been asking us about it and are clearly already very excited! We will look at the competition in more detail in our English lessons on Monday so don’t worry if you haven’t entered before. Normally our homework projects...Read More
In our ICT lesson this week we researched Alessandro Volta who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery. Can you name any other famous scientists?Read More
Maths In Maths, we will be looking at decimals and how to calculate with them. English Next week in English, we will find out more about the 500 words competition. Start to have a think about what yours could be about? Who will the main characters be? Where will your story be set? You...Read More
The 500 words competition has been launched for 2016 on Radio 2. Lots of you have been asking us about it and are clearly already very excited! We will look at the competition in more detail in our English lessons on Monday so don’t worry if you haven’t entered before. Normally our homework projects...Read More
In Maths, we will be using languages of averages – mean, median, mode and range. When have you heard the vocabulary average used in real life? Next week in English, we will be focusing on descriptive vocabulary to write character descriptions. On Tuesday 26th January, we will be having our Topic Enrichment day. Please feel...Read More
Project Remember for your next homework project we would like you to choose one famous Victorian to write about in an information booklet. We will display and use the information booklets during lessons this term. Famous Victorians you may wish to write about are: Queen Victoria herself! Isambard Kingdom Brunel Famous engineer, who designed the...Read More
You really enjoyed your learning this week when we made electrical circuits. What was the effect on the bulb when we added more components to the circuit?Read More
On Wednesday afternoon, we enjoyed presentations from the members of our class who would like to become school council reps. What would you like to say to congratulate everyone who took part?Read More
We’ve been reading the fantastic book ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ this week and have been writing persuasive letters from the animals of the rainforest to a woodcutter. Which animal do you think gave the most persuasive argument and why?Read More
As part of our music lessons, we’ve been designing our own mixed-up animals. Later in the half term we’ll be creating musical compositions to match our creatures! What is the name of your amazing mixed-up animal and what are its features?Read More
We’ve been learning how to identify trees by their leaves, seeds and fruits in our Science lesson this week. Which trees will you be looking out for when you go for a walk this autumn and how might you identify particular trees in other seasons?Read More
We’ve been trying to decide what weird and wonderful equipment or objects an intrepid explorer might carry in his or her backpack. What amazing items did you add to your list poems?Read More
Yesterday, whilst on our trip to York Library, we were lucky enough to enjoy an ice-cream in museum gardens! Class 7 would like to thank the PTA who kindly paid for these from the money they have raised over the year. There was lots of different flavours to choose from and we were also allowed...Read More
Today class 7 visited the archive section of the library to link with our current work on world war one. We had a look at letters from soldiers who fought in the war and we also had time for an ice-cream in the sun afterwards!! Have a look at our pictures and see if you...Read More
Today in class 7 we used the new chrome books in our science lesson. We used these to help us find out information about different animals classifications and we also looked at the life cycles of a range of animals. Being able to use the chrome books in our science lesson has helped us to...Read More
Our food tasting session earlier this week had some very positive results with many of you going back for seconds and thirds! So what did you think of the foods we tried that are produced in Staffordshire? Did you love or loathe ‘Marmite‘? Did you love or loathe ‘Branston Pickle’?!Read More
What a tremendous time we had on our Counties Enrichment Day! We created our own tours of the Staffordshire Potteries and then went round to visit Cornwall, Aberdeenshire, Cumbria and Somerset in the other classrooms. What were the highlights of your day?Read More
We had a tremendous amount of fun following an orienteering course around the school grounds earlier this week. What were the challenges of our orienteering activity and what have you found out by creating maps of our classroom?Read More
What a very positive week we’ve had! Which of our language activities have you enjoyed the most and which positive words or phrases have you been using?Read More
That Robin Hood is certainly getting up to a lot of mischief in Sherwood Forest! What were your newspaper headlines and what are the key features of a newspaper report?Read More
We’ve been honing our BODMAS skills today – can you remember what each letter stands for? How did you answer the calculations to work out the names of the cities?Read More
Which of the recipes you’ve been following with Miss Slater have you enjoyed the most? Have you been trying out your new cooking skills at home?Read More
We’ve been locating UK cities as part of our map work this week. How many cities did you manage to identify and place correctly? Were you surprised by where any of the cities were in the UK?Read More
Thank you all for sharing your counties information posters. Which of the counties did you enjoy finding out about the most? Were there any unusual facts that you didn’t already know about a particular part of the British Isles?Read More
We’ve had some fantastic practical science lessons this week and have been investigating thermal conductors and thermal insulators. What did you find most interesting about our snowman and spoons experiments?!Read More
You’ve all been busily researching counties for your topic homework. Can you give us a sneak preview of the county you’ve been working on and maybe one of your most interesting facts?Read More
As it’s Saint George’s Day this week we’ve been finding out all about the Patron Saints of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. What have you found out about the Saints we researched and their days?Read More
A huge ‘thank you’ to all of the children who helped out in Singing Assembly this week. You led the school brilliantly in our warm-up songs. What are your favourite Singing Assembly songs? Are there any other songs you’d like to sing in our school assemblies?Read More
It’s been so great to catch up with all of your news following the Easter holidays. What did you most enjoy getting up to over the Easter break?Read More
Wasn’t it brilliant of Miss Land to organise a solar eclipse for our Science Enrichment Day?! We’ve been carrying out lots of egg-citing chick-related activities and had chance to observe the solar eclipse this morning. What have you enjoyed most about our day?Read More
I was so very proud of you all during our Class Assembly this week. You sang and acted your socks off and your costumes and props looked amazing (thank you to all of the parents and grandparents who helped out with these). Well done for speaking so clearly and with such super expression. Which parts...Read More
When we carried out our ‘Egg Watch’ this afternoon, we were eggstatic to make an eggciting discovery; that one had a tiny crack in it. After school, we were thrilled to see that we will now be carrying out ‘Chick Watch’ as the first of the tiny chicks had hatched. We are waiting eggcitedly to see...Read More
Our Year 4 children are currently performing their ‘Play in a Day’ at York Theatre Royal and I’d like to collect your thoughts on our partnership with the theatre this year. Each class has had the opportunity to take part in some fantastic projects. Which project did your class take part in, what were your...Read More
We had a wonderful World Book Day and you wore some utterly fantastic costumes! If you could have a fictional character join our class, who would it be and why?Read More
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