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In Science, we have been learning about the parts of the hand. We used this knowledge to create our own bionic hands which we created from cardboard, string, elastic bands and straws. 

Some of our hands worked well to pick up objects. We had lots of fun creating them. 

We have continued to disassemble our Greenpower cars. We have completely removed the seat, parts of the chassis and the roll bar. Now they are ready to be built back together again.

Our year 5 pupils have made cardboard prototypes of the vehicle.

Today, we learnt how and why a battery works. We then had a go at making our own cells and batteries using lemons. We managed to power small LED lights.

The children worked extremely hard this afternoon making their models.  They designed, selected appropriate materials and built them with little intervention. From seesaws to swings, slides, tunnels and monkey bars, their creations were fantastic!

Today a specialist football coach came in to work with just the Class 3 girls. They played lots of different games whilst developing their passing and dribbling skills. 

Today, our year 5 and 6 girls took part in another football session with Mrs Dean. 

This week in maths, Class 1 have continued to be number explorers and today have been challenging their number skills by exploring doubling.
 

The children created their own double butterflies using our numicon and then used the numicon to help recognise the double. The children then either…

Here are some of our information writing texts about a habitat of our choice. We based these on a book we have been reading - Animalium

Today we re-enacted the Last Supper. We talked about what the bread and wine represents and the words Jesus used with the disciples as we broke bread with our friends. We discussed how Jesus washed the feet of some of the other disciples and the humility this showed. We then spoke about how he was…

This afternoon we have been identifying leaves, labelling them and working out if they are evergreen or deciduous. 
 

We’ve been discussing the sun and shadows today! It was the perfect afternoon to get outside and explore creating our own.

What a lovely time we have had in Class 1 celebrating our mothers and special people in our lives this week.
 

Today, we had such a lovely time in Class with our visitors following the Mothering Sunday afternoon tea and enjoyed the different activities. We then went to church for our Mothering…