Blog by BJohns

Today we visited Stover to learn about the different types of plants and their functions. We also identified different types of trees using their leaves. It was a great day and we even had time to explore the grounds of Stover! Can you identify these trees? 

As part of our Ancient Greek learning, we had a Greek Olympics afternoon. We played the sports that the Ancient Greeks played in the Olympics and compared these to the events in the Olympics now. We were split into Athens and Sparta - Sparta won! 

We competed in: (thumb) wrestling, chariot…

Year 3 have been making Greek Clay Pots. They began by designing their clay pot. They then made their pots using the coiling method and they designed their art work. Once they dried, they painted their design onto their pots and then they evaluated their pots. What do you think of…

A huge well done to Year 6 for completing 6 SATS tests this week!

The children have worked so incredibly hard and we are so proud of them for what they have achieved this week. 

Today, we marked the end of the last paper with a water fight, a nerf gun fight and a film with…

Today, a very special visitor, Clive Pig, came in to school to teach us about Ancient Greek Myths. We learnt lots of myths, a new song and even had a go at bartering! We can't wait to continue learning about Ancient Greece in upcoming weeks!

Today, we had a special visitor at school. Kip came to teach us how to play ukeleles! We learnt how to play TWO songs on the ukelele and performed them beautifully at the end. We can't wait to learn more songs on the ukeleles with Kip next year! 

For our class treat, we had a bikes and scooters day where we set up a track and rode around on our bikes and scooters. Our track included traffic lights, cones to ride around, parking spaces, shops and even zebra crossings! Miss Johns, Mrs Brassington and Mrs Burnham even joined in with a race on…

Today, we investigated the effect of friction. We looked at different surfaces and predicted which surface would create the most friction. We spoke about how to make sure our experiment was a fair test and decided that we would only change one variable (the surface). We measured how far a car…

After exploring different nutrients, it was clear that we needed some more practice in exploring different nutrients that food provides. We decided to make our own healthy meals to explore nutrients further. We discussed what nutrients were provided by different foods and tried to make sure our…

In D&T, we have been making wooden photo frames.

We first created designs to ensure that we were meeting the design criteria. The design criteria specified that our theme should be 'Year 6 Leavers' so that we could remember our classmates when we move on to secondary school. 

The class have…

The children have been working so hard over the past few weeks creating their own photo frames to display their cave art. First, they created their own cave art using charcoal and by making their own paint out of natural resources, just like hunter-gatherers would have in the Stone Age. After…