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

This term we have continued with our ‘coastlines’ focus in English and geography, with a particular emphasis on the human geography of seaside towns.  We have written a fact file about Herne Bay, described how seaside artefacts and Herne Bay pier have changed over time, and are currently planning a persuasive email, encouraging tourists to...Read More

This term our English and geography focus has been ‘coastlines’, exploring the human and physical geography of land near the sea.  We have learnt about coastal caves, arches and sea stacks, have revised how to read a map with a key and compass points, and learnt about the seas that surround the UK.  We have...Read More

This term our English and history focus has continued to be ‘movers and shakers’, exploring significant individuals and their impact.  We have compared Christopher Columbus’s exploration of the Americas with Neil Armstrong’s space exploration, and we are currently designing a poster in support of Emmeline Pankhurst’s suffragette movement.  In class we enjoyed reading Shirley Hughes’s...Read More

This term our English and topic theme, ‘school days,’  has continued, with a particular focus on Victorian schools.  We have written diary entries from the perspective of a Victorian child, have composed persuasive letters to a significant historical figure, used non-fiction texts to research the Victorian age, and really enjoyed role-playing being in a Victorian...Read More

Bumblebee Class Term 5 Blog This term our English and topic theme has been ‘school days’, with a particular focus on how Teynham school has changed over time.  We have written list poems (using verbs and adverbials), focused on using correct grammatical forms and punctuation (exclamation and question marks, apostrophes for possession and contraction), and...Read More

This term our English theme has continued to be ‘bright lights, big city’, with a particular focus on London.  Prior to our visit to London Zoo we researched the Zoo and its animals, producing some very informative visitor information leaflets.  We have also researched the Great Fire of London, including writing a set of instructions...Read More

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

This term we have enjoyed learning about our topic, childhood.  We have explored childhood artefacts from the past, guessing what they might have been used for, and explaining how they are the same as, or different from, equivalent items we might use today.  We have practised using sequencing words, including to order a timeline of...Read More

Here are just a few of our top high lights from term 1… · Making paper boats inspired by Christopher Columbus · Creating Binoculars for explorers · Using VR headsets to see Antarctica and walk around Columbus’ ship · Forest School for group 1 · Making a planet Earth out of colour tissue · Making...Read More