Building up to a final piece using techniques of their own chosing, in weeks two and three of their stop motion work Year 5 experimented with Lego and drawing to make short animations. Views: 62
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Year 4 have been learning to tell the time to specific minutes, converting 12hr to 24hr time and solving time related problems. Many have realised how important it is to be able to tell the time – especially, analogue! Views: 82
Raven Class were put into groups and given 1 hour to make their floor robots do amazing things. Here are the (speeded up) results. Views: 113
Kestrel Class were put into groups and given 1 hour to make their floor robots do amazing things. Here are the (speeded up) results. Views: 105
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!!! Views: 87
This week we were delighted to welcome poet Matt Abbott to school to write poetry with children across the school. On Wednesday he worked with Year 6 and they have written a collaborative poem which will soon be shared in video form and be put on display in the school. […]
Y5 have started creating stop motion animations. These were their first attempts, and I’m really pleased with how they kept their ideas simple and took their time to create some smooth movements. There are over 700 individual photos in this video. Next they will develop their skills to create more […]
Year 5 have been enjoying their English lesson outside! They were performing play scripts! Views: 128
Thank you to all the parents, friends and carers who joined Toucan Class for their lunch on Wednesday. It was lovely to see so many people enjoying their school dinner! Views: 126
Toucan Class have had a lovely morning playing games on the field. They have worked really hard this week on their assessment tests and enjoyed a well deserved break from work. A special thank you to the PTFA for the games and ice creams – they were enjoyed by all! […]
This afternoon we welcomed the children who will be starting at Holy Trinity in September, and so Giraffe Class teamed up with Raven Class for a joint computing lesson. It was lovely seeing the two year groups working together – such patience, kindness and enthusiasm from them all. Our children […]
The Great Holy Trinity *Children’s* Bake Off took place this week. There were some amazing entries from across the school – thank you and well done to everyone who entered, and to those who came to the cake sale after school. Altogether over £100 was raised for PTFA funds which […]
As part of our topic on the the circulatory system Kestrel Class made blood to help us remember the components that make up our blood, and the functions of each of them. We calculated the percentage blood parts we would need to represent: 55% Plasma , 44% red blood cells […]
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! Views: 123
Kestrel Class investigated how refraction changes the direction in which light travels. We completed two different experiments which showed distorted images due to light being refracted. Views: 154
Gecko Class had a fantastic outdoor adventure day. They have been stick whittling, plant identifying and labelling, litter picking and flower using recycled plastic! Views: 144
Our Year 6 pupils have been using Micro:bits since Easter to practice their coding skills with some physical equipment. Last week they created some basic games and sent messages to each other using the Micro:bits inbuilt radios. This week they’ve been creating step counters – programming them and then testing […]
On Bank Holiday Monday our maypole dancers entertained the people of Halstead as part of the May Day celebrations in the Public Gardens. Thank you to all the children who represented the school, the parents who supported them, and to the staff who trained our dancers and organised the performance […]
Year 4 were asked which chocolate will melt the fastest. They investigated dark, milk and white chocolate by first creating a prediction then analysing their results to compare. They found that most people said the white chocolate was the quickest to melt and that the dark chocolate melted the slowest. […]
Our friends from Hedingham and St. Andrew’s Churches have spent the day with Years 3 and 4 making and decorating a selection of Christian crosses from around the world. The children have learned about the different representations and the history behind Christian crosses from places including Italy, Ethiopia and Jerusalem. […]
A fantastic effort at Hadleigh Park, Southend today for the cross country county champs, well done girls! An amazing achievement! Views: 160
At the beginning of their Ancient Greeks topic Year 5 created individual web pages to store their work, before learning about and painting plates in the style of the time. They tried using a different grip on their paintbrushes to help with precision. It wasn’t easy, but they took their […]
Thank you to the PTFA who organised it for the Easter Bunny to make its traditional visit today. The Easter Bunny handed out Easter eggs and sweets after the children had found their named eggs around the school grounds. Views: 265
Kestrel Class worked in groups to research different natural wonders of The Americas. Each group had to present their research and persuade the rest of the class that their chosen wonder was the best. The class voted and the winner was…..Death Valley! Here are some photos of their notes… Views: […]
Yesterday Toucan Class was gentlemen an’ ladies o’ fortune! They took part in all sorts o’ pirate activities, terrifyin’ the seas (and the school) in their man-o’-war the Toucan Tango, ‘avin’ jolly fun an’ learnin’ lots. Views: 204
To end our theme this term ‘My Home is My Castle’, Gecko Class have been investigating the best mixture of sand and water to build a sandcastle. We gradually added more water to our sand and made careful observations of the castles we built. Views: 213
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 […]
Panther Class have been updating and improving their non-chronological reports as they transfer them to Google Slides. Views: 185
Well done to the High 5 netball team for successfully competing at the Level 1 tournament at Ramsey. And well done to all the cross country runners for competing in the Level 2 competition at Tabor Academy. Superb performances all round. Views: 264
Gecko Class parents joined us for roast dinner today. It was lovely to see so many parents there! Views: 241