Our Hummingbird class has been learning about light and dark during our topic work.
We started off by exploring what is a natural source of light and what is a ‘man-made’ source of light. We brought our learning outside to draw around our own shadows and investigate how our shadows seem to ‘move’ even though we are standing in the same spot, at different times during the day!
Read on to find out more about our shadow show, firework poetry and science work. There are lots of photos of us busy exploring!
One of our Year Five Science Topics this term has been on the cardiovascular system, where we have been learning about the heart and how it pumps blood around our body. A visit to our recently built hospital was a fantastic opportunity to see how doctors monitor our hearts with a variety of equipment.
As part of this half-term’s “Let’s Celebrate” topic, Flamingo Class have enjoyed a week learning about and celebrating Bonfire Night! We explored the occasion’s history and traditions, in order to understand why this event has become such a popular celebration in Britain. Read on to find out more about our Design & Technology task to create a life-sized Guy Fawkes and to see photos of Bonfire Night, Turks and Caicos Style!
rt of our learning about Toys this term, the Kindergarteners read the book Things I Like by Anthony Browne. In the book, the main character shows himself doing all sorts of his favourite things like playing with toys, making a cake, having a bath and even painting! So, we decided that we would make something we liked. After voting, we decided to make crowns.
Year 6 have been investigating the forces around us and learning all about Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of physics. We decided to have some fun with an investigation on elastic bands and what happens to an elastic band as the pulling force is increased and what will happen to the elastic band as weights (masses) are suspended from it? Will the elastic go back to it’s original size? All these questions needed to be answered so we donned our safety goggles and started investigating! As you can see from the photos we found that elastic bands are stronger than you would think and had some super scientific fun along the way!
Year 5 have been learning about parts of the flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants. We opened up a flower by removing the petals to look at the reproductive organs. We took out the stamen of the flower and wiped it on black paper to look at the yellow dust like material called pollen. The children were surprised to see how much pollen came out of each stamen. We carefully used a toothpick to open the carpel to look at the female organs which contain the ovaries. This is where the seed of the flower is reproduced.
Watch this Space! Not only have the School Council have been busy doing a survey to find out which colour scheme to use for our new sign – for the front and back of the school; but they have also been busy arranging and attending appointments with Mr Billy – the carpenter – to discuss and measure up the rather large pieces of wood needed for our new signs.
As a culmination of all the events in our Keeping Healthy week, Years 3-6 set off for Sports Day at the Athletics track! All children competed in teams, collecting the greatest score possible for their groups by either running, jumping or throwing for victory! After developing our Athletics skills throughout the past 6 weeks, the children were able to show off their newly acquired skills in the hurdles, long jump, triple jump, discus, javelin, and shot put.
This week, Kindergarten held its first open house of the school year! It was a great success and an absolute pleasure to see the children so enthusiastic, proud and independent while showing off their learning and their classroom to their parents.
Fitness trainer Jo took us through our paces and got our hearts pumping on Wednesday morning during our Keeping Healthy Week. The children (and teachers) really enjoyed the short active routine and were keen to participate and get their bodies moving to the beat. Many thanks Jo – one of the best ways to encourage children to exercise is to lead by example.
Kindergarten really enjoyed their Maths work today on patterns – they got to eat them! Using healthy fruits that had been donated to the class for ‘Keeping Healthy Week’, they created patterns by carefully sliding on pieces of watermelon and pineapple onto a kebab stick. Yum, Yum!
As part of the Literacy programme this year, our class has been combining the best parts of the phonics schemes, Letterland and Jolly Phonics. This allows the children to learn all the sounds and letters in a multi-sensory way. In class, we learn about sounds and letters using the Letterland characters and stories, and then we combine them with the Jolly Phonics actions. The children are coming along really well and I am really proud of their efforts! See our 
Quadrilaterals? Vertices? Parallel lines? Lines of symmetry and how many sides? These were all facts that were being discovered while the Year 3 Dolphins were painting irregular shapes… ‘Kandinsky style’.
In our Science lessons Hummingbird class have been doing a variety of activities to help us to learn about our bodies. We have been taking our learning outside to draw around our friends and label the organs we have inside our bodies together. We are also learning about the functions of our main organs, starting with the lungs. We are looking forward to discovering more information about our muscles and our heart in the next few weeks!
Our Preschool Class has had a wonderful first few weeks at school. The children adore their new class room which is filled with lots of fun and educational activities. They love to dress up, play with cars, paint, glue, sing and do puzzles! Soft play is just the best for bouncing around and letting loose! Our new swing set is great fun and lots of water play has helped us to cool down in this HOT September weather. Nursery Rhymes is our first topic this term and as we learn them we are developing our vocabulary skills. Our class aim is to bake or cook once a week……Mmmm, we have already made sugar cookies and muffins. Last week the class also went on a mini school trip around every classroom delivering them. Read on to see lots and lots of photos of us in busy at school. 