Blog by Tag: Understanding the World

4 Feb

Willow heads to the park

Today Willow Class navigated their way to Devonshire Recreational Ground Park practicing using directional language and spotting any features of towns which we had learnt about in our Understanding of the World lessons. Willow Class staff were very impressed with the children’s road safety skills…

27 Jan

7R Celebrate Chinese New Year!

Today 7R have been learning all about Chinese New Year. We spent the morning reading a story that taught us about the animals that the years are named after. We used masks to act out the story once we had listened to it and practiced playing parts by thinking of something the different animals…

26 Jan

Growing our own plants in Willow class

This term Willow class is learning all about plants in our science lessons.

In week three we looked at what plants need in order to grow best and to stay healthy. We discussed how plants need the right conditions, water and nutrients just like us. To test how plants grow, we have planted three…

24 Jan

7R learn about food chains

This week in our "Understanding of the World" lessons, we have been learning about where animals get their food from. We learnt that animals need food to grow and to have energy. We have learnt that some animals are carnivores (only eat meat), some are herbivores (only eat plants) and some are…

17 Jan

7R learn about Sikhism for World Religion Week 2020!

This week, 7R have been learning about Sikhism. We started by learning about the 5Ks. We watched videos and interacted with props before making our own Kangha or designing a Kirpan. We talked about what the 5Ks represented for Sikhs. We then learnt all about the Gudwara. We learnt about the…