Winter Wonderland

Complete with hot chocolate!

Moving Toys

Beech Class designed, made and evaluated a Christmas moving toy, aimed at younger children. Here are just a few of their fabulous models.

Remembrance Day

Scratch Coding

During the term, Sycamore and Beech Class have been learning to code using Scratch. Below is a link for a guide to help students and parents learn how to code over the coming festive break.

Details:

Scratch – First Steps combines colourful graphics with clear step by step instructions and is designed to get young people up and running with coding. It’s good for complete beginners as well as anyone who needs a refresher on the basics. The Guide is free to download and use anywhere, anytime you like, so just go to https://stemforstarters.com/first_steps and start coding! 

The Scratch programming language is fun and easy to use but also surprisingly powerful. It’s free, runs on most kinds of computer and supports the KS2 computing curriculum.

The Knotted Project

This year we teamed up with Dukes Theatre to create a drama piece about Christmas 2020! We had great fun!

Flat Earth or Spherical body?

In Science this week, we considered evidence to support ideas about the shape of the Earth.  We asked some really good questions and debated different ideas.

Cross country

Beech Class tried their best at the cross country competition and did very well, although some of us were exhausted by the end!

Textiles

This term in art the whole school has been focussing on textiles. Beech class have been practising their sewing skills and have been producing textile artwork based around sea and waves.

STEM Activity Day

We had a visit from Lancaster University and did a whole day of STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

First, we had lots of problem-solving to do, to get us thinking like engineers.  We learned just how it is possible to fit our whole group through one piece of A4 paper….at the same time!

We then thought about how engineers use problem solving in everyday life.  We found out about ways in which engineers have to work to help people in remote or cut off regions get supplies, especially following a bridge collapse, or extreme weather.  We worked in teams to design and build the best container to deliver food to cut off places.  We had lots of fun and learned lots about the work that engineers do.