KS2 are really enjoying their music lessons with Mrs Gibbons this term. They have been learning how to play the ukulele; they have even learnt a few tunes after some practice with finding each note!

The children in FS1 have been looking at the story The Three Little Pigs. The children have worked really hard looking at the story and taking part in different activities. They especially enjoyed making their own pig sugar cookies! Yum!

As part of their 'All Around the World' topic, FS2 visited The Deep where the pupils took part in a workshop all about the Antarctic. They then visited the aquarium and saw all sorts of sea animals - as well as penguins. 

In Y2/3, we have been busy planting sunflower seeds to see how they will grow. In groups, we have four plants. One plant will be put in the dark, one will go into the cold and one will not be watered. One lucky plant will receive everything it needs to grow. We can't wait to monitor their growth over the next couple of weeks.  

As part of their learning surround the Miners' Strike, Y6 visited the Coal Mining Museum this week. Although the snow cut it short, they all said that the pit tour was amazing and they loved the hands-on expirience of being a miner for a day!

The Aston Lodge Eco Committee are supporting the WPT green initiative. At our most recent meeting, we discussed some ways we could make the school greener. The Eco Committee wanted to focus on turning off light switches in classrooms and corridors that were currently not being used and in assembly this week want to make all classes aware of the impact  this can have upon the environment.  

As part of their last Geography lesson of the term, Beech class investigated litter in our local area and school grounds. We found a lot of litter around our school. We brought it back into the classroom and sorted it out into different categories before using this to make a bar chart.