Championship Qualification
Our Show Jumping teams were competing at Duckhurst Equestrian Centre in Staplehurst over the February half term and we have brilliant news to share. In the 60-centimetre class, Albert S (Year 5) placed fourth and Charlotte L (Year 6) placed sixth, and in the 50-centimetre, Albert again placed fourth.
Read MorePortrayed in Portraits
Pupils in Year 5 had the pleasure of drawing real-life models in the Art Room. The children dusted off their portrait drawing techniques from Year 4 with a quick recap of facial feature proportion, drawing one another as a warm-up to reinforce observational and shading skills.
Read MoreMarvellous Mathematics
What a fraction-mad week the mathematics department has had! Pupils in Years 4 to 6 have been going fraction crazy in the classroom. Those in Year 4 have been cutting up bread to help identity, compare and find equivalent fractions whilst Year 6 pupils have been simplifying and converting fraction Smarties into decimals and percentages.
Read MoreInspired by Hockney
Children in Year 2 have been busily preparing for their Arts Showcase, which takes place on Wednesday 8th March. They have been making a large-scale art piece, based on the work of David Hockney. Six teams are each replicating a section of one of his iPad paintings, A Closer Winter Tunnel, February-March 2006.
Read MoreHead’s Lines – 03.03.23
I hope by the time that parents read this that World Book Day has been a brilliant success and that the children have come home excited to read and be read to. I am more than a little disappointed that I was not able to be there although I did enjoy dressing up and recording a video for the children to watch about one of my favourite books from childhood, Danny the Champion of the World.
Read MoreThe Arrival
This term in English, Year 6 pupils are studying the book The Arrival by Australian author and illustrator, Shaun Tan. Wordlessly, it follows the story of a man who leaves his family and home country to try to better their lives.
Read MorePortrait Masterpieces
Portraiture is a very old art form going back at least to Ancient Egypt. Before the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone. Vincent Van Gogh is famous for his many self-portraits (as well as his Starry Night and Sunflowers).
Read MoreEco Dreams
Children in Year 3 have created Hundertwasser Eco Dream Zines in Art. A zine (pronounced zeen) is a small, folded booklet, like a mini magazine based on one particular subject.
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