Last term, Year 1 combined our DT and literacy learning by creating our own ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ puppets. Before making our puppets, the children designed their characters, thinking carefully about the features they wanted to include and the materials they would need. They then used their designs to create colourful and imaginative Wild Things, with every puppet being unique.

Our topic this term is Light and Shadow and so we have started to look at items that are Transparent, Translucent and Opaque. The task was to see how transparent different materials are using a torch. The question being, ‘If the light source gets through the material in question, is it still classed as transparent?’ This was a tricky one as you cannot see through a tissue, but the torch shone through it easily!

As the weather was so hot on the day 3 & 4 were due to go to Legoland we had a fun day in school instead. To start the day we had paper aeroplane competitions to see whose team could assemble a plane that would fly the furthest and another that would stay in the air the longest. Everybody worked so brilliantly in a team. The main attraction though was the water fight, where everyone enjoyed cooling down. A great day was had and we all want to do it again!

The themes of change and transition are very important at St Eanswythe's this term. In PSHE Year 2 found a fun way to explore this concept...whilst keeping very cool in the heatwave! We thought about upcoming changes for us this term like new teachers, moving into KS2 and a new classroom. How did these changes make us feel? We then all took part in challenge, in pairs we each had an ice cube - we had to make our cube melt as fast as possible. There were a lot of very ...inter

During this week all the classes participated in KIC theatre drama workshops. The topics covered were Sound, Shadow and Light, Journeys, Where the Wild Things Are, Transition, Secret Agents and Our Local Area. KIC Theatre is always a popular activity with all the classes and Ian is brilliant with the children.

This afternoon in Year Six we had a transition workshop. This is where we thought about the theme of transition and how we felt about this upcoming experience. We explored this through games, question and answer sessions, and writing advice for each other . Through our games we found out that a lot of us shared the same worries and it was great to support each other as a class. After lots of deep thinking we relaxed with some cooling ice poles to celebrate our afternoon toget

Last week, our Ducklings began their learning about journeys and the different ways people travel. Through a range of exciting activities, the children have explored transport past and present, comparing old and new cars and discussing how these vehicles have changed over time. The children enjoyed designing and drawing their own vehicles before bringing their ideas to life by building cardboard cars. They also used Lego to construct imaginative cars, developing their creativ

Last term, our Ducklings were very busy creating their own colourful bookmarks using needles, embroidery thread and binca. This activity gave the children the opportunity to practise and apply threading skills while developing their fine motor control and hand-eye coordination. With some help, the children carefully threaded their needles and explored different colours and patterns as they stitched their bookmarks. They showed great concentration, perseverance and pride in th