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    ART Hello,today I am going to be taking you on an adventure, exploring Paul Cezanne’s museums of artwork.  For art this term, we have been focusing on Paul Cezanne,the famous French post-impressionist painter.  First we have been writing down our thoughts of four...

This year Minchinhampton Academy was invited to talk at the Education for Sustainability panel discussion at the WOMAD Festival. Our year 6 representatives were given some tough questions but rose to the challenge and not only showed how much they'd learnt but also...

Nursery have continued to spend a lot of time outside, exploring and investigating.  The children have displayed a lot of interest in nature and their surroundings and there has been lots of lovely collaborative play.  This week we have said a sad farewell to our...

We have had quite the animal adventure this week in Aqua Class! On one afternoon we were lucky enough to spot a hedgehog taking shelter in the shade right next to our classroom! We got it a bowl of water and watched it as it woke up and made it’s way along the edge of...

Indigo Class have been busy bees this week! We have been learning all about honeybees in particular. In addition to learning about the jobs that bees do and the problems we would have if honeybees became extinct, the children have all drawn a careful anatomical...

https://youtu.be/DPGC7ouqJbA In groups, we made fighting vehicle robots to push each other off a sumo circle.  We made them out of cardboard and paper.  The expert, called John, gave us the electronics: a circuit, wires, a transmitter, a receiver and a remote control....

Midnight Class enjoyed releasing their butterflies this afternoon. We have been watching carefully as they have completed their metamorphosis. It was very exciting to see them released into the wild. We had a lovely time last week exploring the old toys from the past...

Azure Class have had a very busy couple of weeks. First, in DT, they  thought carefully about suitable food for a party. Then, they explored the labelling on food packaging to check for allergens. After that, they chose recipes to follow by using the Chrome Books to...

Teal play with Toys! The Year 1 children in Teal Class have been looking at toys and games of the past. We have discussed key questions:  How have toys changed over time? What are the similarities and differences between toys in the past and the present? Why do people...

Sapphire We have been busy in Sapphire Class writing our Horrible Histories scripts up on the Chromebooks this past week so that they are ready for us to add in the speakers, stage directions and props. Some of us have joined forces and amalgamated our scripts to form...

We have been investigating and estimating capacity in Indigo class - perfect for the warm weather! We've also been researching lions for a non-chronological report and have found out lots of interesting facts. Lats term we looked at the artist Yayoi Kusama and created...

Hello from Royal Class! We’ve been so busy and have so much to tell you about since our last newsletter so brace yourselves for a long one! In topic we went to Gloucester and we saw the Eastgate chamber and we went to see a wall they used to defend in Gloucester Back...

Box woods On Monday 13th June the entire years 5 and 6 went on a school trip to Box Woods, a nearby temperate woodland. We did lots of activities and learned about how much woodland was being cut down per second. It was a shocking discovery as 4 children marked out...

    Nursery Nursery have been busy celebrating the Platinum Jubilee, exploring our local environment, using our problem solving skills and getting ready for our transition into school by spending time with the reception classes and their teachers.

First thing on Tuesday we  bustled into 2 fancy Coaches. When we arrived we  journeyed in a swarm to the mosque . Just then something magnificent caught our eyes, it towered over us making us feel small.  It was a beautiful, stone mosque with elegantly carved domes on...

Cyan have been super busy learning about the Romans and how the Roman Army was structured. It was huge! They worked in groups to design and make Roman shield replicas. The class has also been on a trip this week, visiting a mosque in Gloucester and walking the Romans...

Azure are dotty! This term, Azure Class have had a lovely time learning about the artist Yayoi Kasuma, who is known as the Princess of Polka Dots. The children did observational drawings of fruit and vegetables and then they explored different sizes and colours of...