In our RE lessons, the Year 1 children have been focussing on the importance of the Langar in a Gurdwara. Here some of the children worked collaboratively to design their own Langar.

In maths, Year 1 have been learning how to double amounts of objects and then half them using concrete resources. They are noticing the link between the numbers they are using.

The children worked exceptionally hard last week in Year 1 to write about their trip to the safari park. The children focussed on using adverbs of time and making sure they use accurate punctuation in their sentences.

Year 1 have been consolidating their knowledge of odd and even numbers in their Mastering Number lessons this week. They worked collaboratively to sort Numicon into odd and even pieces.

Year 1 have been working on their oral sentence building this week in English, in preparation for writing about their trip to the Safari Park. The children selected pictures and used sentence stems to share their ideas about these animals. Then they planned their recount and used this to rehearse sentences that they will write.

In Science this week, Year 1 have been learning about how the number of hours of daylight change in the different seasons. They created sunlight maps to help them recall and use their knowledge of this.

The children have been exploring the Christmas story using characters and working collaboratively to order the events and retell the Christian Story.

The children have continued their exploration of Sikhism this week by looking at the Langar that is inside the Gurdwara, They have found out about why it is there and who can use it. Some of the children created vegetarian meals that could be served in the langar and some of the children have developed their ideas of how Sikhism values contribute to the preparation, serving and eating of the food.

In Science this week, Year 4 explored melting by testing a range of materials including ice, chocolate, butter, jelly and candle wax. The children observed changes over time and learned that different materials melt at different temperatures.

Year 1 enjoyed their science based visit to the safari park this week. We were very lucky with the weather as many of the animals were out enjoying the sunshine! It was amazing to see penguins up close too as we have spent lots of learning time writing about them and understanding their adaptations.

Year 1 have completed the final step of their DT project, creating a moving story book page. This time the children based their characters on animals from Antarctica. They worked hard to create a character, a background and ensured that the characters could move up and down and from left to right.

Wow!! Our Science week lesson was a really exciting today. The children had been challenged to think about Curious Chemistry. They started with milk, food colouring and washing up liquid to make the colours move and then they used skittles to create rainbows on their plates. It was a huge challenge to observe only with our eyes, but the results were amazing!

Year 4 kickstarted British Science Week with lots of curiosity as they explored the fizzy reaction between citric acid and bicarbonate of soda to make their own sherbet sweets. They tasted the ingredients and created their own recipe based on their taste preferences, before enjoying their sherbet by dipping in a lollipop. Yum!

What's the time Year 1? This week in maths we have been focussing on time. We have used clocks to help us learn to read and write the time to o'clock and half past.

The Year 1 children have been busy creating book reviews and explaining why their books are their favourite during our World Book Week celebrations.

The Year 1 children were thrilled to visit the book fair and select their own books today to bring home as part of World Book Week at school. They chose a wide variety of fiction and non fiction to enjoy!

Year 1 have come to the end of their Seasonal Changes topic this week, by investigating how clouds are made. They conducted an experiment with warm water and an ice cube to observe how water vapour cools and and forms the start of clouds.

We had a really successful parent workshop last week in Year 1, that focussed on handwriting and oral story telling. It was fantastic to see so many families attending!

In Science, Year 4 have kick-started their new science topic; States of matter. They explored the properties of solids, liquids, and gases by investigating balloons filled with ice, water, and air and discussed how each state of matter behaves differently.

This week, children in year 4 took part in Bikeability. Some learnt to ride for the very first time, while others sharpened their skills and grew in confidence. We were so proud of their determination!