This week in computing we have explored the work of Roy Lichtenstein. We use the line tool and the fill tool to create the sun. We recreated his use of dots by using the spray can tools and layering colours to create the same effect. 

This week's story has been "The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch." We have been learning about real lighthouses, why and where they were built. We have also been building our own model lighthouses. We used card and tissue paper to build our models. We made them tall and stripey with rocks...

This week in Geography we have been looking at weather patterns across the UK and how seasons impact weather. We became weather reporters and presented our findings to the class. The audience's job was to guess the correct season – with the UK's unpredictable weather, this proved...

This week in Art, we have continued our work on print making.  Taking inspiration from the textile designer Orla Kiely, the children carved their own designs into a potato.  They learned how to use a sharp pencil to carefully dig out the shape.  The adults then cut them out so they co...

Year 1 has explored identifying large amounts by grouping in tens. We practiced counting in our 10s and then added the ones to correctly identify how many sticks we had. We noticed that 10 numbers all end in zero (10, 20, 30, 40...). We noticed that the first digit tells us how many tens there...

The School Council met today and agreed on our next project. We will be designing a bespoke colouring sheet for the children at school to enjoy. Alongside this, we plan to organise a colouring competition, with entries judged to select a winner. We hope to raise funds for new art equipment to ben...