Minchinhampton School Latest News
Cobalt – Year 5 and 6
A really busy term for us in Cobalt as we start to get organised for our fashion show and become photographers alongside. We work very hard and try to squeeze in as much fun as possible! Parkour running I like it because I like the feel of running, rolling, climbing...
Sapphire Class Learning – Year Three and Four
Sapphire Class news Cyanotypes In our English book we are reading a book called The Bluest of Blues which is all about Anna Atkins and her work on cyanotypes to print the natural world. We were really interested to see what happened when you used the sun to create...
Cyan Yr 3/4
Cyan have had a busy time in the run up to half term. We spent a lovely morning out on the field investigating bugs, plants, listening for sounds, recognising trees and being very excited about finding worms and slugs! This was linked to our living things and habitats...
Pinhole Cameras with Mr Pizzey
Photography Talk From Mr Pizzey This week, Mr Pizzey shared his incredible photography skills with us. We learned about his career as a photographer, explored his fascinating collection of cameras, and were introduced to the science behind how pinhole cameras work. He...
Turquoise – Year 5 and 6
Art: This term in art, we have been focusing on the artist Chris Offili, who you may know from the famous piece of art 'No Woman, No Cry'. For our final piece, we are doing a watercolour background, drawing our chosen celebrity, and sticking them on top. Chris Offili...
Sky Class Year 5/6
By Esmae and Ned Art - watercolour blending We used watercolours in art to test the effect and start making the background of our final piece. We tried to blend two colours together or go from dark to light. We hope our final piece will look really nice with this...
Royal Class Year 3/4
We’ve had a busy but fun term in Royal class. We have done so much since we’ve come back to school and had lots of fun along the way. In English we’ve been doing Marcy and the riddle of the sphinx,The king who banned the dark and the bluest of blues (about Anna...
Bereavement Support
In light of the recent tragedy in Brimscombe and the emotional impact this could and will have on children in school, please find below some information for supporting conversations with children. Please note, the family have requested for floral tributes and cards...
Royal Class – Year 3 and 4
We’ve had an awesome term in Royal class we’ve had lots of laughs and had lots of fun doing new things! In history, we have been learning about Tutankhamuns death and how Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamuns tomb. We went to an awesome Museum And learnt about Amelia...
Sky Class – Debates, code-breaking and printing
Sky Class Newsletter In the last couple of weeks we have been doing printing in art. First we ingrained circles from the Aztec and Mayan Sunstone in a piece of foam. Then we painted over it with yellow paint. Next we added on half of the patterns and painted it over...
Sapphire Egyptian learning
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....
Cobalt Mayan experiences
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 3/4 Cyan’s super learning
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...
Yr 5/6 Sky Class
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....
Royal Class Yr 3 and 4
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 (Year 5/6)
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...
Sapphire (Year 3 and 4)
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...
Cyan Yr 3/4
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...