[gallery ids="13111,13110,13109"] Year 5 were leading the church service this month. It was also extra special as it was International Day so the church was filled with a sea of colourful costumes....
We were inspired by Susy Tsu’s creation and used screen printing and magazine cuttings in our work. ...
[gallery ids="13053,13052,13051,13050"] In PSHE, Chestnut have been looking at the positive and negative aspects of gaming and how to be safe online. Following this, they had fun coding a sprite-based game, building on their knowledge of Scratch from earlier this year....
[gallery ids="12952,12951"] In Willow Class this week, we were set the exciting task of researching scientists and planets. We had so many fascinating topics to choose from and produced some fantastic research—what curious learners we are!...
[gallery ids="12896,12897,12898,12899,12900"] Chestnut have been learning about hidden figures in the Space Race and started off by exploring what America was like in the 1950s, including issues such as segregation and racism. They then created posters to show how they would have tackled such issues....
[gallery ids="12834,12833,12832"] This week in Willow Class, we've been exploring the relationship between the Earth and the Sun, and discovering how they work together to create day and night. ...
[gallery ids="12778,12779,12780,12781,12782"] Chestnut have been observing how the Sun "moves" through the sky by learning about the rotation of the Earth on its axis around the Sun. We then did an experiment to show the change in the length of shadows at different times in the...
[gallery ids="12660,12659,12658,12657"] Year 5 attended a classical music concert at Hackney Empire this week organised by Apollo Music as a culmination of all the wonderful sessions they’ve had this year learning about classical music. Some bus stop photos on the hottest day of the year so...
Chestnut have been learning about volume and how it differs from area. Using Dienes cubes allows them to visualise different 3D shapes (cuboids) with the same volume. [gallery ids="12589,12588,12587,12586,12585"]...
[gallery ids="12493,12494,12495,12496"] With the sun out, it was a great opportunity to do some learning outside the classroom and Ms. Ryde was showing the children how to use shadows to add another dimension to the wire-framed ships that they have been building. ...