Gecko Class have spent most of the day constructing the UK landmarks they have been studying out of recycled materials! Can you spot: Edinburgh Castle, The Menai Bridge, Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, The Angel Of The North, and The Giant’s Causeway? The whole class worked brilliantly, helping each other out in […]
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And then came the oceans… Following on from the making of the globes (which you can see pictures of here) Toucan Class have today painted on the water. More to follow…
Toucan Class spent a day designing, making and evaluating moving pictures. They had to follow a design criteria carefully to design a moving picture and then make their design. Their final products were brilliant!
In Year 3 we are designing and making a marble maze. Our ideas are based on the inside of one of the pyramids of Egypt.
Today the children were put into mixed-age groups named after scientists, and worked together on a range of STEM-related activities. During the course of the day the children learned about how to care for the chicks, created a house of cards, made pictures out of perfect squares, built towers from […]
Panther Class went on a walk up the High Street this morning to make observations on food retail outlets as part of STEM Week!
Year 6 investigated different sauces that could be eaten with burgers, and explored types of bread suitable for a burger bun. They worked hard to follow recipe instructions to create salsa, tzatziki and barbecue sauces. They then tested the sauces in order to evaluate which sauce and bread they might […]
Earlier this week Toucan Class put out a request for old newspapers – here’s why! The class carefully followed instructions in order to make a globe. They will be painting them and adding on the continents and oceans once they have dried. (A special word of thanks to all those […]
In DT we are looking at the strength needed for bridges.The class tested different bean designs in order to work out which design had the most strength and therefore supported the bridge better.
Gecko Class have been exploring how houses have changed throughout the centuries. The children made models highlighting the features of homes in the past and we put these models onto a timeline showing homes throughout History. Can you spot the Celtic roundhouse, the Tudor beams, Victorian bays and modern day […]
We’ve stepped back in time and become hunter gatherers for the day… Will they survive? Watch this space! Half of the class are inside building a shelter in the style of ‘Stig of the Dump’. Meanwhile outside…all of the tribes are busy learning to track animals, grind oats, light fires, […]
We had a brilliant time indoor den building, carefully finding ways to join fabric and keep our dens upright! Some excellent teamwork and communication skills were beginning to show – well done everyone!
Craft Club Phase 2 of making our shoe bags. Fantastic use of the sewing machine, and next week they should be completed! Well done Craft Club!!!
We had a fantastic first session, all the children were extremely proud of their letter creation ready to be added to the next sewing step of our mini shoe bag project…. more photos to come!
On Monday Toucan Class spent the day boat making. They started with testing materials to find which ones would be best to make their boat out of, and then spent time making their boats. At the end of the day they tested them out. They worked really well and found […]
As part of our ‘Amazing Americas’ topic Kestrel Class designed and made their own fabulous Dream Catchers.
Take a bowl and throw in candy canes, marshmallows, smarties, biscuits and chocolate. Mix in the Christmas cheer and you have a festive tray bake! Happy Christmas from Octopus Class! (A reminder from Mrs Day that it is Octopus Class party on Monday 17th December…bring in your party clothes & […]
This afternoon Year 3 made Stonehenge out of a variety of biscuits. They needed all of the Trinity Street qualities to help them, especially resilience! Miss Todd played the part of head judge and gave the children feedback about their creations. We then all enjoyed a biscuit. Well done Year […]
This afternoon, Jaguar class have been very busy and creative! They created a model of a shaduf using a choice of materials. Shadufs were used by the Ancient Egyptians to irrigate their crops.
What fantastic entries for the Bake Off. All the children should be very proud of their cakes and biscuits. It was a very tough competition but here are the winners! Thank you very much to our judges from Halstead WI and ‘Coffee Kavern’. Well done to the PTFA for organising […]
As part of their study of ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ by Michael Morpurgo the Year 5s have been trying to imagine the lives of Kensuke & Michael on the island and how the characters would have felt. One of the things that creates a great bond between the two of them is […]
We used Resilience, Creativity, Vision, Connectivity, Reflection, Curiosity and Teamwork to create Holy Trinity Streets tallest, strongest, widest, longest, most incredible buildings imaginable.
We’d like to thank all the parents who joined in with the challenge this afternoon. We hope you enjoyed it as much as the children clearly did.