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Sapphire Class History. Last week the whole of Y3/4 went to Bristol Museum to see lots of different Egyptian artefacts. We started off by getting to handle replicas and some real artefacts like a shabti, sandal, 3000 year old necklace, Bastet statue and a plumb line....

Ideas provided by Penelope Barrell In history, we have been learning about the Aztecs and Mayans. We learnt about when they lived- Maya in 1800 BCE and the Aztecs in 1325 CE. We learnt about where that was placed on a timeline and where it fitted with other periods of...

Year ¾ had an amazing time at Bristol Museum, looking at sarcophagi, a mummy, canopic jars and lots more! We had a great workshop where we got to hold lots of different artefacts, with some of them proving tricky to figure out what they were for. We also got time to...

In year 5 and 6 we built our own chinampas using nature around the field e.g sticks, rocks, leaves and soil. In DT we made guacamole, salsa, tortillas and we drank Mayan hot chocolate. We also saw a real axolotl and also learnt how to make fire with flint and steal....

We have had a really good first term in Royal class and we always have a lot of fun and laughter in class. this year in maths for the first time we have been practising place value like thousands 100s 10s 1s we have learned which columns to go in and this has helped...

Cobalt Scientists So far in Science In Cobalt, we have been thinking about what it is to be a scientist. We have focussed on designing, carrying out and drawing conclusions from lots of mini experiments. We have learnt the difference between our variables- dependent...

Science Last term we looked at what it meant to be a scientist in our Working Scientifically unit. We started off by revisiting some of the words we had learnt in the previous year to make sure we could still remember what they meant; luckily, we could! Our first...

In Science Cyan have been linking their learning in history with their science. We are experimenting with different substances to see what works best to mummify an apple.  We have used a control jar, cocoa powder, bath salts, salt and sugar. We have made our own...

   Our time at Viney Hill  Viney hill was  the best experience I have ever had. It really pushed me out of my comfort zone. I found some parts such as the Leap of Faith really scary but I pushed through and enjoyed it. My favourite activity was abseiling because it...

Lunch time Year 5/6 Craft Club Over the year in Craft Club we’ve been working on many skills that are fun to do and can release the stress of school. Origami We did that at the very start  of the year; some of us were good and others needed a lot of help but we got...

Using charcoal in Art we constructed our marvellous art pieces based off of extinct animals all the way back Stone Age. We used pencil for the main structure and charcoal for shading. We applied shadow to our Stone Age animals by applying pressure where there is meant...

It’s been a lot of fun in Royal class the last few weeks and we can’t wait to tell you all about it! In English we have been focusing on one plastic bag. The whole class each wrote         a persuasive speech about Isatou Ceesay and how she made an impact. In DT we...

Sapphire’s news Art We finally made our protest posters inspired by Banksy. It has been quite a tough unit as we had to draw and make our own stencil out of card. Cutting the stencil out for some of us took a while as there were a few fiddly pieces to deal with. With...

In PSHE we have been learning to debate respectfully and understanding about relationships with family and friends. This week we have talked about personal body space and how to respect others space with some acting to bring it to life.  In our indoor PE lessons last...

Turquoise Class In English today we drew life size models of extinct animals from the UK: brown bear, beaver, lynx, wolf, auroch and boar. We wrote about a character called Charlie getting attacked by a bear. This lesson was interesting. By Ava In history we made clay...

SKY CLASS Newsletter WB:19/5/25 We have done a lot this term - the last week has been busy for the Y5’s and Y6’s.The Y6’s have been working hard in their SATs this week which they have done well at. On the other hand the Y5’s have had a weird schedule. The thing they...

We can’t believe we’ve only got one term left in Royal class. The time has gone by fast. in English, we have been learning about the pebble in my pocket. We wrote a piece of persuasive writing about climate change and I was really happy with mine. I got to show it to...

Science We have started this term with a new science unit all about rocks and fossils. We began with looking at different rock samples and we had to use all the clues and questions to figure out which rock was which. Some were obvious (like chalk) where others were a...