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We had the pleasure of visiting Birmingham Botanical Gardens which links to our geography topic of Climate and Biomes. The children had the opportunity to explore the unique Glasshouses and experience an authentic rainforest adventure! The children experienced the humidity and smells of…

This week, we are beginning to learn how to write our names. We are using our name cards to look at the shape of the letters in our names. Then, we are having a go at writing what we think our name looks like in our Christmas cards.

Sunflowers have been learning all about Autumn. We have discussed the changes in the seasons and what happens in Autumn. We then developed our knowledge by researching key facts about Autumn. 

In Geography, we have been learning about mountains. This week we have learnt about how mountains have been adapted by humans to live there and also fro tourists.  We have thought about why people choose to live or visit mountains.  We looked specifically at Zermatt (a town in the Swiss…

In History we have been learning about the past through our families. Our question this week was; How has fashion changed since our grandparents were young to now. We loved learning and looking at the all the different fashion trends throught the decades from the 20's right up until the present…

This week, during Write Dance, the children have been using the ribbons to practise their gross motor skills (larger muscle movements). Firstly, we learnt to sing and dance along to the song 'The Rainbow'. Then, each group performed the song with ribbons to their friends and teachers. Here are…

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This week we have been continuing to count in French. We can now count up to 20!

Team Starlings are becoming expert programmers, using code to make all sorts of amazing creations on 'Scratch.' This week, we have been designing mazes, and programming the 'sprite' ,(in the case, the beetle), to move through the maze without touching the black line. We are looking forward to…

This week in Team Badgers we have looked at witnessing bullying and what we can do about it.  We listened to a story about Mark who was being bullied by a girl in his class, who was then encouraging the rest of the class to join in. The story told us the impact this was having on Mark on both his…

The children enjoyed practising their literacy skills through mark-making activities. 
 

Sunflowers have been creating their own pigs. We have used a variety of materials to make our fantastic creations. We have also designed the pigs houses.

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We have had a wonderful time experimenting with materials in Team Starlings today! We have been investigating which material is the best thermal insulator. We tested felt, bubble wrap and paper, wrote a very detailed method, making sure to include our control, independent, and dependent variables.…