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.
Last week, in year 3, we investigated what it would be like to be back in the Bronze Age and working with clay to create beakers and beads. We learnt that we had to work quickly so that we did not dry out our clay and we also found out how hard it would have … Continue reading
Over the past few weeks, Owls class have been learning all about the history of the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong. We watched some footage of Neil’s first few steps on the moon and we have leant lots of facts about him, including, where he was born, his famous words and the names … 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
Today it was year 4’s turn to enjoy drama with Kic Theatre. The session was based around Tudor times and everyone loved pretending to be some of the characters from history as well as finding out even more about the Tudors.
Children in Year 4 worked in groups today to create some super Tudor Roses using tissue paper. The finished roses look amazing and required great teamwork and perseverance.
We had been looking forward to this day out for some time, and it didn’t disappoint! After an uneventful coach journey (thankfully!) we arrived at the castle grounds on time and in brilliant sunshine!We had a tour of the castle and then found a space for lunch in the amazing and picturesque grounds of the … Continue reading
Our first trip out for a very long time was a huge success!. We were very lucky with the weather and enjoyed not only the trip to the castle but we got to see where Joseph Bleriot landed his plane when he flew across the channel, making him the first to ever cross safely. We … Continue reading
The children have really enjoyed doing their Tudor play and the Tudor song.
Year 4 really enjoyed learning to recognise pictures of London landmarks with their name and then playing matching pairs with the cards. We then tried to see how many other places or people of importance they could name.
This term the children have been looking at the Folkestone Triennial. Each class has been…
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Yr.6 set up agar jelly petri dishes a few weeks ago by taking swabs from…
Today we celebrated Harvest Festival in church. We learnt about how lots of food is…
