Year Six had a fantastic day at Redbourn County Showground. They learnt lots about farming, food production and the countryside. Highlights of the day included a tractor ride and a very entertaining sheep display! In the big top tent, the […]
Today, we enjoyed taking part in the STEM K’nex Challenge. We had to design and make a bridge to span a river which could lift, slide or move to allow boats to pass underneath. Our bridge had to support a […]
In Design and Technology, we have been developing our skills working with textiles. Our challenge was to design and make an attractive cushion that would also be durable. Before we could begin designing, we did lots of research – we […]
This half term in history, we will be learning about the Mayan empire. Some of our learning questions will include: What was life like at the height of the Mayan civilization? Why did Mayans carry out human sacrifice? How can […]
Puddlebridge and Danes classes had a fantastic day out at the Natural History Museum to support our ‘Extreme Earth’ topic. We started the day by exploring the Volcanoes and Earthquakes exhibit where we got to view dramatic film footage, objects […]
Our learning in English will support our scientific learning as we will read ‘Stone Girl Bone Girl’ and ‘The Fossil Girl’ -both of which tell the story of palaeontologist Mary Anning. Several aspects of grammar will be included as we […]
In science this term, we will be exploring how scientists believe life on earth has evolved over millions of years. We will learn about the importance of the fossil record in providing information about life on Earth and also about […]
In geography this term, we will be learning about geological forces from deep within the Earth. We will find out about volcanoes, earthquakes and other natural disasters. As part of our learning we will explore the structure of the Earth […]
Danes class began their Maths week with some outdoor learning. First, they practised their estimation skills by searching for natural materials of given lengths. After that they applied their understand of ratio and proportion to estimate the heights of trees. […]
We enjoyed designing and making our own Second World War planes. We had lots of ideas about how the wings and tail should look having visited Duxford Imperial War Museum and seen lots of planes. We were able to apply […]
Puddlebridge and Danes class had a wonderful day at Duxford RAF Museum. The visit supported our learning about World War Two and The Battle of Britain. We started our day by visiting the Battle of Britain hangar where we saw […]
In science this half term, Years Five and Six will be learning about electrical circuits. This will include: drawing circuit diagrams using recognised symbols; constructing simple circuits; investigating how bulbs can be made brighter and buzzers louder and exploring electrical […]
In English, we are studying ‘Goodnight Mister Tim’ by Michelle Magorian. Set in the Second World War, young Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside. He is taken in by kind old Tom Oakley but then has to return home […]
We love being challenged in maths! To begin our maths learning in Danes, we are enjoying ‘A Week of Inspirational Maths’ which includes learning all about the importance of understanding how our brains work, how important it is to make […]
This term, our topic ‘Brave and Beautiful Britain’ will develop our historical and geographical understanding. We will learn about the Second World War and, in particular, about The Battle of Britain – a key turning point in British history. We […]
We are so proud of Years Five and Six for their fantastic performance of ‘The Jungle Book’. Enjoy! […]
in Design and Technology, we designed and made our own pencil cases. We learnt how to use a sewing machine as well as how to use embroidery stitches (running stitch, back stitch and over stitch). We lined our pencil cases […]
Watch the film: Friday 28th May 2021 And some final fun on the coach home to end the most amazing of times at PGL! Thursday 27th May 2021 9:20pm How did that happen? Surely it can’t be our last night […]
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 […]
In Design and Technology, we made Mars Rovers. We watched footage of the recent landing of Perseverance on Mars and looked at the features needed for such a vehicle. This linked with our learning about the Earth and Space in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]