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Year 2 Swan class @FP, have begun generating and developing ideas and mock-ups of bridges they can make for the ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’. They used skills such as cutting, measuring and sticking in a variety of different ways.

We have been doing dance in PE this half term and exploring different African dance moves. Year 2 are now in the process of creating and sequencing their own African dance which they will perform at the end of half term.

Puffin Class have had a fantastic week. Our focus text was The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children retold the story using props they made. The children were inspired by our use of makaton and wanted to learn signs to aid them in retelling their story to their friends. They worked together to build bridges and work together to design a bridge strong enough to hold various objects.

We even had a visit from the Troll himself! The children asked him various questions about his life, the foods he likes to and where he lives. No children were harmed from this visit.

We have also really enjoyed our phonics dice game and messy play.

YR5 Magpie c;ass @FP have had a busy start to the Spring term. We are very excited to be attending swimming lessons on Mondays and some of us are already making great progress!

In Maths, we have been focusing on adding and subtracting mixed numbers that have different denominators. We focused on neat presentation to support our methods. We are now going to start looking at formal multiplication methods.

For English, we have been inspired by recent celebrity memoirs and decided to write our own. The children have shown great maturity when speaking about their most meaningful and life changing memories. We have focused on painting pictures with our words to inspire empathy from the reader.

The children have loved learning about Space (specifically the Earth, Sun and Moon) in Science and how these link with Time Zones in Geography. These subjects have helped us to think about how the world works and the importance of our solar system.

Year 5 were introduced to ceramicist Peggy Bjerkan who creates abstract masks in Art. We researched her work and have started to plan our own masks inspired by her work. They children especially enjoyed finding ways to incorporate nature into their designs – just like Peggy!

In Nightingale class @FP, it has been an exciting week this week. We have had our new friend Nylah join us. We have been getting to know each other by doing lots games, sensory play and Lego therapy. Nylah has settled in so well and it has been great to get to know her. We have also enjoyed visiting the library and choosing a new class book to the read in the afternoons. 

This half term in Eagle class @FP, as part of our Light and Sight Science Topic, we are trying to answer the question: Why does my shadow change length over the course of a day?

We have been investigating how light travels in a straight line and reflects to help us see. We will test how shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. 

On Monday we enjoyed making our own periscopes, as we are looking at how simple optical instruments work e.g. telescope, binoculars, mirrors, magnifying glasses etc.

In YR3 Parakeet class @FP, we have bee really enjoying our art work. We have taken inspiration from Manga. Manga is the term used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Take a look at two of our pieces.
We have also been excelling in our writing. We are learning to use conjunctives so our sentences join together smoothly. Here were are working hard.

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Wishing everyone a lovely weekend.

Welcome back everyone to Spring term from Starling Class @FP!

This term are we learning all about the Shang Dynasty in History, manga art, electricity in Science and natural disasters in Geography. Did you know Mr Braganza studied Geography at university in 2006!

We are reading Grimwood in DR and have met the main characters of Ted and Nancy. Can you guess what animals they are?

In English, we are writing a setting focused short story. If you could write a story set anywhere, where would it be? Today, we gathered ideas of where we want our stories set. The class came up with haunted houses, Antarctica and jungles.  

Thanks readers! Everyone in Starling Class.

This half term has been a quick start as SATs are looming ever closer. The children have been practising many skills, focusing upon arithmetic and grammar short bursts amongst their other lessons.

A gentle reminder that every pupil in the class has their log-ins for a variety of computer-aided learning programs. I would really recommend that children use TTRS to hone their times tables.

Last term seems so long ago but it should be mentioned how well the children performed in front of the whole school in the Christmas music show. They didn’t miss a beat when playing a variety of steel drums including bass, tenor pans and double guitars. I wish you could have been there!