Dissecting plants!

In Science we are learning about plants. Today we got the chance to dissect plants and have a closer look at what we found inside.

We carefully used our hands to pull back petals and stems then used a magnifying glass to see what we could find.  Some of us found tiny little bulbs inside and others found that there was lots of water in the stems of the plants.

Below are some pictures of us investigating plants.

Next week we will be setting up a fair test that we can observe over time. So, remember to check back!

Christmas card photos!

For our ICT unit we are creating Christmas card picture using the APP Snap collage.

We took photos,changed their colour, added in borders, text, backgrounds and sticker effects.

The children have been working really hard on their pictures. Below are a selection of photos that children have created!

We hope you enjoy looking at them.

Autumn Leaves

In English we are studying list poems.Today we Wrote our own list poems on the theme of Autumn leaves.

First, we looked at leaves from the playground and discussed good adjectives to describe them. Some of us ever came up with similes to describe the leaves!

Here are some pictures of us building vocabulary to describe the leaves.

We then started to write our own list poems using the fantastic vocabulary we generated. 

Here is Owen, Hope and Aaron's work. 

The Christmas Story

We are learning to: Retell the Christmas Story


In R.E. we are learning about the Christmas story. Today we listened to a story and discussed the key vocabulary and what tricky words meant. We then wrote the story from memory in our own words!

Here are some photos of Fenella, Jack and Olivia Riley's work.

They have written the story well using some of the key vocabulary and they have joined their writing beautifully!

Super Science Day!

Today has been absolutely brilliant! We dressed up as mad scientists and completed some crazy experiments!

First, we were mixing different coloured liquids to make potions. We mixed together some coloured water, oil and washing up liquid. We thought that it was going to all mix up together and make a funny colour but we were surprised when the colours didn't mix at all! The oil stayed at the top of the container and the washing up liquid sank to the bottom!

Then we had a visit from Mrs. Johnson from Sam's Simple Science. We did an experiment with milk where we dropped in some food colouring to make pretty patterns. Then we dropped in a tiny speck of washing up liquid and all of the food colouring moved around! This is because washing up liquid is made to get rid of fat from our plates, etc. and milk is full of fat. So the washing up liquid moved the food colouring and milk around the plate!

We also made some silly putty! This was made of PVA glue and water which we mixed up together. We then added in a very special ingredient that made it stretchy and bouncy! We got very messy but had fun bouncing our silly putty across the table!

After lunch we tested different objects to see if they would sink or float in water. A Jenga block surprised us! It's heavy, so we thought it would sink but it didn't. It floated on the water.


We then used tins and string to make telephones. We spent a long time investigating how we would hear our partner talking into one tin. We discovered that the string must be straight and taught in order to hear your partner!

We had a terrific day today, please look at our photos below.

Year 1 and 2

Today we went to Chiltern Open Air Museum to support our learning of the Victorians.

First the children attended a Victorian school. Penmanship, arithmetic and chanting the times tables were all practised IN SILENCE!

After that the children made and cooked drop scones over an open fire and finally the children learnt how to make a rag rug.

All in all an exhausting but very interesting day.