Blog Author: Streethay Primary

This week during our writing lessons we have been identifying some key features of a journal entry and then we have been planning our own journal entries to retell the story of Our Tower. We have used Showbie to create our plans and we have created a word bank as a class to help us with our…

The children have been enjoying creating and making different pieces of artwork this week. We have been practising our fine motor skills through copying and following different mark making techniques, we also have enjoyed our free choice painting where the children can create their own pieces of…

We've had a very exciting week in Daffodils! On Monday some eggs arrived in Daffodils. The children counted 10 eggs. On Wednesday our eggs started to hatch. By the end of Wednesday, the children counted 5 chick and 5 eggs left to hatch. By Thursday morning, the children counted 9 chicks and 1 egg…

Sunflowers have had an amazing afternoon in Forest School. We looked at different materials and spoken how they felt. We explored sounds through the big pipe and we loved running and re-telling the story The Three Little Pigs. 

This week in Team Starlings, we have been learning about the Earth's axis, tilt, rotation, and orbit. We have used plasticine balls and torches to help us understand why we have day and night- demonstrating how when the earth rotates, half faces towards the sun, (daytime), and half faces away from…

In our computing lessons this half term, we have been learning how to create digital art using vector line drawing. This involves taking simple shapes and lines and layering them to create an image. We have been inspired by Matisse's 'Vegetables' and have now moved on to creating our own images by…

In geography we have been learning about the river Rhine. We know that the source is in the Alps and that the mouth is in Rotterdam. This lesson, we focused on Rotterdam. We now know what a port is used for and can use the terms 'importing' and 'exporting' correctly. We have also compared some…

Sunflowers have enjoyed our 'calm me time' using our chime. Today we talked about kind and unkind words to encourage our friends. 

We love gymnastics in Team Meadow!

The children have been doing some excellent writing this week in Team Meadow. They have been trying really hard to ensure they are including all of their mastery and gateway keys. 

This week in Team Starlings we have been learning all about the Roman Republic. We have learnt about what happened after the death of King Romulus, and learnt lots of new vocabulary! We heard about the many Kings of Rome, the loved and the not-so-loved, and about how the Romans decided to rid…

What a fantastic trip we had this week to the National Space Centre! Team Starlings had a brilliant time learning all about our Solar System. Highlights included seeing a real rocket, (pictured), an actual piece of the moon itself, a fantastic Planetarium experience, zooming around the solar…