3LC Beach Trip
3LC visited Tankerton Beach today as a way to finish off our Stone Age History topic.
Before lunch, we did two activities:
The first activity was rebuilding Scara Brae or Stonehenge out of rocks that we found on the beach. We really liked this even though it was hard. Our second activity was…
Forest School Year 1 Term 4 2023
Term 4 started with 'Happy pancake day'!
Children made a fire and they are brilliant by now at remembering the rules. They had to mix the batter - 1 grated apple, 1 cup oat milk, 2 cups flour, they had to spoon it in the pan, flip it and then ENJOY the campfire pancake. Some children tried…
Forest School Year R Term 4
Term 4 started off with learning all about birds. We played a game where they learned about camouflaging worms, we read the book Owl babies and acted the story out with puppets, they made bird feeders with cones, lard, toilet role and seeds, they created little and big birds nests and the…
Coronation Bench competition - Year 6
Earlier in the term 4, six wonderful artists in Year 6 worked together after school to create a ‘Coronation Bench’ design to be entered into an art competition run by The Tower of London.
Well done Alfie, Melita, Stella, Poppy Mae, Finley and Lily! From more than 1,500 bench designs, our…
Cheerleading News - Miss Rattigan
An interview with Miss Rattigan to hear her latest cheerleading news
Q1: Where was your most recent competition and what was it?
A1: Birmingham national competition.
Q2 : What do you want to achieve by the end of your career?
A2: To have a strong team who works…
Year 3 Cave Art!
In English today, we had an Experience Day looking at the Stone Age medium of cave art. We explored the meaning behind lots of different examples and discussed why and how these illustrations would have been created. Following that, we divided into 'Stone Age Tribes' and devised a backstory for…
Year 5 self-portraits
This term, Year 5 have been studying the self-portrait. We began the project by exploring self-portraits by well-known artists and learning a little about the artists’ lives. In preparation for drawing their own self-portraits using 2B/4B pencil, we discussed the proportions of the face and the…
Crafting in the Art loft
On Thursday 16th March a group of Year 4s were lucky enough to go to The Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Near Dover to take part in an Art and craft workshop. We were met by Lily, a student who is completing her Gold Art Award and Head of Art Mrs Keeler. We were taken to their large, light…
FOLD, SCRUNCH, MAKE - art workshop
Thank you to Creative Folkestone, for running an Art workshop for a group of Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils this week. We worked with two local artists Tania and Emily who delivered the art workshop: FOLD, SCRUNCH, MAKE Wearable Sculptures. Emily’s background is in fashion design and this was reflected in…
Dog Agility News - Georgia (Y6)
Interview with Georgia (Y6) following winning Dog Agility competition
Q: How long have you been doing Dog Agility for?
A: I have been doing it for two years now. I started training for one year, and then I started doing competitions.
Q: How long did it take to train Tilly?
A:…
Year 3 Rocks Days
We were very lucky in Year 3 to be visited by an expert in rocks from The Education People. Both classes had fun filled days with a large variety of activities.
We examined rocks using microscopes and identified the features of each.
We learnt about fossils and were able to cast our own…
Year R Train Drivers
Within art this week, Year R children had great fun impersonating train drivers, steering an imaginary steam train and avoiding obstacles on the tracks. Approximately half the class told me that they had driven a real train before so I knew we were all in safe hands!!!
After a short chat…
