This week in maths club we turned our expanding maths skills to origami. Using only paper and card (and a few googly eyes from Mrs Leach’s secret stash) we made frog corner bookmarks. We discussed shape, measure, position and direction … Continued
Poplar and Willow class were invited to a tree planting ceremony at the new Redrow site. The tree commemorates all those who died in the First World War. Rhea and Lilly won a school poetry competition to plant the Oak. … Continued
This week in maths club we have been getting creative making crunch cakes! We discussed the maths we would need and knew that we would need to weigh out the ingredients. However, we also found out as we made the … Continued
We have been using tens frames to show numbers to 20. We have been describing these numbers as tens and ones. We found that to make 14 you fill one tens frame and have 4 in another tens frame. We … Continued
We have created 3D maps in the Tough Top. We then took aerial photos to create a plan. We have then used these photos to draw our own maps. We have been looking in the atlases and drawing our own … Continued
We have been using different construction materials to build famous landmarks of the world. The Eiffel Tower is made from metal, Millie and Emmy have recreated it using pipe cleaners. Frank used Duplo bricks to build the Empire State Building. … Continued
We have been exploring ‘There was an Old Man who painted the sky’ as our class book in Willow and as a starting point we created fact sheets of information about star constellations. As a part of our learning we … Continued
In Willow Class we have created a Wizard of Oz display. We used a range of different techniques and materials to create the characters of Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow and then created our own storyboards. See our efforts … Continued
We are delighted that Mrs Curtis has kindly volunteered to return to St Blaise and run an after school group with Willow, to help us learn some of her amazing craft skills. The children of Willow class are benefiting from … Continued
