This term our English focus has been ‘bright lights, big city’, allowing us to learn all about life in London from authors such as Michael Bond, Miroslav Sasek and James Mayhew.  We have enjoyed writing about different methods of transport in the capital, reading about famous landmarks, and planning and writing our own London-based adventure...Read More

Maths In maths children are learning Algebra. Algebra is a field of maths which involve letters being used to represent numbers. Children will learn how to simplify algebraic equations and how algebraic formula works. English  In English the children are working hard writing non-chronological reports related to their Geography topic. Children are writing reports on...Read More

English We have enjoyed reading Escape From Pompeii. The story explores two characters as Mount Vesuvius unexpectedly erupts! We effectively used expanded noun phrases and precise verbs , along with similes and alliteration to describe a volcano erupting for our volcano shape poems . As well as this, we have created our own non-chronological report...Read More

It has been a very busy term, and Squirrel class have been working really hard in all areas of their learning. We have continued learning about Childhood, focussing on life and childhood in the 1950s and comparing it to today. We were very lucky to have a visit from Caroline, a volunteer at Faversham museum,...Read More

On Monday we had Peter from the astronomy roadshow come and visit. He set up a HUGE dome in the hall and we all went inside where he projected lights and showed our galaxy and the stars. We learnt about the seasons, day and night and all the planets. He also brought in some samples...Read More

Hedgehog Class Blog Maths In maths we have been looking at place value. This week, we have been using a number-line to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 100, 10, 000 100,000 and even to the nearest million! English In English we have had a big focus on grammar. We have practised writing sentences...Read More

Year 2 Bumblebee Class Blog Term 2 This term our topic and English focus has been the 1950s, allowing us to learn how elements of life and childhood were the same as, or different to, current times – we will be writing a non-chronological report of 1950s life to present our finidings.  In support of...Read More

Rabbit Class Blog English We have enjoyed reading Stig of the Dump so far this term which links really well to our topic Through the Ages. We can understand how a character is feeling and make sensible predictions based on what we have read so far. We have been learning different word types in English...Read More

This term Year 1 have enjoyed beginning our topic on Childhood, thinking about how we have changed since we were babies and about important events in our life. We have been learning about ‘autobiographies’, and have written sentences about ourselves and our lives using the past tense. We have started to think about how life...Read More