Blog Author: Streethay Primary

Sunflowers did amazing writing on our book 'Astro Girl' our writing was on the the character and setting in the story. 

Team Badgers had a visit from the Packington Farm Education team today. The children have learned about the animals and how they are used to help us with our food. They have also learned all about arable farming as this links to our geography topic too. We were super lucky as Hetty the chicken…

This week, we have brought back our junk modelling table. The children have explored the different materials and constructed 3D models. We've had rocket ships, airplanes, musical instruments and so much more! 

In PE this week we have been practising our football skills. We have really improved since the autumn term!

In Geography we are learning about 'Seasonal changes'. We are comparing extreme weathers across the globe to the weather we have here in England. This week we learnt what a 'drought' is. We looked at how a drought in Somalia can be life threatening compared to a drought in the UK, which would…

We have been to visit Lichfield Cathedral today. We loved learning about the building and having a look around. We have learnt lots of facts and we loved looking at the stain glass windows. We even got to sing our Easter song in the Cathedral!

Our new topic in History is 'Stories about the past'. We have recently learnt about Robert the Bruce and the spider. 

We listened the story and discussed it and then we re-enacted it by freeze framing.

We have been learning about the Easter story in RE. We are reenacting the different parts of Easter ready for our Easter Show at the end of March. Here we have just learnt about 'Palm Sunday'. 

In our science lesson we have been exploring how sounds are heard through different mediums. We have also been researching how whales and dolphins communicate underwater. 

This week, we have been exploring our new non-fiction text about doctors. We have turned our non-fiction text into a story. In our story, we have identified the characters, who are Doctor Mani and Toney. We have looked at where the story is set and what the problem and solution are. The children…

In Forest School we have been developing our confidence in using a range of apparatus to develop our core strength and Gross Motor Skills. We had so much fun climing. 

This week in our art session we have been exploring how to draw using tone to create a 3D effect. We have been taking the time to choose which sketching pencils to use to create shadows.