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We have started out new topic - The Magnificent Maya!  Today we thought about what we already know about the Maya.  We came up with lots of enquiry questions that we want to find out about during our topic.  

As historians, we know we need to use evidence to find out about the past.  We used…

Year 6 have been learning about the French, 19th Century artist, Georges Seurat and his neo-impressionist movement: Pointillism
When we found out how Seurat used tiny individual dots of paint to create his stunning paintings, we were impressed, yet when we learned how he only used the three…

Today we made and evaluated our musical instruments to complete our DT topic. 

We used our plans to create our instruments. We helped each other out and had lots of fun. Our instruments all made a sound and some of us even managed to create an instrument that we could change the pitch of, this…

This afternoon, Year 3 were finding out what was in soil. We filled a bottle with a soil sample and water and shook it. We then made observations of what we could see. We will check again next week to see if it has changed.

In Y4, we have been carrying out an investigation to see what happens to different solids when they are mixed with water. We used salt, sugar, coffee, rice and baking powder. Some solids dissolved and made a ‘solution’. We tried to recover the original solid by filtering them. We had lots of fun…

We learnt about celebrating Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita today.

We have been exploring the four countries of the United Kingdom.  We learnt the names of the four countries, their capital cities and lots of fun facts about each one.  

Following the Fencing sessions at Lockerbie Manor, we received lots of positive feedback and interest in the sport, and so were delighted to be able to offer this as a new after-school club on Wednesdays for Years 5 and 6!
As you can see, the children had a fantastic time this evening, all the…

Year 6 have created some pretty cool 'positivity glasses' during Bounce Forward this week! They help us to remember to be optimistic and hopeful, and encourage us to find the good in a situation rather than only focusing on the negatives.

Based on our photos, I think they're working…

In Geography, we have been learning about the COP26 conference.  We watched Newsround and read articles about the conference. We found out about what governments are trying to do to reduce climate change.  In our "Living in the United Kingdom" topic we have also been learning about the many…

We investigated ways of travelling to France. Next we made a guidebook showing places to visit in Paris.

In Y6 this week, we have become increasingly passionate about our Autumn term History topic: World War 1! After reading more of our class book in English (Stay Where You Are and Then Leave), we have become invested in the lives of Alfie Somerfield and his family, which as a result has developed…