Learning about Onomatopoeia
In English we described an African setting using onomatopoeia for effect.
Brazilian Day (Year 6)
Here are some photos of our themed Brazilian day! We have had fun learning to samba dance, play samba music, make brigideiros (Brazilian truffles), make carnival masks and learn all about where Brazil is located in the world. It was a great day!
Carrie's War - Creating wow! pieces of writing (Year 5)
This term we have been listening to the story of Carrie's War, linked to our WW2 topic.
The children have been working hard on drafting and editing their writing to produce a Wow piece!
Two styles of writing we have focused on are; a diary entry and an informal letter.
Rock Pooling at Samphire Hoe
The loveliest day with the most fabulous rock pool investigators. You were such fun and great company lovely fledglings
Learning about Setting Description (Year 4)
We have been working in groups to come up with ideas for a setting description for Alice in Wonderland. We thought about all of the different things we could, see, taste, smell, hear and touch and then worked with our team to add them to flipchart. This helped us generate ideas for writing our…
Electrical Circuits (Year 4)
We have been investigating how electrical circuits work and how we should draw them.
We looked at all of the components that we would need for a circuit, and then tried them in different orders to see if we could make the bulb light up - with varied success!
Children were extremely sensible…
Learning about Guiseppe Archimboldo (Year 2)
We recreated composite heads in the style of Giuseppe Archimboldo.
Ancient Greece (Year 5)
For our year 5 Ancient Greek topic the children, designed and made a clay vase.
The Great Fire of London (Year 2)
In class this term we learned all about the Great Fire of London. We even built our own London out of boxes and set fire to this!
Learning to Play the Trumpet (Year 5)
This year the children have been learning to play the trumpet. A few year 5 children had the opportunity to show off all they have learnt at the 'Bold As' concert. They performed two songs in front of an audiance, with other 100 other children and a real live orchestra.
Making Eastry Cleaner! (Fledglings)
Here are year R - inspired by one of our class who has been litter picking in the village and by a story called 'The Tin Forest' about a place full of all the things nobody wanted. We decided to try and make Eastry an even cleaner and more pleasant place to be, by litter picking in the Gun Park…