In Y1 children have been working hard at home to create some beautiful pictures about our science topic – we are learning about the seasons and the changes within each one. This week we looked at deciduous and evergreen trees – next week we are planting seeds to grow in our Raddlebarn veg planters.

On Monday, Year 4 took part in a cultural French lesson where we studied the structure of the Eiffel tower and then had a go at replicating this using art straws. The children showed their amazing engineering skills, team work and communication to create some fabulous, replica structures.

Science week in Year 1 was celebrated by focusing on 5 areas within our curriculum: seasonal changes, how we measure time, different representations of time, life cycles of animals and a focus on Joan  Beauchamp Procter. We enjoyed our early Spring walk and our quiz about different types of scientist.

This week, 3M also read the text ‘At the same moment around the world’ by Clotilde Perrin. We focused on a child who came from Manaus, Brazil and read a diary entry of a typical day in her life. We discussed time zones and looked at photos of Manaus and the nearby rainforest and Rio Negro. We then drew story maps based on her diary entry!