Using practical work to embed our understanding

Maple

Maple class have been incredibly engaged in Maths this week, utilising a range of resources to help their understanding of either Shape or Mass and Capacity. They've all worked tremendously well both independently and in groups. Not to forget the brilliant number formation practise in Year R and Year 1's wonderful presentation when recording in books!

Rowan

Exploring Erosion 

This week in Geography we have been exploring erosion and how it affects the UK coastline. We completed an experiment where we investigated the effects of waves and rain on a cliffside that was unprotected, versus one that is protected by a coastal defence (a sea wall). We saw the effects in action as the unprotected cliffside collapsed after only a few waves. but the protected cliff survived for several minutes on onslaught by the waves and rain. 

Birch

Birch Class have had an extremely busy week again! In maths, they have been learning to divide including remainders and used cocktail sticks to create 2d shapes to help with their understanding of this concept. We started off out new topic, Rocks, Relics and Rumbles by learning about the different layers of the earth and making our own labelled models. We think that they are great!

Sycamore

Sycamore used a marbling technique in RE to produce art work inspired by the Hindu festival of Holi. We also made healthy snacks. We made hummus with vegetable sticks and fruit kebabs. 

Year 5

Y5 have continued their PHSE lesson in first aid by learning to place a casualty in the recovery position.

Year 6

This week Year 6 have been practicing their Inuit artwork carving skills on blocks of soap. They have been exploring how different tools can create different patterns and affect the precision of their lines!