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This term, we are learning about wearable technology. This week, we have used a criteria to design a piece of wearable technology for a target audience to wear. The children designed a light up jacket for children, adding personal features and their functions.

In Science, we have been identifying different types of rocks. This lesson we have investigated the composition of different rocks including slate, chalk, limestone and granite. We undertook a vinegar and a water test on each rock to see which ones bubbled or eroded. We recorded our results into a…

Based on the story The Lion Inside, the children have been writing sentences about the lion and mouse and using their knowledge of question marks, thought of some questions that they would like to ask them. We have used fantastic describing words to describe the setting as well as using some…

We have been exploring 2D and 3D shapes over the last few weeks in Rabbits. We have been explaining the differences between a 2D and 3D shape and finding these shapes around school! We have continued repeated patterns and grouping 2D shapes based on their properties.

Orchard have been building upon their History learning from last half term and are now focusing on 'The Round City of Baghdad'. They have discovered where the city was built and why that decision was made.

LO: i am beginning to make myself understood and can become frustrated when i can't.

This week's carpet session was all about different emotions. The Daisies have been looking at different kinds of emotions and thinking about what hey may look like, the children have then talked about…

Orchard have been looking at their dreams and goals in PSHE this half term. They have considered what their goal inside school and outside school might be and have thought about the steps they might take to get there.

In music, we are learning to play the ukulele. We have been listening to the beat and trying to find the pulse. We re capped on the G7 note while playing our ukuleles to the Lion King. We all concentrated and listened well today, well done!

In Design Technology this week, we used sweets and toothpicks to explore building different frame structures. We started with a base shape and then built our structure onto it. We then evaluated our structures thinking about how stable and sturdy they were. We then got to eat two sweets to…

This week in maths, we have been practising division with renaming. Today, we went further and looked at dividing 2-digit numbers by a 1-digit number, with renaming and remainders! We started having a go at our workbook questions, but are having a bit longer so that we can become more confident…

Rabbits have really enjoyed their Games unit this half term, in particular moving in different ways whilst handling a ball! They learnt skills such as bouncing the ball with a flat hand, looking at changing direction and challenging themselves with moving the ball in different ways!

This half term has been about living in the countryside and the importance of caring for the countryside. Children have learnt about green spaces and the countryside code.