🌟 A Warm Welcome to Our Ladybird Blog 🌟 This term we have welcomed the children to the class, and we are delighted with how well our new Ladybirds have settled in over the last few weeks. They are already beginning to explore their new environment with curiosity and confidence, and it has been a joy...Read More
This term Year 1 have enjoyed beginning our topic Wonderful Me, Wonderful World! In Science we have been thinking about Human Senses. We have labelled parts of the body, compared our appearance with other people, describing ways in which we are the same and different and drawn self-portraits. This week we have started reading ‘Martha...Read More
This term our English and history focus is ‘movers and shakers’, exploring significant individuals and their impact. We are already planning a biography of Rosa Parks, after which we will research local footballer and WWII officer Walter Tull (with the help of a visitor from Folkestone Museum!), before writing a newspaper report of the moon...Read More
This term Squirrel Class have begun their topic on ‘School Days’. This has been a really exciting topic as we have been able to link it to our new build, which we are going to be moving into really soon! We began by walking around the school and looking at all the different rooms and...Read More
Butterfly’s have had a great term learning all about animals. We have read the Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson and The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. In maths we have looked at patterns and 3D shapes, to see which shapes are the best for building towers and which ones were the best for rolling. We...Read More
This term we have begun our ‘magnificent monarchs’ topic in English and history, looking in particular at British monarchs from the past one thousand years. We have made a timeline of the royal houses/historical periods from 1066 to the present day, have mapped significant monarchs on to our timelines, have considered how the power of...Read More
SATs In year 6, we have been busy preparing for our KS2 SATs test. We have been working through a selection of past papers whilst also focusing on the year 6 curriculum to ensure everything is covered. Topic We are thoroughly enjoying our new History topic: ‘Britain at War’. The children have been very enthusiastic...Read More
Squirrel class are enjoying continuing their topic, ‘Bright Lights Big City’. In English we have been reading books all about London, including The Queen’s Hat¸ and A Walk in London. We have identified lots of different landmarks in the Capital City and used our observational drawing skills to draw Big Ben. We have been using...Read More
We have had a busy term learning all about farms, Spring and healthy foods! Zuriel; ‘We have learnt the life cycle of a frog’ Ezra; ‘You can eat a rainbow! You need to eat 5 a day!’ Albert; ‘We read the story of Jack & the beanstalk and then grew our own beanstalks!’ Preston; ‘We...Read More
