This term Russell-Cotes delivered a Mini Painting Project. We were able to get creative and find out more about Robert Baden Powell. Robert Baden-Powell was a soldier who had the idea of starting the Scouts in 1907 – over 100 years ago. He started out with about 20 young people but now there are over […]Read More Mini – Painting Project (Year 3 and 4 )
Year 5 have recently been learning about forces through some fun and engaging practical experiments. In the first one, pairs had to work out a way of getting a marble to roll the slowest down a wooden board from the top to the bottom. They were given 7 lolly sticks, 7 multi link cubes, the […]Read More Year 5 science fun!
This term Owls and Woodpeckers have been seeking to answer the question ‘What makes a good scout?’ So far we have visited Butchers Coppice and learnt all about the history of the scouts and what they do in search of an answer to our question. We have found out that one aspect of being a […]Read More Owls and Woodpeckers – Bird Box Builders!
Badgers visited the Spinney this morning. The class called Badgers that is! We were looking for evidence of animal life in the spinney, and found some large holes which were probably once fox holes. Underneath logs and a decaying plank, we found a variety of slugs, worms, beetles, spiders and mites. For a few […]Read More Spinning round the spinney
This week the children in Year 5 enjoyed ‘No Pens Day Wednesday’. As the name suggests, no writing equipment was allowed as part of our learning! Activities undertaken included ‘The After Eight Challenge’ and ‘9 Dot puzzle’ to test our determination skills. Next, we learned a new dance to the song- ‘My Lighthouse’ to test […]Read More Year 5- No Pens Day Wednesday
The big question for our project is, “What does it take to be a good scout?” We will explore, research and experience some of the things that scouts do. Also, we will identify some of the personal qualities that you need to be a good scout. Our project links closely to our school values – […]Read More Year 3 and Year 4 Project Blog
This term we are all, throughout the school, embracing adventure! Already we have met and worked with new teachers or new children – that is adventure enough, but we have also embarked on new learning and new challenges. It has been a very busy start to the year and it is hard to believe that […]Read More On to our new adventures
The Y5 and Y6 new project is called Let’s Go on an Adventure! We are going to be learning about, and writing our own book about, our individual passions. The official project launch was on Thursday, January 11th when Maz Evans – a best-selling author – came in. She has written “Who Let the Gods […]Read More Who let the Author Out?
Year 3’s cafe opened for business on December 7th. The children catered for two fully booked sittings. We had a special visitor – Mrs Shrimpton and baby Phoebe.Read More Owls’ Read ‘n Write Cafe Opens
The year 3 and 4 children will be opening a restaurant on the 7th of December, 2017. This will be running for one day only! Have a look at one of the children’s advertisements:Read More Restaurant opening at Heathlands Primary Academy!