Key Stage 2

This Spring term, our Year 3 children embarked on an exciting journey back in time to Ancient Egypt. Through a fantastic virtual reality workshop, they got to explore this fascinating period of history as if they were really there!

The children were thrilled to step foot inside a reconstructed tomb, where they could see ancient artifacts and paintings up close. They even witnessed a whole city brought back to life, bustling with activity just like it would have been thousands of years ago. One of the highlights was being within touching distance of the majestic Pyramids of Giza.

Miss Garcia said, "The virtual reality experience was incredible! It brought history to life in a way that books and pictures simply can't."

The Year 3 students were equally enthusiastic. Oliver shared, "I felt like an explorer discovering treasures in the tomb!" Elizah added, "Seeing the Pyramids so close was amazing. I can't believe how big they are!"

We're so proud of our Year 3 historians and can't wait to see what adventures they'll embark on next! Keep up the great work, everyone!

This half term, we have become persuasive writers! We have been generating and creating ways to convince people to visit different locations such as the cinema and seaside. We even had a go at creating our own radio advert using our persuasive techniques. We also looked at a story called 'Wolves in the Walls' in which we explored the use of powerful adverbs and alliteration.

In Maths, we have been very busy, looking at place value and decimal points which are one of our most challenging units in Year 4. We have also begun exploring geometry, where we have learned all about the angles and names of triangles and quadrilaterals. Feel free to quiz the children on these topics when you can! Next half term, we will be learning about position and movement which will focus on translation and movement of shapes.

In Science, we have been studying human digestion within our 'Animals including Humans' unit. The children had a fantastic time creating their own digestive system using a bag, tights, bananas, biscuits, orange juice and water. The children described the investigation as fun, disgusting and fascinating, and I’m sure you can see why from the images below. We also learned all about our teeth, their functions and why its so important to look after them.

PE has been great fun and engaging this term, we have been looking at performing a headstand, which many of the Year 4's have been very good at and have supported each other very well. With the coaches, the children have been getting ready for the cricket season, learning different bowling, batting and fielding skills. Summer 1 has been action packed for Year 4 and we can’t believe there is only one half term left until Year 5! We are all looking forward to a fantastic last half term.

We are so proud of our Year 6 children and how hard they have worked all year in preparation for their SATs tests. They have shown exceptional attitudes towards their learning and worked their socks off in school- even attending before and after school booster sessions.

Despite there being lots of Maths and English over the term, there was still time for tennis and disco dancing in PE, learning about trade around the world in Geography, making memory boxes in Art and learning about the government, voting, money and much more in Citizenship! 

We were also given a visit by GAV (Growing Against Violence), a charity working with young people across London to educate them on youth violence and staying safe in the comminity and online.

'I learnt how to recognise the signs of when people are trying to get you to join a gang'- Primrose, Year 6 pupil.

'I learnt how dangerous gangs can be to people who aren't even in them!'-Elsie, Year 6.

The students were also asked questions before the facilitator delivered the session and then asked updated questions after the session had been delivered with some pleasing results.

Year 6 students (83 STUDENTS):

Some children were chosen to take part in a football workshop which focused on raising the profile of girls in football with Lioness and ex Chelsea player, Carly Telford. They found out their Year 6 production is going to be The Greatest Showman which they are all very excited for.

On Monday, some of our Year 4 and 5 children travelled to the New Wimbledon Theatre for Wimbledon BookFest's author event with Kevin and Katie Tsang.

Kevin and Katie led a presentation all about their new book Dragon Force: Infinity and introduced us to the book's characters, including some awesome dragons! The children then helped the two authors to create a new dragon from scratch and had the opportunity to ask them some questions!

The children recieved a copy of their new book, 'Dragon Force: Infinity's Secret' and even got them signed by the authors!

In an enriching excursion, Year 6 embarked on a memorable journey to the Imperial War Museum London in London this Monday. Immersed in their term-long exploration of Conflict and Resolution in History, particularly delving into the narratives of World War 1 and World War 2, the students embraced the opportunity to witness history firsthand.

Venturing via tube and bus, they arrived eager to delve into the past. Beginning with the World War 1 floor, they engaged with authentic artifacts, followed by an insightful talk from museum staff. The day continued with an exploration of the World War 2 exhibits.

The children's conduct was exemplary throughout, with staff noting their enthusiasm and deep engagement.

Summer Term here we come! In Year 4, we’re looking forward to an amazing last term together. We’ve had a very busy Spring Term. Our first unit in English was Spiderwick and we wrote lots of descriptions using expanded noun phrases, the rule of three, fronted adverbials and figurative language. We ended this unit by watching the film which we really enjoyed! We then moved on to writing explanation texts where we had to explain how ‘The Snoozatron’ from Wallace and Gromit worked. This was great fun! After that, we read ‘Cloud Busting’ which is a story made up of lots of different poetry. We enjoyed writing our own haikus and shape poetry. We are now reading ‘Friend or Foe’ which is all about WW2 and the main characters are called David and Tuckey who are evacuees. It is so interesting!

In Maths, we have been learning about fractions – equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers. Now, we are learning how to tell the time, converting between hours and minutes, days and weeks and seconds into minutes. We have also been answering some really tricky word problems which involve working backwards.

In the first half term, in Art, we learnt about tints and shades, three dimensions, painting techniques, composition and still life. We have great fun with this as we created our own still life using equipment from the classroom. This half-term we are learning about how to build a pavilion, we first had to explore frame structures, then we designed a pavilion and a frame.

In Science, our little scientists have been learning about sound – how sounds are made, how sound travels, changing pitch, investigating sound over distance and investigating materials for ear defenders. The children really enjoyed this unit. This half term, we have been learning about States of Matter and we have been using our observational skills to investigate materials as they change states and explore different states of water. The children found it really interesting when the water vapour turned back into a liquid when it touched a cold surface.

Lastly, in Geography, we have been learning about the Amazon Rainforest. We have learnt about the different layers of a rainforest, the different animals we would find within these layers and why and if people live in the Amazon Rainforest. Please ask us about the similarities and differences between us and the Yanomami tribe.

Please take a look at the pictures attached to see all of our incredible Year 4 learning in action…