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In science, we have been learning about properties and changes of materials. We learnt that some changes are reversible whilst other are irreversible. We observed an irreversible change when we added vinegar to bicarbonate of soda. We knew that the […]

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Today, we enjoyed a whole day of art. We focussed on developing our pencil sketching skills. Our day began by experimenting with different pencils to create darker and lighter tones. We then moved onto practising different techniques to create texture. […]

In science this half term, we are learning all about forces. We began by learning about gravity, weight and mass. We discovered that weight is actually a force and is measured in Newtons whereas mass is measured in kilograms or […]

Danes class have made a fantastic start to the new school year. It is so lovely to have everyone back in school after such a long time! All the hard work that the children put into their home learning whilst […]

Danes class had a wonderful time at the Natural History Museum. […]

We are very proud to have entered two teams of Year 5 pupils into the Hertfordshire Cross Country Championships for the first time. The championships took place in St. Albans on Saturday 1st February. The children competed over 1600m against […]

We are very excited about our learning in Danes class this term. Our geographical theme is Extreme Earth – we will be learning all about volcanoes and earthquakes as well as other natural disasters. We started our learning by considering […]

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 framework in order to ensure a strong structure. We had […]

On Wednesday 23rd October, we enjoyed at DT day. This linked our learning in science, history and design technology. We had to design and make a plane based upon a Second World War design. In science, we have been learning […]

Despite the rain, Danes class had a wonderful day at Duxford RAF museum to support our learning about World War 2 and in particular The Battle of Britain. Later in the term, we will focus on the First World War […]

On Tuesday 17th September, Danes class attended Crucial Crew at the Bowes Lyon Centre. During the morning, they took part in six different workshops to help keep themselves and others safe. These included: First Aid, Road Safety, Cyber Bullying and […]

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On Wednesday 12th June, four children from Danes Class represented Aston St. Mary’s in the Stevenage Speaks public speaking competition. This takes place every two years. Mr Falder worked with the team over several weeks to prepare them for the […]

In design and technology, Danes class have been working with textiles. Their task was to design and make a pencil case. Initially, they looked at the different designs, materials and features of the pencil cases belonging to different people in […]

Today, Danes class learnt some important life skills during their First Aid training session. This included: how to check whether somebody is conscious; how to put somebody in the recovery position; how to bandage an injury and also what to […]

Year 6 really did do themselves proud this week! They have worked so hard all year and this week tackled their SATs assessments with enthusiasm and confidence. Whatever their results, we are proud of every single one of them. On […]

On Friday 8th March, Danes class visited Barnwell School for their science and technology fair. This is a very well-run and popular event in which the children get to experience a range of activities to develop their understanding of biology, […]

K’nex Challenge On Tuesday 19th March Danes Class participated in this year’s K’nex Challenge organised by SETPOINT Hertfordshire. Their task was to make a plane using K’nex. The children worked with enthusiasm throughout the morning and their designs showed much […]

On Thursday 28th February, Danes class had a whole day of Design and Technology. Their task was to design and make a moon buggy to link with our work in science about the Earth in space. The children needed to […]

We have made our own Solar System! We used papier mache to make the planets and, once they were dry, we painted them. They look fantastic! Whilst we weren’t able to make them to scale, we have made some planets […]

On the evening of Monday 21st January, Danes class enjoyed a visit to Bayfordbury Observatory. At first, we spent time learning some interesting facts about space from one of the astronomy students. Bayfordbury Observatory features 7 large permanently-mounted optical telescopes, […]

Today we designed and made Egyptian shadufs. This linked our learning in dt, history and science. We have been studying the Ancient Egyptians in history and have found out about why shadufs were needed to get water from the River […]

Today as part of our work in history, Danes class visited the British Museum to explore the Ancient Egyptian galleries. We also enjoyed a workshop session ‘Decoding Ancient Egyptian Tomb Paintings’. During this session we first studied some tomb paintings […]

Saturday 27th October Just a taster of the photos we have of the trip – there are so many more! Please join us for our assembly on Monday 12th November at 2:45pm. We look forward to sharing memories of our […]

On Tuesday 18th September, Danes class attended Crucial Crew at the Bowes Lyon Centre in Stevenage. They learnt lots of important messages about how to make the right decisions and keep themselves safe. They had a fantastic morning and were […]

Danes class have already made an excellent start to the new school year. Our topic this term is ‘The Awesome Egyptians’ which will include a visit to The British Museum later in September. In science, we are learning all about […]

Since half term, Year 6 have been enjoying swimming lessons at Heath Mount School. They are split into two groups, whilst one group swims the other has a Forest school session led by Mrs Skull. Today, they were set the […]

What a fantastic day Danes class had at Whipsnade Zoo! In class we are learning about classification so we had a workshop session called ‘Fur, Feather and Scales’ in which we learnt all about the classification of vertebrates. In geography our […]

Today Danes class took part in the K’nex challenge which is taking place in 100 schools across Hertfordshire. This year’s challenge involved designing and building a crane to lift a bucket of weights. Different types of crane were considered and […]

In textiles, we have designed and made our own cushions. We learnt lots of new skills including embroidery stitches and how to use a sewing machine. […]

We were so very proud of how hard Year 6 worked towards their SATs. They coped really well through all the tests – whatever the outcomes we know that everyone did their very best. Well done Year 6. After the […]

On Friday 16th March, we visited Barnwell School to attend their Science and Technology Fair. It was a very busy afternoon during which we learnt so much about physics, chemistry, biology and technology. The Barnwell Year 9 students taught us […]

We had a fantastic day at the Natural History Museum. Our visit supported our learning in both Geography (Extreme Earth -Volcanoes and Earthquakes) and Science (Evolution and Inheritance). We started our visit by attending the ‘Emergency! Earthquakes and Volcanoes’ show. […]

As part of our work relating to the Battle of Britain, we designed and made model planes. This linked our work in history and science in a design and make the project. In science, the children had been learning about […]

This half term our geographical theme is ‘Extreme Earth’ which links well with our work in science about ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. We have been learning about the importance of the fossil record. We are looking forward to a trip to […]

Six Year 6’s were lucky enough to be invited to a day of motivational maths at Templewood School.  Maths certainly proved to be fun! As a team, one of the activities was to make a newspaper tower in complete silence! […]

On Thursday 28th September we visited Duxford IWM as part of our history theme – The Battle of Britain.  We had a fantastic day exploring the many exhibits.  A volunteer in the Battle of Britain hangar shared his expert knowledge […]

It was a pleasure to take Danes Class to The Bowes Lyon Centre for Crucial Crew today. Crucial Crew is an innovative and interactive way of delivering personal and safety education messages children, it seeks to encourage model behaviour and […]

We were invited to a Junk Modelling competition at Barnwell School.  Working in teams of six we had to design and make a spacecraft.  We made the teachers proud by how well we worked together. […]