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A quick trip to the moon and back in time for bath time!
Reception have had great fun retelling the story Whatever Next in various ways, including, creating story mountains, writing a list for what they would take to the moon, acting out the story and ending the week with a special picnic... on the moon! What a joy to watch their imaginations come alive!
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Yesterday Year 4 complete a science investigation looking at how the digestive system works! #TPY4Science
Year 6 today were performing the poem Reggae Head by Benjamin Zephaniah as part of their guided reading poetry topic! #TPY6guidedreading
Year 2 have been using a range of tools as a part of their making process for their DT project, wheels and axles. Tomorrow they will be decorating them to match their design. #TPY2DT
Year 4 have been sketching in their art topic this half term. They have been focusing on drawing cans looking at light and shade. #TPY4Art
Year 2 are completing their topic' Animals including Humans' by recapping over the last 6 lessons focusing on lifecycles, offspring and their mothers and what animals need to survive. #TPY2Science
Some of our year six pupils have been working with Digital Schools and Engine7 this morning on an exciting project to record voiceovers - @engine7audio @digital.schools
Let’s zoom to the moon! 🌑
Lots of mathematical language bouncing around Reception’s classroom this week, as we worked together to join, build and create our very own class rockets. We learnt that Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon! 🚀
We LOVED acting out... our own space mission, moving in time to music and then retelling the story on our own story maps! 🛸🧑🚀
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