Maths

Lego STEM Workshop – Year 5

On Monday 4th December, Year 5 took part in a Lego STEM session with Ian from Junior Robotics. During this time, they learnt how to follow instructions to create a moving cam mechanism with Lego pieces, and then coded it using scratch-based system to recreate a drumming monkey. All children were fantastically engaged [...]

Children Challenging Industry

This half term, Class 9 took part in 'Children Challenging Industry' with Mrs Mawer and Miss Boyeson (University of York). This STEM programme consisted of three problem-solving science sessions and a site visit to Saltend Chemicals Park. The children were presented with three potential problems (Leaky Pipes; Filter Fun and Cooling Coils), which [...]

Bread Making – Year 5

Year 5 have been loving their recent DT unit, refining their knowledge of the process of design.  We have researched different types of bread and thought about how to use this knowledge to create our own.  We practised shaping so we could create something appealing and carefully constructed. It was amazing to [...]

Well Being Wednesday

This week has been 'Children's Mental Health Week' (1st - 7th February). This was first launched by Place2Be and has been developed in conjunction with Oak Academy. The theme this year has been 'Express Yourself.' In the current circumstances, this could not be more important! In school, pupils have enjoyed a range of [...]

Home Learning

Well done to all the children and parents who have been busy learning at home.  It was lovely to see their work on Class Dojo and how hard they have been working during their lockdown period. Here is a selection of some of their work and activities they have been doing. Thank you to [...]

Careers Event

Today we have had some visitors to school as part of our careers initiative.  We had separate assemblies for all the year groups and the children had to try and identify the jobs that our guests do by asking closed questions with only a yes/no answer.  The children did very well and managed to [...]

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