What an amazing morning at King Edwards High School for Girls! Year 5, plus Miss Allender and Mrs Platts, went off on a jaunt to learn more about writing a good story. The excitement on the bus was tangible and even Year 5 were excited! KES had invited a real life...
Year One have been busy bringing traditional tales to life this half term. The children were interested to learn that traditional tales have been told for many, many years and were quite shocked to hear that my mummy used to read them to me! We have read a lot of...
Transition’s topic this half term has been ‘People Who Help Us’. The children have been learning about a variety of occupations, and talking about what they would like to be when they grow up. The children have particularly enjoyed playing in our ‘Fire Station’ role...
There is nothing quite like school author visits to get children reading, writing, and understanding the creative process. It is not magic; It is not talent; It is not even the books the author has written that make these visits so successful. It is because meeting...
On Wednesday 28th February, the children in Transition, Reception and Year 1 welcomed a rather strange looking, but friendly, monster into their classrooms. He was brought to School by Alina Crisan, the author of Professor Broccoli’s ABC Adventure at the Zoo. Alina...
As part of the Year 4 Science topic ‘Sound’, the pupils have been designing musical instruments from junk. Initially, the pupils designed their musical instrument thinking about how it could change in pitch and the type of instrument that they wanted – blow, bang,...
