Year 3 have really enjoyed their textile unit: Bendy Bags. They learnt how to sew running stitch and back-stitch, researched different types of bags and how to create an opener using bendy plastic. The children then planned their own bags, made prototypes and used these 
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This half term Year 3 have been focussing on healthy dips. In previous weeks they researched a range of shop bought dips, from humus to salsa, looking at the ingredients, tasting them and deciding which ones they liked and why. This week the children carried 
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Last week Henerietta delivered the story ‘What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside’, by Julia Donaldson, and Bertie the Bee left Reception Class the rhyme, ‘Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home’ in his garden. The children soon discovered they were going to be learning about some 
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Last week Reception Class continued to explore different types of transport, with a focus on aeroplanes. The children were set a homework challenge to make a paper aeroplane ready for a competition. They tested all their planes in the hall, to find out whose went 
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In DT this half term Year 5 have been investigating flatbreads, linked to their history topic on Ancient Greece.  Last week they investigated different types of flatbread: flavours, recipes, costings and Greek style dips/ingredients to eat with flatbread. This week the children learnt how to 
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This week Year 5 finished their bird boxes by transferring their decorative designs from their sketch books onto their boxes. They’ve drawn some wonderful pictures, outlined and coloured in with acrylic paint pens, on some of the sides and created decoupage (using pictures of birds) 
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In their DT this half term Year 5 have been researching bird boxes: why we need them, where to site them, how different birds need different types of boxes and what types of wood are the best for making them.  The children have also taken 
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On Thursday Year 5 had their outdoor learning session. They were challenged to build a structure using a square based pyramid framework, then devise their own method of enclosing it. The children worked only with natural materials that they found in the Forest School area, 
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Year 4 started their new DT topic on wheels today. They carried out two focussed practical tasks to investigate the differences between dead (fixed) and live (moving) axels. They were also challenged to see if they could use the live axel to power their vehicle, 
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Today Year 3 began their DT topic on pneumatic systems. They spent some time learning the vocabulary for the topic and exploring the power of moving air, using a ball pump, syringes and tubing, balloons and straws & table tennis balls. They then carried out 
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