Kangaroo Class

This term we have begun our new transdisciplinary theme called 'How the world works' where we have been looking at different patterns within our natural environment. We started off looking at weather, inquiring into seasons and discussing our current season, Winter. We particularly enjoyed making wind socks and rain gauges to measure our current weather. Many stories have been read in relation to our inquiry that led to some class investigations, for example, looking at freezing and melting. Recently we have been looking closer at day/night and light/dark, observing shadows and how these can be created in a natural and manmade environment.

Wallaby Class

This term, Wallaby have been noticing and analysing patterns and cycles to help them interpret and explain their environment. We started off by looking at 'What is a pattern and cycle?' We inquired about patterns of day and night and of the seasons, taking a closer look at our current season; Winter. We explored water and how it freezes when its cold and when we looked closely we could identify patterns in the icicles. We listened to many stories linking closely to our inquiry. 'The snowy day' by Ezra Jack Keats which explored the theme of winter, snow and ice and, 'The owl who was afraid of the dark' by Jill Tomlinson which linked nicely to night and day, light and dark. We especially enjoyed using the sun and the torches to explore shadows using our bodies and resources. We have been extremely creative and explored different art techniques, such as printing and collage with a focus on texture and patterns.

Leopard Class

This term, Leopard class have continued our transdisciplinary theme Where We Are in Place and Time. We have enjoyed learning about different places around the World; London, Paris, Rome, Egypt, Kenya and New York City! We learned lots of facts and produced some fantastic pieces of writing, all with help from our friend Felix the rabbit from our key text 'Letters from Felix' which we all thoroughly enjoyed reading. This term, Year 1 have been learning about decisions we make on a journey including what to wear for different climates and weather, to keep us warm or cool us off. After recording our own weather chart, we are now experts at understanding the weather - we know that the 4 seasons of the year impact this too! We have also produced some lovely artwork relating to our Inquiry.

Lion Class

This term, Lions have been exploring How we Express Ourselves. To begin, we explored the different ways that we communicate our feelings, thoughts and experiences, such as painting, using sculpture, writing, dancing, and singing. We learnt about how Greta Thunberg expressed her concerns about global warming through protest, and also how Chinese people celebrate the new lunar year. In PE we interpreted traditional tales and nursery rhymes through dance, and we have begun to learn about poetry.

Hedgehog Class

Hedgehog class have loved investigating different laws, traditions and values this term, specifically, the different styles of government around the world. Within our transdisciplinary theme 'How we organise ourselves' we have been on a virtual trip to Athens and China and looked at how the countries were and currently are organised in terms of leadership and hence the impact on daily life. We have then described our perfect world through poetry and wrote speeches persuading people to vote for us to be Prime Minister after being inspired by our class text 'The Accidental Prime Minister'.

Badger Class

Term three has given Badger class an opportunity to create their own country with their own laws, traditions and values. Through the transdisciplinary theme of 'how we organise ourselves' , children compared countries before creating their very own. We have had some great ideas on ways in which governments could help the environment as well as its citizens. Our class text 'The Accidental Prime Minister' complimented our inquiry perfectly as well as developing the children's reading skills. A particular highlight this term has been our virtual trips where children have navigated Athens and China independently through the use of a google earth project.

Kestrel Class

Kestrels have thoroughly enjoyed exploring stories this term, through our central idea of 'Stories are told in many ways and may influence people’s beliefs, values and understanding of the world.' We have read numerous stories this term from all sorts of different cultures and backgrounds and compared their respective beliefs and understandings of the world. The children have also developed their understanding of what makes a good story and have worked incredibly hard on their own story writing this term. We have also linked this term's inquiry with our science. We have been learning about the work of Charles Darwin on adaptation and evolution and have compared this scientific understanding with the various creation stories we have explored, discussing how so many different creation stories have come about and whether these stories are compatible with the scientific understanding of the creation of the world.