Lunar New Year

The children have been learning about Lunar New Year.

They listened to the story of how each year is named after an animal. 
This year is the year of the horse.

The children used story props to retell the story.

The children had an animal hunt.
They made a list of the animals they found in the Lunar New Year story.

The children used scissors and glue to create their own lanterns.

Our favourite part of the week was tasting a range of food from East Asia.

 

Nursery - The Tiger Who Came To Tea

 

In nursery this week, children listened to

 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea' by Judith Kerr.

We talked about the story and whether the tiger was right to eat all of the food or not.

Children role played the tea party

And made our own plates for the tiger

 just in case he came back....

...but he never did.

Year 6 are enjoying their exploration of pop art

 In our art topic of Cityscapes, we've been looking at artists from the pop art movement.  Andy Warhol was famous for creating repeated images of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe as well everyday objects such as soup cans. Often his work was brightly coloured and unrealistic.  This art came after WW2. Everybody wanted colour, change and a brighter future . This art was mass produced so was inexpensive.

We have taken the idea of Andy Warhol and created our own artwork. We hope you like them.

Design and Technology. Year 1

 We have had fun today learning how to make a sliding picture in our new topic moving pictures. 

Here are some turtles moving across the page with a slider. 

Science fact files- Year 2

 Year 2 triorama for Science. 

Year 2 have been learning about habitats in science and this week they explored ocean habitats and what animals use plants for in the ocean . They researched two animals that live in the sea; sea turtles and pufferfish. To display this information Year 2 made triorama with visual and written information. They had a wonderful time making them! 

Nursery - Body Percussion

 In nursery, children have been working hard on their Phase 1 phonics.

They have been listening to songs, finding the rhythm and playing along using their body; i.e. tapping, clapping, stomping and using their voices in some cases.

The children were very good at finding the rhythm and continue to build strong foundations for early literacy.

Year 2 Great Fire of London walk

Yesterday, the entire cohort of Year 2 went for a trip into town! following their investigation into the causes and effects of the Great Fire of London, it was time to visit the real locations. We took the Central Line to St Paul's Cathedral, pausing to admire the work of architect Sir Christopher Wren, who designed the cathedral and much of London after the fire, before crossing over to Bankside and take in some culture at the Tate Modern while we ate our lunch. We saw so many sights on our walk to our final destination of the Monument, where we all gathered together to sing London's Burning and admire more of Wren's architecture. We had a fantastic day and would like to thank all of the volunteers who joined us and made it possible!