Learning News

K/1

In Writing, we have been exploring the story The Beehive and learning how to become persuasive writers. We have been developing skills in sharing opinions, giving reasons to support ideas and using persuasive language to convince others. We have also been learning about what it means to be an expert, discussing how experts use their knowledge to teach others and answer questions. Students have been practising how to ask thoughtful questions to find out more information and deepen their understanding. It has been wonderful to see everyone growing in confidence as they share their ideas, think critically and develop their writing skills!

Miss Downes

K/1 Teacher

2/3C

Over the past three weeks, our Year 2 and Year 3 students have been diving into the wonderful world of Fractions through hands-on folding, sharing and problem-solving.

Year 2: Fun with Halves, Quarters and Equal Sharing: Our Year 2 students have been focusing on understanding equal groups and splitting collections. They have learned that a "whole" can be divided into fair shares, practised partitioning groups of counters and discovered how to find halves and quarters through fun, hands-on activities like "Fair Share Scenarios".

Year 3: Fraction Families, Number Lines and Fraction Walls: Our Year 3 learners have taken fractions a step further by exploring halves, quarters, thirds, fifths and eighths. They have mastered folding and aligning paper strips to build their own fraction walls, representing unit fractions on number lines and completing number sentences to find the whole. 

I am so proud of the wonderful learning and enthusiasm shown during this unit. 

Mrs Crafford 

2/3C Teacher

Year 2/3M Reflects on Remembrance Day

This week, Year 2/3M has been learning about the history and significance of Remembrance Day. The students explored how the tradition began after World War I to mark the end of fighting on November 11, and discussed why we pause at the 11th hour to remember. To mark the occasion, the class created their own vibrant red poppies while learning about what this enduring symbol represents. 

We will remember them, Lest We Forget.

Miss Martin

2/3M Teacher

Year 4

Year 4 have been reading a picture book for older children titled “The Garden of Broken Things” written by Australian author Freya Blackwood. This deceptively simple book hides a rich tapestry of hidden meanings in the well chosen text and beautiful illustrations. We examined choices behind the visual literacy of the illustrator - including salience (where your eye is first drawn), power (which character has the power on the page), vector (how your eye is drawn across the page) and framing to name a few. 

The students used this knowledge to then create an illustration of their own special place and explained the visual literacy techniques they used to create the image. After hand drawing the image we had some fun using AI to create the same image using detailed prompts and were very pleased with the results.

Great work Year 4!

Mrs Shepherd and Ms Cronin

Year 4 Teachers

5/6 

In Science this term, Stage 3 has been learning about what it means to be safe and smart users online in our technology world. We firstly learned all about the key foundations of online, creating strong and secure passwords and how we think before posting ensuring we are safe in the public. From there, we dove into the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We examined how AI models, collect and process personal data to learn and generate new content. We discussed data privacy and digital ethics. 

Stage 3 have been active learners, creating strong passwords and evaluating how their digital footprint impacts the software around them.

Miss Murphy

5/6 Teacher