In English, we have written leaflets to provide essential information to anyone wanting to explore mountainous terrain. First, we needed to become experts ourselves; we did lots of reading from […] […]
Art and Design, Peartree Peartree Class
We will be looking at work from Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Jean Metzinger. We looked at some work by the impressionist artist, Claude Monet. We used finger painting […] […]
Our Local Area We looked at some of the different types of maps people use. We then saw an aerial photograph of our school and made a sketch map of […] […]
Peartree, Religious Education Peartree Class
What gifts might Christians have given Jesus if he was born in their town? We have been talking about giving gifts and we thought about the gifts that The Three […] […]
Art and Design, Danes, Printing Danes Class
To link with our learning about Roman Britain, we have been looking at mosaics in Art. We learnt about how mosaics were used to decorated the floors in Roman villas […] […]
Enrichment, PSHE Danes Class
Congratulations to all of the children who were voted onto the School Council and all of the children who put themselves forward for their year group elections. Pupil Voice is […] […]
Enrichment, Haffydown, History Haffydown Class
Haffydown had a brilliant day visiting the British School Museum in Hitchin to explore our local history unit – Joseph Lancaster. When we arrived, we were given aprons and caps […] […]
In science this week, we explored electrical resistance. Our learning question was ‘Does the length of the wire affect the brightness of the bulb?’ Most of us thought that the […] […]
English, Puddlebridge Puddlebridge
This half term, we have been reading poems from Matt Goodfellow’s book, Bright Bursts of Colour. By looking at his poems, we have been able to explore a wide range […] […]
Special Events Shackadell Class
Today we celebrated harvest at Aston St Mary’s School. We collected food to support our local food bank called ‘Foodshed’. We all went to church and thought about why we […] […]
In English, Haffydown have been reading Robert Munsch’s ‘The Paper Bag Princess’. The story details the heroic adventures of Princess Elizabeth, who attempts to save Prince Ronald from a fearsome […] […]
Our History unit in Haffydown this term focuses on our local history. Our learning has centred around Joseph Lancaster, a significant historical figure in education, who set up the Monitorial […] […]
Art and Design, PSHE, Shackadell Shackadell Class
We have been learning all about colours and colour mixing. We read a fantastic book called ‘Mixed’ by Arree Chung’. It tells a story of a city of Blues, Reds […] […]
English, Enrichment Danes Class
To celebrate National Poetry Day, we started the day with a special assembly during which some of the adults shared some of their favourite poems. Each class then prepared a […] […]
This week, our learning in English has been focussed around Michael Rosen’s poetry collection called ‘On the Move’. We have been inspired by reading many of the poems which are […] […]
Danes, Enrichment, History, Puddlebridge, Religious Education Danes Class
On Wednesday 4th October, Danes and Puddlebridge classes spent the day in St. Albans. Our morning was spent visiting Verulamium Museum to support our learning about Roman Britain. During our […] […]
Design and Technology, Shackadell Shackadell Class
We are excited that we get to take part in cooking club. Joyce, our wonderful cook, helps us to learn about healthy eating and cooking. We made some really delicious […] […]
Peartree, Religious Education Peartree Class
Our Learning Question this half term is – ‘What do Christians believe God is like?’ We are looking at some of the parables that Jesus told. […]
Art and Design, Peartree Peartree Class
We are looking at animals around the world and how we can create art with them. We are going to do observational drawings, create animal patterns, make a totem-pole and […] […]
We are learning about animals including humans. We are looking at the different groups of animals and their diets. We are grouping animals based on similarities and differences. We are […] […]
We thought about how we could have a happy class. We wrote our rules on leaves and displayed them on our ‘Pear Tree’. […]
This Thursday is National Poetry Day and the theme this year is Refuge. Today, we talked about migration and some of the reasons why people might migrate. We choose the […] […]
We are learning about three significant nurses that changed the way nurses and hospitals worked for the better. We are learning about Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell. We […] […]