Year 2 students recently took part in our second exciting Recycled Fashion Show, where they showcased their creative outfits made from recycled materials. During the Autumn term, in Science, the […] […]
In Year 2, as part of our “Animals Including Humans” topic, we’ve been learning all about how to stay healthy through healthy eating, exercise, and good hygiene. We started by […] […]
For our PE learning last half-term, we learnt and performed a dance inspired by the Blitz during World War Two. The dance begins with families waving off their young children […] […]
We will be looking at different types of materials and their properties. We will investigate why some materials are more suitable than others for different purposes. […]
Our learning question this half term is: How does praying throughout the day, help a Muslim in their everyday life. […]
We are going to learn about three queens; Elizabeth I, Victoria and Elizabeth II. There were some significant changes to the world that changed life for everyone during each of […] […]
We were very excited to perform our Nativity – A Bundle of Joy! We worked really hard on a variety of skills for this performance. Singing, dancing, using our performance […] […]
We have been working hard and learning all about space. We designed and created our own spaceships, working towards our curriculum ambition of creating intricate junk models. We used our […] […]
As part of our learning in design and technology, we have worked in groups to design and make a Second World War Shelter. We learnt how to construct a jinx […] […]
Our first DT topic of the year went brilliantly. We used our prior scientific knowledge of circuits to help construct our own war planes that actually flew. We made a […] […]
Year Six had a wonderful time on their recent trip to Marchants Hill PGL Centre in Surrey. Please enjoy the video to share some of the highlights of their trip. […]
Today, we had a special visit from three magistrates. They taught all of us in Years Five and Six about how the judicial system works and what job magistrates play […] […]
What a brilliant day we’ve had! To enrich our historical learning, we decided to become evacuees for the day. Our special day began with finding the classroom looking rather different; […] […]
Today we went to church for our service of Remembrance. Danes and Puddlebridge classes were dressed as evacuees as part of their learning about the Second World War. It was […] […]
We had our class trip to Mill Green Water Mill Museum which linked with our history topic about The Great Fire of London. We enjoyed many activities including, identifying and […] […]
Today in ‘Drawing Club’ we drew some dragons after reading ‘Room on the broom’ by Julia Donaldson. After lunch, a very special visitor arrived in our classroom…Daisy the dragon!! We […] […]
In our English learning this week, we have been looking at the effect personification can have in poetry. After watching a virtual reality video in an underground station during an […] […]
In science, we have been learning about air resistance. We had so much fun setting up our own PPPOP investigations using paper helicopters. Some of us tried varying the size […] […]
To begin our learning in art this year, we have sketched Second World War planes. We started our learning journey looking at photographs of a variety of planes and drew […] […]
This week we have been learning all about Autumn. We were excited to go on an Autumn walk around the village and invited our grown-ups to come in and join […] […]
Thursday 24th October 7:00pm Wow! Standup paddle boarding was so much fun, the lake was so cold and the children got so wet! Everyone ended up in the lake and […] […]
In science, we are learning about forces. We enjoyed using force meters to measure weight and friction. We discovered that, on Earth, 1 Newton = 100g. To explore friction, we […] […]
On a crisp autumn day, Haffydown Class set off on an exciting school trip to the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village in Suffolk. After a long journey filled with chatter and […] […]
We have been reading one of our favourite books ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson. We have created a 3D story maps to help us to retell the story. We also […] […]
We have been exploring lots of different books in our class already. We love drawing club and have been going on our own story adventures. We enjoy reading books during […] […]
We talked about boundaries and hazards. We made story sticks to represent our first session of forest school with Ranger Skull. […]
Recently in Maths, we’ve been refining our skills and deepening our understanding of written methods for addition. To showcase what we’ve learned, we created a poster highlighting our top tips, […] […]
Despite the rain, we were delighted that 21 children from Years 5 and 6 were able to represent our school today at the Stevenage Sporting Future Teams Cross Country competition. […] […]
Puddlebridge and Danes classes had a wonderful day at Duxford Imperial War Museum. The visit supported our learning about World War Two and The Battle of Britain. We started our […] […]
This half term, Haffydown Class has been exploring Hinduism, with a special focus on the festival of Diwali. We’ve enjoyed learning about the significance of Diwali, including the famous story […] […]
In science, we are learning about forces. We began by exploring what we already knew and were able to name forces such as gravity, friction and air resistance. After discussing […] […]
In music, we are enjoying Livin’ on a Prayer by Bon Jovi – a rock song that was released in 1986. We will also be listening to other classic rock […] […]
We have been settling in to our indoor and outdoor classrooms. We love to learn by exploring all of the resources that we have. Our teachers spend time teaching us […] […]
We will learn about how and where the fire started and why it spread so quickly. We looked at a picture that was revealed square by square and discussed what […] […]
We will be learning about the creation story. We will also learn how to appreciate all of the natural beauty in our world. […]
We became ‘sense detectives’ today and had to solve a mystery using our senses. We had to identify a minty smell, hear a squeak, feel something soft and furry, measure […] […]
What another great show! So much talent in our school and it was wonderful to see all of the children performing together and having fun! Well done to each and […] […]
Today, Year Six enjoyed ‘ringing the changes’ during a visit to St.Mary’s Church. Mr Falder taught us all about the bells and how to ring them. We were amazed to […] […]
In science, Years Five and Six have been learning about micro-organisms. We have learnt that microbes can be bacteria, viruses or fungi and that some are helpful whilst others are […] […]
Today, Year Six visited the Hazard Alley Safety Centre in Milton Keynes. Our morning was spent learning important messages about drugs and alcohol. During this session, the children learnt what […] […]
In maths, we have been exploring circles. We began by revising the vocabulary associated with circles – radius, diameter and circumference. We then practised our measuring skills by measuring circles […] […]
This term, our art lessons are intertwined with our History topic: the journey from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. To truly immerse ourselves in this ancient period, we […] […]
During one of our rainy day P.E. lessons, Haffydown Class recently took part in a thrilling and educational activity that had everyone on the edge of their seats – or […] […]
In art, we have been producing our own masterpieces inspired by the work of Wassily Kandinsky. First, we learnt about his life and how his work developed and changed over […] […]
We had such a wonderful time today caring for our babies! We were able to feed and change them when they needed it and were responsible for keeping them safe […] […]
In our recent Design and Technology sessions, we’ve been diving into the world of cam toys! We kicked things off by learning that cams rotate on an axle while making […] […]
As part of our geographical learning, we enjoyed a walk to the River Beane. This gave us an opportunity to observe, discuss and embed many aspects of our learning about […] […]
We have been learning all about the lifecycle of a butterfly. We had free choice about the resources we could use to represent our life cycle. We can all explain […] […]
We love using our potion area to make different magical potions. We use lots of different skills such as choosing, snipping, crushing, mixing and smelling. We use petals, citrus fruit […] […]
On Wednesday, Puddlebridge Class had lots of fun taking part in the 2024 GoConstruct K’nex challenge. This event, which involves around 180 schools from Hertfordshire and surrounding areas, is an […] […]
Today in science, we began our learning about the circulatory system. We learnt about the heart and what it does. Many of us chose to draw our own diagrams – […] […]
Today, Danes Class enjoyed participating in the 2024 GoConstruct K’nex challenge. This is an engineering challenge involving around 180 schools across Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. Led by our local STEM […] […]
YEAR 2 SCIENCE Our unit on Materials began with us investigating properties and exploring the suitability of different materials, to discovering inventors of new materials and understanding the process of […] […]
Our Spring class trip was very exciting! We were lucky enough to be invited back to St Christopher School in Letchworth, to visit their on-site animal centre. After a ride […] […]
When we went into the Forest School area last week we noticed that something had been digging up the ground. We decided to investigate and try and find out what […] […]
In Design Technology this half term, we fired up our creativity as we designed and made our own money containers. We started off exploring a wide range of different purses […] […]
Our English unit on explanation texts began with an in depth look at ‘Monsters: An Owner’s Guide’ by Jonathan Emmett and Mark Oliver. We loved reading this book! It’s a […] […]
To celebrate World Book Day this year, each class read The Invisible by Tom Percival. The book centres around very important themes, including poverty, gratitude, invisibility, community, empathy and hope. […] […]
We have learned about the journey of a letter. From when it is written by the sender right up until it has been read by the receiver. We have written […] […]
What a fantastic day Years Four, Five and Six had visiting Tower Bridge! This visit supported our learning in Geography and DT. In Geography, our focus is Rivers so it […] […]
We have loved this book and have written our own instructions on how to wash a variety of different animals. […]
In Maths, we have delved into the intricate world of fractions. Our exploration has involved comparing and ordering fractions, converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers, as well as identifying […] […]
Year 4 have been learning about the digestive system in Science. We started off by learning about the different types of teeth and used plasticene to model our own teeth. […] […]
Year Six really enjoyed their rowing session – despite it being very hard work! During the session, they learnt how to improve their rowing technique whilst competing in various fun […] […]
In Shackadell class we absolutely love maths! In the Early Years we spend a lot of time mastering our maths skills especially in counting. We love to use maths manipulatives, […] […]
Following on from our learning about Superheroes we have been learning all about people who help us in real life. We have been reading books such as ‘Real Superheroes’ by […] […]
We have been experimenting with axles and wheels. We have looked at two main types of axles – fixed and rotating. Here are some of our practice models. We then […] […]
In maths, we have been developing our geometric reasoning. First, we revised some of the language associated with two dimensional shapes before moving on to explore some of the properties […] […]
As part of our learning in geography about North America, we worked in pairs to carry out our own enquiry about different North American capital cities. We made a class […] […]
In English, we have enjoyed reading the touching story of the life of palaeontologist Mary Anning. We read two books: Stone Girl, Bone Girl and The Fossil Girl. This unit […] […]
Between the 8th January and 19th February Shackadell will be taking part in the RSPB’s Big School’s Bird Watch. We have been looking at different types of birds and how […] […]
In PSHE we have been learning about how to take care of our teeth and the importance of a healthy diet and brushing them twice a day for 2 minutes. […] […]
We have been reading this book in our English lessons. Here is some of our lovely writing. We have looked at writing instructions, creating similes and retelling the story in […] […]
We had to investigate which material would be best suited for making an umbrella. We tested four different materials: plastic, paper, felt and foil. We predicted that foil and plastic […] […]
We will be looking at toys from the Victorian era up to toys today. We will be investigating how and why toys have changed over time. […]
Our first few days back in school after Christmas were full of exciting Art and Design Technology. Before Christmas, we worked on sketching and block printing in the style of […] […]
We have had an amazing time this week exploring the ice created by this very cold weather! We spent time hunting around our garden for ice that had been formed […] […]
Our PSHE unit this term focused on teamwork and communication. We learnt how to use non-verbal body language and listening skills to understand other people better and improve our skills […] […]
What an exciting start we have had to the term! On our very first day back after the Christmas break, we enjoyed a DT day. We began by learning about […] […]
This week we were thrilled to perform our Nativity – The Sleepy Shepherd. We have worked really hard to learn our lines, songs and dance moves in order to perform […] […]
We have been reading Christmas books all about posting – “The Jolly Postman” and “Paddington’s Christmas post”. This week we created our own Christmas cards for our parents. We were […] […]
We have been learning all about space and how real astronauts travel to space. We have looked at the types of vehicles they use including rockets and space shuttles. We […] […]
This term, Haffydown have explored the different ways to measure, using a range of different instruments. Our practical lessons have included pouring, weighing, estimating and counting with meter sticks, rulers, […] […]
Hot and Cold Places In Haffydown, we have had a fun start to our Geography lessons this side of Christmas! Our learning so far has covered the 7 continents, the […] […]
We were excited to have a visit from our local Police Community Support Officers. They told us all about their jobs and we got to look at the police car. […] […]
In art, we have been practising our observational drawing skills by drawing poppies of Remembrance. This built upon our previous learning about how to create texture and depth in our […] […]
On Friday 10th November the whole school walked up to the church to take part in a remembrance service. Pupils from Year 6 read prayers and some of them performed […] […]
In the lead up to Remembrance Day, we have been thinking about the symbolism associated with poppies and why people choose to wear them. In order to develop our pencil […] […]
We have been learning all about Diwali. We read a brilliant book called ‘Little Glow’ by Katie Sahota which explains about lots of different festivals. We loved making our own […] […]
Our focus for Art Day was Andy Goldsworthy, a British sculptor, artist and environmentalist. Goldsworthy creates Land or Earth Art, which is art that is made directly in the landscape, […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]