Blog by Tag: Hedgehogs

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…

In music this week, Team Hedgehogs performed their musical pieces inspired by rivers. They created them with their partner last term, but with the excitement of the Christmas Carol concert, they didn't have the opportunity to perform their compositions. It was really nice to see how much they…

To end our unit on electricity, we had a lesson about being safe around electricity and the dangers in and around the home. We created advice posters to remind people what to do and not do.

This term, the children have been learning different gestures in Bollywood dancing. They have learnt the hand gestures: fan, peacock, happy sign, flute, bee, lotus and prayer. We've also learnt some footwork: basic, side touch and basic turn.

This term, we have been learning about The Birth of Jesus in our RE lessons. This week, we learnt about the meanings behind some well known Christmas Carols, and how they link to the story of Jesus's birth.

In writing this term, we have been looking at the story of Odysseus. This week, we learnt about his adventures again the Sirens. We wrote instructions using conjunctions, about how Odysseus's sailors were able to avoid falling into the Sirens' trap. Then, we looked at Margaret Atwood's poem Siren…

In maths this week, we have been applying our multiplication knowledge. We have been challenging our learning of commutativity, thinking about multiplication and division fact families. We have secured our understanding of multiplying and dividing a number by 1 and itself, as well as having a go…

In music this term, we have been looking at a piece of music that is inspired by rivers. This week, we started to unpick the different elements of the music, thinking about what we could hear. Next week, we will finish this lesson by learning more of the vocabulary, before composing our own piece…

This term in French, we have been learning about clothes and adjectives to describe them. We've had to think carefully about the order of our sentences/words, as well as recalling our knowledge of colour. Luckily, we've got Mrs Gill to help us out, as she's excellent at speaking…

In PSHE this week, we have been understanding influences. It was really interesting hearing the children's favourite celebrities: everyone from Taylor Swift, footballers to Jesus, Paul Hollywood and Stephen Mulhern! 

This week in geography, we have been learning about multi-cultural Cardiff. We have learnt about the yearly Mela Festival they have and how it celebrates different cultures and ethnicities, to bring everyone together. As our task, we designed a poster to advertise next year's…