Year Two have been on a very exciting trip this week to the National Portrait Gallery. We saw lots of portraits and self-portraits. In Art, we are learning different techniques to help us draw our own self-portraits.some of the portraits we saw were of different...
This term we are reading Traditional Tales. We have been acting out the story of the Enormous Turnip. We have also sequenced pictures from the story and practised re-telling the story.[gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="18223,18224,18225,18226,18227"]...
The children have really enjoyed their first few band practices with Rock Steady.They have been making themselves familiar with the different instruments and learning their chosen song[gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="18200,18201,18202,18203,18204,18205,18206,18207,18208,18209,18210,18211,18212,18213,18214,18215,18216,18217"]...
This week we had some very exciting visitors! We met a snake, frog, gerbil, gecko and a millipede. We learnt lots of amazing facts about them. The millipede we met had 250 legs! We got the chance to wave at, touch or hold lots of...
We have had a busy start to the term this week in Year 1.In Science, we have been wondering how scientists group animals together. We decided to group them according to where they like to spend their time: on land, in water or in the...
This term in Science we are going to think about why diet and exercise are important for us.In this week's lesson we learnt about the different types of food we need to eat in order to have a balanced diet. We looked at different foods...
This term in Oak Class we are reading Traditional Tales. We have started with The Enormous Turnip. We have read the story and thought about some of the vocabulary.We then acted out the story and on Wednesday we cut up, cooked and mashed a turnip. [gallery...
Reception have had an exciting week back at school. They entered their classrooms on Monday to find a new role-play area which is a Veterinary Clinic. They have thoroughly enjoyed dressing up and role-playing as a Vet or a customer bringing their pet to the...
This week in Reception we have been thinking about different careers that we could have when we are older. We were very lucky to have been visited by a real scientist. Nicola, who is a former pupil of Dorothy Barley, spoke to the children about...
During the last 2 weeks of term we held Games Afternoons for our Key Stage One children and their parents.The events were held as part of the Junior Duke 'interest' challenge. It was lovely to see so many parents enjoying playing a range of strategy...