During Arts Week artist Sophie Fox worked with every child in the school to produce a self portrait inspired by Matisse. We then displayed them all on the wall in the hall and filmed the process. More photos of art week can be seen at www.holytrinityhalstead.com/category/art Many thanks to Sophie […]
Year 5
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We are rapidly approaching the end of term and we would like to remind Parents and Carers of arrangements for the end of year celebrations our our Y6 leavers. Leavers Assembly will be on the last day of term – Friday 18th July at 9.00am. This is not our usual […]
The children in Class HR, JS & LW were set a challenge this week – to create a recognisable image using Crystal Logo – some succeeded and others made some fantastic patterns. Overall they produced some great work. This was a much harder activity than it sounds because, although the […]
Having created their flags, some of the children in Class JS had time to experiment with Logo, and in particular the ‘repeat’ command. Here are the results:
To create the Italian & Ivory Coast flags below the Y5/6 children who weren’t at the Ramsey and Hedingham taster days had to: Write a command line containing a repeat function to create the whole flag, including the outline, in as few characters as possible. This was done using Purple Mash’s logo […]
To create the Swiss flags below the Y4 children in Class HR had to: Write a command line containing a repeat function to create the Swiss cross. This was done using Purple Mash’s logo software. They then had to export the image to a folder on the server. Open the […]
This week children across the school have been working with BeeBots, BigTraks & Roamers. In this video some children in Class HR made two roamers do a synchronised reverse park.
Classes NN, CS and HR had a brilliant morning listening to the whole history of Great Britain. They learnt all about the Kings, Queens, battles and invasions throughout history and had good fun learning actions to help them to remember key events!
Class HR created these images using Dazzle 03 to give the younger children in the school a fun tool to help them count to 100! There are 100 penguins in the end, but how many penguins are there altogether? The video is also available on YouTube here.
Following a half-term spent experimenting with audio software, Class HR have been creating podcasts using Padlets to collect information, Libre Office to write their scripts and Audacity to record their voices. We will be publishing them one a week, usually every Tuesday, between now and Christmas. As our whole school […]
Last week, the middle of the school enjoyed a themed week on India, that included making curries and decorations for an Indian Feast which they enjoyed on Friday afternoon. We were delighted that so many parents came to join us for our feast. Here are some photos of the event.
ZooLab by Abbie Willis On the 6th November it was the ZooLab where you get to see, touch and hold all different types of animals from the rainforest. There are four different parts of the rainforest, they are forest floor, under story, canopy and the emergent layer. First we saw […]
Following a half-term spent experimenting with audio software, Class HR have been creating podcasts using Padlets to collect information, Libre Office to write their scripts and Audacity to record their voices. We will be publishing them one a week, usually every Tuesday, between now and Christmas. As our whole school […]
Yesterday afternoon the children in Class HR visited Halstead Library for an Indian-themed afternoon. The children had great fun finding facts and pictures hidden around the library and hearing a traditional Indian story.
The children in Classes LW & JS were split into groups last half term and given a topic to create a presentation on. They will all be posted online after a feedback/review session later this week, but because this one is relevant to Bonfire Night here it is now:
Class HR have worked really hard this half term to produce some wonderful Indian Elephants! They spent time layering a balloon with paper mache and creating ears, a trunk and legs to add to each one. Once they were painted they decorated them in a variety of ways, adding feathers, […]
Following a half-term spent experimenting with audio software, Class HR have been creating podcasts using Padlets to collect information, Libre Office to write their scripts and Audacity to record their voices. We will be publishing them one a week, every Tuesday, between now and Christmas. As our whole school topic […]
We are now accepting applications from all children in Classes NN, CS, HR, JS & LW to join Team Tabecat. Team Tabecat are a small group of digital leaders who help Mr. Handy run Computing across the school. Members need to attend weekly lunchtime meetings where they will learn new […]
The second week of graphics manipulation by Class JS saw them trying to be more realistic with their work using Paint.NET The aim was to create an image that, even if just for a moment, made the viewer think it was real. We still ended up with some surfboarding penguins, but […]
Class HR are working towards producing a series of podcasts for broadcast on the website later in the term. Yesterday they had a play with some of the cut & paste editing features of Audacity. To give them something to work with Mr. Handy, Miss Love and Mrs Rayner recorded […]
In Year 5/6 we are experimenting with various pieces of software with a view to presenting information in imaginative ways later in the term. This week they were using Paint.NET, a super piece of software you can download for free via the link on our Software Downloads page. Here are […]
As we start a new school year we thought you might like to see inside your children’s classrooms. They’re not fully decorated yet – there are loads of fantastic displays being created this week – but it hopefully gives you an idea of where your children are spending their day. […]