Year 4's Oakwood Fairground

To link with Y4's 'Fun of the Fair' topic, in maths, they have been designing their own fairground.

They have had to use a whole range of maths skills to complete the challenge in small groups. Using knowledge of area to design the layout of their rides and other buildings/shops/restaurants/toilets. Calculation skills to make sure they kept to their budget when building, and how much money it would cost to run the fairground.
This meant that they could work out their daily takings and profit/loss when running their fairground for a month.

All the groups did really well, and everyone managed to run their fairground for a profit...some more than others! Watch out Sir Alan Sugar/Richard Branson!!

Year 2 Swimming

This term Year 2 are lucky enough to have the opportunity to learn to swim and develop their swimming skills, as part of the PE curriculum.

Each Thursday the children walk to Oaklands swimming pool where they are met by instructors and coached to develop their swimming skills.

Some of the children work in the small pool while others work in big pool depending on ability and experience.

This is an important and vital skill to learn, while having fun at the the same time.

Thank you to all those who are able to help, walking to and from the pool, parents and staff members, for making this opportunity happen!

Super Circuits

When Year 4 build their carousels later this term they will need to be able to make them move. So in preparation for this they have been learning all about electrical circuits involving different electrical components.
In addition to this they have been finding out about electrical safety and how to make sure you can stay safe at home.

Maths in Year R!

This week in "Explore and Discover" time we challenged the children to focus on maths skills! Wow! The Year R children have been VERY busy measuring, doubling, counting, adding, sorting, halving, comparing, weighing, filling, emptying, counting-on, surveying...the list goes on and on!

Year 2 vehicles

Today Year 2 added the final touches to their vehicles, before they add the wheels this week. They chose their decorations carefully so it suited the vehicle they had made.

The children are excited to showcase their vehicles to their friends and family on Friday at 'The Year 2 Roadshow'.

Look out for the final photographs of their vehicles!

Year R have tadpoles visiting!

Year R visit Marwell Zoo!

We had a wonderful time at Marwell Zoo today! Although it was a bit blustery, it stayed dry and we managed to see some wonderful animals! Each class spent an hour in the Education Centre learning about animals that have fur, feathers or scales.

Perform workshop for KS1

The children in Year 1 and 2 went on a jungle adventure with their class, when the talented Sam Love from Perform came to work with them.

Through story telling, games, music, action, mime and using their imaginations the children had an amazing time. Learning about the different animals and what it would be like in the jungle. The half hour session each class had went by very quickly, leaving the children excited and asking, "when can the jungle lady come again?"

Everyone had the chance to strike a pose, join in the games and explore the jungle!

Perform workshops help children develop the 4 C's concentration, coordination, cooperation and confidence, which are skills for life.

A fun time was had by all!!

Year R drama fun with, "Jungle Sam"!

Jungle Sam came to visit us and take us on a magical adventure to Botswana! Our mission was to rescue "Blaze" the jungle cat who had been locked in cage! We had great fun acting-out animal parts and using our imaginations to rescue Blaze!

Year 1's sunflowers and other things

Yesterday Year 1 had a busy day of planting. The children had already written instructions about how to plant a sunflower so were already experts, now all they had to do was get planting. So that's exactly what they did!
As well as the sunflowers, the children also repotted some tomato plants and also had the chance to try the cress they had grown last week.
Fingers crossed they look after them well enough to survive the summer.