Forest School for Year One
During Forest School this week the Year One children started to learn about our new Forest School area, the opportunities available to them and the rules that they will need to follow to keep safe while they explore.
After a game of 'Hide like a hedgehog' they had the opportunity to choose from…
Year 5 Science Day
BOOM! What a fantastic day we have all had. Today the children have been transformed into: planets, rockets, moon buggies, stars, the sun and so much more. Through interacting with each other and active learning they should be able to tell you about the solar system, challenges facing space…
Year 5 Dance
Year 5 have been learning a dance linked to our focus text The Lost Thing. The children have worked really hard developing their sequencing of movements and have completed a final performance to share with you all!
Year 3 - Abstract Art
Inspired by the artist - Atta Kwami.
Year three’s term 1 art project celebrates the Folkestone Art Triennial and is inspired by the work of Ghanaian-born artist Atta Kwami who sadly died last month, age 65. He worked in both Ghana and the UK as a painter, printmaker, and art historian.
The…
Shadow puppets - Year 3 Science
Year 3 have been learning about Light and Shadows in Science this term. They created their shadow puppet theatres and puppets. They investigated how a shadow changes when the distance of the light source is changed. They planned their investigation, made predictions and used measuring skills to…
Year 1 - autumn leaves
Year one pupils have been making their own autumnal leaves from their mark-making work produced earlier in the term. During their country walk, Year 1 pupils collected large autumnal leaves. I photocopied some to become leaf stencils - a choice of leaves appropriate for each child’s cutting…
Y6 Tag Rugby Competition
On Tuesday 12th October, Y6 took part in a Tag Rugby competition at the Canterbury Rugby Club. This is a popular competition and was attended by 17 teams from the Canterbury District so our children certainly had a very active day! Our 3 teams played extremely well and improved each time they…
Yr R mark-making
Over the last three weeks, Year R have been experimenting with mark-making. They have been dipping objects and tools into poster paint and moving them around their A3 page to make a variety of marks on their paper. They have also been mixing primary colours in their paint trays to make secondary…
Green Flag Award
At the end of Term 6, our school was awarded the Green Flag. Our current Year 6 children worked extremely hard last year to encourage everyone to look after our world and our school. The children carried out weekly litter picks, emptied and checked recycling bins to ensure we were recycling the…
Book club
Thank you for another lovely book club this week. We really enjoyed hearing about you favourite books and authors. Next week bring a scary book, witches and wizards is the theme,
Day 2 Year 5 residential
Well, another amazing day on the farm! After a great nights sleep we began the day with a stroll to the meadow to observe the humane mammal catchers to see if we had been lucky and we had been ! The children looked at a field mouse, a short tailed vole and a shrew. We then had a tour of the farm…
Year 6 colour pastels drawings
Year 6 have been practising their observational drawing skills and working from cultural objects from around the world. The objects included masks from Africa and Indonesia as well as puppets from South-East Asian countries. Within our gallery below you will see Year 6 pupils' large (A2)…
