All About Me Biscuits

Our topic this autumn is All About Me. We can all identify the parts of our face. We decorated some biscuits and spoke about how everyone is different and how out biscuits are different too.

Clay hedgehogs in preschool. 🦔

In preschool we have been learning all about hedgehogs. We had an amazing idea to make our own clay hedgehogs. We used our fine motor skills to model and mould our clay. When we had made our hedgehog shapes, we then added our eyes, nose and the very important spikes. Well done preschool.

Year 5 – DT

In DT, Year 5 were looking at different times of beams and pillars when building bridges and the structural benefits and weaknesses of different types of bridge.

Y6 Fairground Rides

This term, Year 6 will be learning to make mechanical fairground rounds in Design and Technology. They have been exploring everyday objects and fairground rides that rotate and have been investigating how motors are used in a circuit. This week they have had a go at creating strong structures and framework for a fairground ride.

Year 5 – DT Suspension Bridges

We have been working as groups to create bridges in class that have been able to hold the weight of toy cars.

Year 3 DT

The children have been learning about pneumatic systems and made their own moving monster using a pneumatic system. They used a syringe, tube and balloon. When they syringe was pressed, air passed through the tube and inflated the balloon, this then made the mouth to open.

Exploring wheels and axles

We looked at the different ways that wheels and axles work before deciding how the wheels will work on our own vehicles.

Y3 DT

Year 3 have been learning about the pneumatic systems in DT. They designed their own moving monster and added a pneumatic system to make it move.

Year 5 – DT – Bridges

We have been looking at different bridge structures and types of bridges and making some working models in class.

Homework Coffee Afternoon

As always, we were delighted to welcome families into school to celebrate and share all the fantastic effort children have put into their homework projects. Thank you for supporting your child to be creative and share their learning. We were so impressed with each and every project.

Brilliant Builders 🧱

🏗️ This week in preschool it has been amazing to see the children’s building skills developing so beautifully! Their creativity is really shining through ✨

We have created a 🏙️ skyscraper-style tower, a 🚜 farm and tractor park, and even a 🛖 den. The children worked together to plan, build, problem solve and share ideas, showing fantastic teamwork and imagination throughout 🤝💡

Construction play is such an important part of early learning 🧠 Building helps to develop core strength, coordination and the pivotal movements needed for early writing skills ✏️ while also encouraging communication, mathematical thinking and creativity 🎨📚

We are so proud of all the wonderful ideas and effort the children have put into their creations this week 🌟

Design and Technology 🚀

Year 1 designed, made and evaluated a picture with a rocket slider.

Y3 DT

Year 3 enjoyed making their own moving levers and linkages

🧱🏗️ Little Builders at Work! 🏰✨

Our EYFS children have been busy using blocks and construction materials to create some amazing structures! 🏡🧱 From towers and buildings to imaginative creations, the children have been exploring what they can build using their ideas, creativity and problem-solving skills. 💭🌟

Through this hands-on play, the children have been developing their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and understanding of balance, shape, size and space. 📐🔺 They have been learning to think critically, test out their ideas and make changes when their structures don’t quite go to plan! 🤔🔧

There have also been wonderful opportunities to develop communication and language as the children share their ideas, talk about their creations and work together to build something special. 🗣️🤝

🌟 EYFS links: 🧮 Mathematics – exploring shapes, patterns, size and spatial awareness. 🗣️ Communication and Language – describing structures and sharing ideas. 🎨 Expressive Arts and Design – creating and designing imaginative structures. 💪 Physical Development – developing coordination and control. 🧠 Characteristics of Effective Learning – playing and exploring, active learning, and creating and thinking critically.

We love seeing our little builders’ imaginations come to life, one block at a time! 🧱💛🏗️

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