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We’v enjoyed preparing questions to ask Greta then taking it in turns to be Greta in the hot seat.  We also practised various freeze frames to retell a particular part of the story.  Great teamwork by everyone and the children were very enthusiastic.  Well done!

Miss Cawley came to visit and brought Oakley with her.  The Puffins were so excited and it was great to see how much Oakley had grown.  He was very alert and enjoyed seeing all of the children.  He even had a babble during our reading session!

This week in History, we have learned all about the awful life that children had working in factories during the Industrial Revolution. We discussed the Factory Act of 1833 then wrote a diary entry from the point of view from a child worker in a mill in 1833 after studying some historical sources.…

In our Geography topic ‘Migration’, we have learnt about a young girl called Serra who migrated from a small town in Turkey to Tottenham, London. We talked about her push and pull factors, and whether her migration was voluntary or involuntary. Finally, we compared this to another migration story…

Year 5 Dolphin class worked really hard in English this morning, planning their setting descriptions of Camp Green Lake (the setting of the book HOLES by Louis Sachar) using the DADWAVERS format.  They used each sense to formulate a specific structure, that will really aid in their independent…

We had a great time looking for objects made from Materials we already knew to start our topic of Everyday Materials. We discovered there was LOTS of metal and plastic outside and more paper, cardboard and glass outside. Next week, we’ll look into their properties to discover why. 

A part of our Science lesson, Puffins went on a material hunt around our school and inside the classroom.  The children were great at spotting things made from plastic/wood/metal….  Tonight they have been challenged with going home and trying to identify different materials around their house.  We…

In Geography we have been learning about Climate Zones. We have learnt countries closer to the Equator their climate tends to be hot and dry compared to countries that are further away from the Equator they tend to be cold and wet. We also looked at the difference between tropical and polar…

Year 6 Sharks love being recognised for our positive choices including showing our Waterside values and being ready, respectful and safe. We love to see our faces lit up and being recognised, using post-it comments, for our achievements each week. Miss Cooke hopes that next week, we will have the…

Puffins have been learning about emotions in PSHCE and this week we were focusing on our worries.  We listened to a story abut worries before discussion some of our own worries.  We also thought of ways of solving or sharing some of our worries.  In pairs, we wrote our worries on bags and then…

Today Year 5 have been learning how to draw a line graph using a range of data and even plotting more than one set of data onto the same graph. The children recalled how we have talked about using these to represent data from our experiments and the benefits of using this kind of graph. One boy…

Today, Year 6 have been planning their writing. The children will be producing a first person narrative as Ayesha, the protgaonist from our class text, ‘Oranges in No-Man’s Land’. They will be finishing the story, giving an alternative ending for how Ayesha manages to cross into enemy territory in…