Posts by Gemma Robson
Dark and Fearsome Dragons.
Year Four are currently exploring the fantastic adventures of Beowulf. Part of this Anglo Saxon tale involves a battle to slay the fire breathing dragon. Over the next few weeks we are going to create short animations to illustrate this exciting story.
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Year Three pupils have just completed a fantastic mural design inspired by the work of artist Marc Chagall. Marc Chagall’s work was often described as dream like. His wife Bella shared his unusual vision of the word and he often included her in his paintings. Both classes were asked to think about things they loved…
Read MoreYear 5 meet the Vikings
Year 5 have been so busy with their new topic all about the Vikings. They have been learning about sagas and how these stories told of heroes and villains; voyages and returns. The thing is, is that sagas were often incredibly long. So Year 5 had to create their own versions- mini sagas. They had…
Read MoreYear 3 News
Year 3 have had a busy half term which all began with lots of adventure and excitement during STEAM week. We discovered a range of different careers linked to Science and Technology when we conducted a number of fun experiments. We have also been taking part in the Seven Billion Ideas project, looking at how…
Read MoreYear 4 Outdoor Cooking
As part of the whole school STEAM week project, Year 4 focussed on ‘Vertical Farming’ as a way to help solve the lack of food being produced to feed the growing world population. We researched vertical farming ideas and used the iPads to summarise our findings. We designed our own ‘vertical farms’, recycling plastic bottles…
Read MoreYear 2 with Sunny the Meerkat
We have been learning all about Sunny the Meerkat and his adventures around the world in Meerkat Mail. Sunny came to visit us, here at Western! He packed everything he needed for his holiday including disgusting grubs and bugs to eat. Yuck! We then used role-play to become Sunny and write our own postcards from…
Read MoreYear 1 News
We have been very busy thinking about how we could help with an oil spill as part of STEAM week. We learned all about an oil spill that happened in the Gulf of Mexico and spent the week investigating ways to help with the clean up. We created art work using oil to raise awareness…
Read MoreSteam Power for Future Innovators …
We have just completed a whole week devoted to STEAM activities,combining skills from Science, Technology Engineering, Art and Maths.Pupils were challenged in all sorts of ways to think differently,working collaboratively to create and innovate.Look how excited 3CF were when their models of volcanoes erupted,leading to some brilliant scientific observations.
Read MoreEarly Years STEAM week
What a week we have had in Early Years! Following a challenge the caretakers had set us, we have been working in our forest area to give it a spring clean. We began by interviewing children across the school to find out what they would like in forest to improve it. We collated their suggestions…
Read MoreYear 5 York Visit.
Last week Year 5 embarked on a very exciting adventure to York! After being treated to some First Class style train travel courtesy of our friends at LNER, we arrived safely in York. The children were very excited and within minutes of our arrival we were already undertaking our first activity with a guided tour…
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