The children in Year 6, harvested the oddly shaped sweet potatoes (one of our final vegetables to harvest for the season). We then had a go at building some shelters using our building kits and anything else we could find in the area.
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This week the children listened to the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ and learned about Harvest. They have been practising finding their name and having a go at writing it too! The children had great fun painting the initial letter of their name on bread with food colouring. They then toasted it. Next, they spread it with butter and
This week the children listened to the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ and learned about Harvest. They have been practising finding their name and having a go at writing it too! The children had great fun painting the initial letter of their name on bread with food colouring. They then toasted it. Next, they spread it with butter and
Year 6 enjoyed making a Kahoot quiz to practise generating questions, and researching their current Knowledge Rich Project about the Maafa.
The children enjoyed making some fantastic clay hedgehogs. We talked about how the clay felt as we squashed and squeezed it. We added some googly eyes and matchsticks made brilliant prickles!
The children enjoyed making some fantastic clay hedgehogs. We talked about how the clay felt as we squashed and squeezed it. We added some googly eyes and matchsticks made brilliant prickles!
We had a special assembly led by the Reverend Jon Taylor from St Bartholomew’s church. We learnt all about harvest festival and how it’s important to say thank you for our food. Jon taught us some ‘harvest festival’ songs including the ‘harvest samba! Some of us brought in food to share with our local foodbank too.
The children have been learning about the work of significant still life artists and still life techniques. They chose a piece of fruit and looked carefully at it from all angles, felt the texture and looked for any markings or patterns. They used clay to form the piece of fruit and added texture once they were happy with the shape.
Here is a selection of photographs from this half terms skills academy club. We have played in the forest school area, learnt new games, visited the herb garden and dome, been on a minibeast hunt, made pictures and had fun in the Autumn leaves!
Mr Withers taught the children in year 1 to play several notes to create a melody.