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Butterfly Art Exhibition – School Fundraising for the North London Hospice

Reception 

In Reception, we have been reading the book ‘So Much’. They had a go at making their own Caribbean-inspired Kente cloth. They explored inspiring pictures featuring the colours of the Caribbean flag—green, yellow, and red—and carefully cut out small pieces of card to design their own unique artwork.

RKJ – So Much

RKJ have been enjoying all the classroom activities linked to our new Literacy text ‘So Much’. We have had fun and working hard refining our fine motor skills in a range of activities to support our writing.

We threaded beads to make necklaces for a special party outfit.

We designed and modelled a birthday cake using play dough.

We used our phonics to write about the family party.

Year 1

Art – Colour Mixing

This week, the children explored colour mixing through a hands-on art activity. They learned about the three primary colours, red, blue, and yellow and discovered how these can be combined to create secondary colours such as green, orange, and purple. The children were excited to experiment with different colour combinations and enjoyed observing how new colours appeared as they mixed paints together.

Using their newly created colours, the children produced their own individual pieces of artwork. This activity encouraged creativity, experimentation, and confidence in expressing themselves through art. It was wonderful to see the children so engaged and proud of the unique colours and designs they created.

Year 3

In Year 3 this week, the children designed and constructed their pneumatic toys in Design Technology. They carefully followed a design specification to create their toys and will add the pneumatic mechanisms in their next lesson to make them function.

Year 4

Last Friday, Year 4 children visited the Henry Moore studio and gardens.  They got the opportunity to see many of his works up close, and also got the chance to explore his old house and garden.   

Year 5

Science

Year 5 have been learning about plant and animal life cycles. We investigated how flowering plants produce seeds by dissecting tulips.

Year 6

After SATs Ice cream treat

Year 6 enjoyed a well-deserved ice cream treat to celebrate all their hard work during SATs week. It was a lovely way for the children to relax, smile and mark the end of a busy week.      

David Attenborough’s 100^th birthday

Year 6 have been researching the fascinating life and achievements of Sir David Attenborough. They are using their findings to create informative biographical presentations, showcasing both their research and presentation skills.

Life in the Garden

In November and this term, we have been planting poppies. The poppies have germinated and are starting to bloom. They are looking fabulous!

We have also planted sunflowers. There are no results yet so stay tuned. We hope to see them sprouting soon!

In the wild garden, we are starting to see some more life. We have planted the sunflowers there, wild flowers and two different types of strawberries (red ones and white ones). The strawberries get dry very easily, so we water them regularly.

We have spent a lot of time weeding and pulling up stinging nettles (with our gloves, of course).

Recently, we have planted sweet pea blue, white cosmos, and red cosmos.

This is what the sweet pea blue will look like in a month.

We have planted some lavender which we will use to make lavender pouches in summer.

FOSPS kindly donated some money for our garden which we have used to buy lots of new plants. One of the plants we have bought is a beautiful smelling wisteria, and we are hoping it will climb our archway leading into the garden.

1. Did you know, poppies are self-seeding, which means their mature seeds will drop into the soil and grow again the following year.
2. Did you know, poppies are a remembrance flower for those who served in the World Wars?
3. Sweet peas are scientifically known as Lathyrus odoratus and are an annual climbing flower native to Sicily and southern Italy.

By Eva 6R