Examples of curriculum
‘Where the Wildings are’ project – Phase 1 The Zen garden
As promised, more photos of the Zen garden which is progressing nicely. Members of the Pupil Parliament were busy planting with Alex from the 'Where the Wildings are' project earlier this week. We had some very special guests from Eden Cornwall, who came to find out...
Year 3 Lanterns – DT in action!
Year 3 were inspired by the Lantern festival before Christmas and designed and created their own versions. They even evaluated their designs and made improvements.
Egyptian Workshop
Year 3 had an exciting day recently when they took part in an Egyptian workshop as part of their History theme about the ancient Egyptian civilization. The children even got to try out the ancient methods of mummification.
Maya Workshops
There was a Maya workshop in school this week delivered by the Museum service and the visitor commented on the children's knowledge about the Maya civilisation. She was very impressed not only with the facts they could recall, but also the insightful questions...
Design Technology – Lightboxes
Year 4 have been busy designing , making and evaluating their own lightbox designs recently during Design Technology. They used their knowledge from their Science sessions on Electricity to construct a simple circuit to light them...
Local walk
In Geography we have been learning about our local area and what we see on our way to school. We went for a walk around the streets close to school. We saw a church, a garage, main school, street signs and lots more. We planned the route by looking at maps and google...
Sandylands Art exhibition
As part of our curriculum opening, the children had the opportunity to showcase their art work within the Sandylands Art exhibition. There were examples of clay and sculpture as well as displaying examples of sketching. printing and painting. The exhibition also...
Year 1 Material spotters
Year 1 have had a great time in Science this week. They have been on a materials hunt and then trying to make the Three Little pigs a new home. Which material was the strongest for the job?
