In Year 4, Chaffinch class @FP, have been learning how to play cricket with coach Matt. They've been practising their catching, bowling, batting and fielding skills and have even played a few matches. We'll be continuing to build on these skills after the half term.

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The children in Hummingbird class @FP have been reading traditional stories and alternative versions. We read ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and the alternative version ‘The Three Little Wolves’ and ‘The Big Bad Pig’. We wrote our own versions, remembering to use capital letters, spaces and fullstops.  

We also read ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and the alternative version the ‘Ghanaian Goldilocks’. In this version they ate Fu Fu instead of porridge so we made some Fu Fu and tried it. We then wrote our own story  thinking about the different characters and how traditional stories have three characters, designing our own characters based on our interests.

Finally we read ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and the alternative version ‘The Runaway Chapatti’. 

Do you have any traditional stories that you remember being read as a child?

In Hummingbird class we have been using remote control toys. We have been programming them to move towards our friends.  

This term in nursery have been learning about animals in our world. We have particularly liked reading the stories about Elmer & Rainbow Fish; looking at different colours and shapes and working collaboratively to produce some amazing art work. Check out our learning journey with all our fabulous work this term . 🐻🐘🌈🐠🐳

The Museum of London are working with Year 5 to deliver ‘My London Story’, a project aiming to understand young people’s experiences of London today.

As a museum that tells the story of the capital and its people from its first settlers to modern times, we want to add new objects and stories about the present day.

‘My London Story’ is an exciting Arts Council England funded project that want children from a wide range of backgrounds to document their lives in the city. The museum hope to use these materials to represent the diverse lived experiences of London’s children in future exhibitions, displays and programmes. The whole year group watched a theatre performance from some very cool actors. They retold individual stories of children growing up in London with different lifestyles, problems and diversities.

“It was very entertaining and it had lots of emotions and feelings that I could relate to” Zahara

“I enjoyed that it was quite diverse and humorous because of their Jamaican accents” Blake

Keep an eye out for more of our collaborative work with the museum coming soon!

Children @FP today have really enjoyed 'numbers day', they have all come to school, wearing numbers.  They have taken part in challenges such as: number hunt, where they have had to count up items and find certain numbers around the school.  As we speak they are in a celebration assembly - the best numbers hat will be chosen and the winner will have to dance down the middle of the audience to receive their prize from Mr Bond!  It has been lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves and taking part in the number challenges.

This week in Dove class @FP we completed our own versions of an artist called Wassily Kandinsky.

We enjoyed looking at his abstract artwork and the colours and tones that he used as well as using the water colour palettes.

We have been learning about traditional tales and this week we read ‘The Ghanaian Goldilocks’ by Dr Tamara Pizzoli. We have been looking at features of traditional tales and next week are writing our own. Ask us about our ideas at home! We spoke about Ghana and where it was. We tried some traditional food from Ghana made by our lovely Mrs Abel.

In sewing club @FP, we have been really enjoying sewing and stuffing our teddies. Here are Bubbles the Owl, Valentine the Badger, aswell as the wonderful fox and hedgehog.
Well done all 👏

Flamingos have been learning about the artist Gustav Klimt and have been exploring his use of pattern. Next week we get to paint our own pieces of art work with gold paint! 

We have also been reading fairy tales and we will be writing our own fairy tale which will be in our school library! Innaya’s story has three mermaids. I wonder what will happen to them?

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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.