We have been learning about the four countries in the UK. We have looked at traditional foods from these places and put them onto a map. We ended our unit […] […]
We have been thinking a lot about our local area and the environment we live in. We have been talking about the kinds of plants and animals that live in […] […]
Shackadell loved spending time working on our World Book Day book – ‘Here we are’ by Oliver Jeffers. We thought about things we find in space, in the sea, on […] […]
Danes and Puddlebridge classes enjoyed an exciting day at the Natural History Museum to enrich our geographical learning. We began the day exploring different areas of the museum before heading […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
We are learning about China this half term. We can use an atlas to locate major cities and rivers. We are looking at bordering countries, seas and oceans. We are […] […]
As part of our learning about Antarctica, the children created a model of an iceberg and explained how it forms from a glacier. They used vocabulary such as glaciers, icebergs, […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
This term our historical and geographical learning will be based around our topic, ‘Brave and Beautiful Britain’. During the first half term, we will be learning all about the Second […] […]