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In Kestrel class @FP, in their English lesson, the children iresearched and learned about advocacy journalism, discovering how writing can be a powerful tool to highlight important issues and promote positive change. They explored the techniques used by advocacy journalists to inform and persuade readers. Using this knowledge, the students wrote their own advocacy journalism articles, focusing on causes they care about. This activity not only enhanced their research and writing skills but also encouraged them to think critically about social issues and how to use their voices to make a difference.

In Parakeet class @FP, we have been looking at the work of Krystie Rose Millich in Art. We decided we love her cool mosaics. We have also been learning about ‘The Romans’ in History. We learnt that The Romans loved mosaics too. We then chose to design our own. What do you think?

In English we have been looking at poetry. We looked at different poetry devices and chose to write a poem about animals. We have used alliteration and similes and some of us included metaphors. We are really proud of our work. At the end of the week we will be publishing our poems and performing them to another class.

Tutankhamun Immersive Experience – We were lucky enough to experience the Tutankhamun Experience in London today. We absolutely loved it. We got to see real life artifacts, read about Ancient Egypt and wear VR headsets and experience what it was like in Ancient Egypt for ourselves. We had lunch together in the sun and went on three trains! We were exhausted when we got back but we had a fantastic day! Here are some of our pictures.

 

Dove and Duckling Class @FP – A Wild Encounter with Stu the Ranger!

This week, the Dove and Duckling classes had a very exciting visit from Stu the Ranger, who brought along a variety of fascinating animals for us to meet and learn about.

The children were thrilled to get up close with Minton the Tortoise, Sandra the Snake, Tallulah the Tarantula, Bubbles the Tenrec, and Flaviah the Armadillo. We explored what types of animals they were – reptiles, mammals, and arachnids—and discussed their unique features and habitats.

The children asked brilliant questions and were incredibly curious, making it a fun and educational experience for everyone. A big thank you to Stu the Ranger for such a memorable visit!

The children have also been looking at the story ‘Brown bear Brown bear’ and having a go at writing their own version of the story using various describing words.

Within the last two weeks the children have been looking at finding half of shapes and of amounts by folding paper, cutting shapes and sharing amount equally. We then moved on to finding what a quarter of a shape and amount practically.

We hope you all have a lovely half term.

What a quacking week in Nursery! 🐣🦆
We’ve been learning how to care for ducklings — discovering what they need to stay happy and healthy. The children have loved gently holding them, showing their amazing character strengths of bravery, exploring, and learning along the way.
They also explored capacity through fun water play, worked together to build a life-sized duckling from LEGO, and got stuck into so many other feather-tastic activities.
From teamwork to curiosity, we’re flying high with our learning this term!

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Recently, in Nightingale 2 class @FPhave, the children been focusing on building positive relationship with their peers. This has included Lego Therapy sessions with a range of different groupings, taking part in an adverb board game and our brand new ‘How to Help Others’ board game, which was kindly donated to us by Emile. In these sessions they have been identifying key emotions of themselves and others, learning to wait and take turns, as well as compliment each other. They have also begun creating their very own sensory wall, this term’s addition was using string. Finally, our recent regulation tool has been the 171 bus route on YouTube and Grayson very proudly was able to complete his own colour pattern using buses to support.

In Nightingale 1 class @FP, the children had an amazing time at Bellingham soft play this week! They enjoyed climbing, crawling, running and sliding!

Ethan said “I liked the tunnel slide the best”. Ethan and Nylah enjoyed racing down the big slide together and Ramiz had lots of fun on the swing. Cristian told us that his favourite part was the rope bridge. Everyone had great fun, including the adults who got to be big kids themselves on the slide and climbing frame! A special thanks to Mr De Roche for taking us on the minibus.

This half term, in Science, Year 3 Pelican class @FP, have been learning all about the function of plants. Pelican class had a chance to observe closely using celery and further used this to investigate the function of the stem. They also got to take a closer look at some roots and used kitchen towel and water to demonstrate how roots absorb water from the soil so that a plant can grow and be healthy.

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Year 1/2 Heron class @FP have been making chairs for baby bear this week. Sadly, baby bear's chair collapsed when an inquisitive girl entered the three bear's house uninvited, but fret no more! Thanks to the children's learning about stability, strength and stiffness, baby bear can relax in the chair that will now last many, many uses.