In Geography this term we are learning all about different places in the world. We have been focusing on where we live and we now know four different ways to describe where we live: our planet, Earth; our continent, Europe; our country, England and our town, Folkestone. The children played a game of four corners … Continue reading
We have been learning about earthquakes and where in the world the biggest ones have occurred and about the tectonic plates they sit on. We have also looked at the countries within the Ring of Fire. Last week we then proceeded to look at the effects on buildings hit by earthquakes and how we could … Continue reading
To end our literacy unit on Travel Writing, Year 5 took part in a ‘Travel Round the World Day’. For our journey, we started our day with some delicious warm spring rolls kindly brought in by Pixie. It was a traditional Filipino recipe and her mum got up extra early in the morning to make … Continue reading
Today we were invited to celebrate the Dutch holiday of King’s Day. We found out about the history of the celebration and the traditional customs for how to celebrate. We were then treated to a delicious stroopwafel and a miniature flag of Holland. We want to say a special thank you to Faye and her … Continue reading
On Monday Owls made their own cloud spotters using recycled card. They followed the instructions carefully to create a view hole and added in the relevant information. Today we took a short walk down to the Bayle pond and became cloud hunters. We found cumulus clouds in the sky. Cumulus clouds are fluffy clouds, low … Continue reading
Last week, Year 6 took part in a theatre workshop with Ian from Kic Theatre- a man who we always love to see! Our topic is water and we thought about the journey of water and the water cycle. We also thought about water as a precious resource and how we rely so much on … Continue reading
We were lucky to receive free entry and a workshop at Wildwood yesterday about introducing Bison back in to Blean Woods, which are situated at the back of Wildwood. Our workshop was all about animals found in The British Isles in the Ice Age and surprisingly all the animals we had to look at were … Continue reading
We have been looking at the temples and buildings of the Mayan civilisation in Topic this week and have been thinking about where the stone came from and how it would have been transported through the rainforest at that time. We then went on to build our own Mayan temples from clay.
What could be a more perfect way to finish our Coasts and Folkestone topic focus this term -than a private boat tour all around our local coastline! Owls were so excited to go to sea on the Folkestone Voyager. They had been so patient waiting weeks for the perfect combination of tides and weather that … Continue reading
Eagles had a great time at Groombridge Place yesterday. We had the whole place to ourselves really as there was only a handful of other people there! We explored the forest and saw Jurassic Tree Ferns and huge leaves belonging to the Gunnera plant. There was a wishing pool that people had thrown money into … Continue reading
Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to the second half of the Summer Term! Below are…
Friday 19th May In year 2, the children finished a short series on questioning. Today,…
This term for independent learning the children worked in pairs to create something linked to…
We were very lucky to have the sun shine for our fun run this afternoon.…
