WOW Learning!
Sailor’s Class have made so much progress this year. Here are some photos to show the variety of ways we have been playing and learning together in the Summer term. It finally stopped raining and we have been enjoying learning outside and inside. This can really help with our physical development skills!
As a school we loved exploring and learning about World Earth Day! We all had the opportunity to engage in a variety of activities based around the theme ‘renewable energy’. Early years and KS1 focused on Wind power while KS2 focused on Solar Power, KS3 spent time learning about Biomass and KS4 and College had the chance to learn about Hydropower. Overall it was a huge success as you can see here!
Astronauts – Scented Garden Art Work
We have enjoyed creating a range of flower themed art pieces this term including using cotton buds and paint to create petal effects, using real flowers for printing, creating collage flowers using scrap pieces of fabric and creating paper plate suns for our classroom garden display.
Divers have learned all about Marvellous Machines and Buildings in our topics this Autumn. We have had so many ‘wow’ moments and lots of outings and visitors, including Sharky’s, the police and even Father Christmas! As part of our topics, we have spent time looking at the story of The Three Little Pigs as well as creating our own buildings using spaghetti and marshmallows! We can’t wait to use our skills out and about! Some of us have even achieved our ‘SuperGoal’ this half term. We are so proud of the progress Divers class has made.
In Topic we have been looking at evolution, in particular the different stages of human evolution. To gain a greater understanding of the different stages we created a stop animation using modelling clay. It was a great success and all students really enjoyed the different elements of the lesson, including IT and Design Technology.
Cavers have been learning about Machines and Buildings during their topics this term. We have spent time looking at the story of The Three Little Pigs as well as creating our own buildings using spaghetti and marshmallows! We can’t wait to use our skills out and about!
Trailblazers had a fantastic time at Cycall this week – they were focussed, independent and enthusiastic, using the track with their bikes. What a great morning!
As part of our Sunshine and Sunflower topic we have been exploring many types of flowers in our class florists. The children have been smelling, touching and sometimes eating basil, lavender, daisies and mint. We have been working on playing with another friend and a lot of these photos are an example of that success as more children are working together in their play.
Cavers have loved learning all about Minibeast and the world around them. They have created their own fact files as well as spending time hunting round the playground to see what minibeast and flowers they can find. They have spent time learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly and the lifecycle of a plant. They have also spent time designing our own garden's and talking about how we can look them!
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Cavers
Cavers have been learning all about the world they live in! We have been spending time looking at different climates as well as the different animals within these environments! We have been asking why the world is the way it is and have loved finding out these answers as well as learning how to look after the world we live in!
This term in RE Balloonists class have been learning all about Diwali. We enjoyed the story of Rama and Sita to understand why we celebrate. Since then, we have been exploring all the different elements of the celebration including lights and candles, the different colours, fireworks and the foods they eat. We have made our own candle holders with baked salt dough, we have printed fire work pictures using paint splatters, we have used coloured rice to make rangoli patterns and finally we tasted and smelt all the different foods such as samosas, naan bread, chutney and a variety of spices. We have had lots of fun and sometimes got a little messy!
Globetrotters
On Monday 14th October Nigel and Natalie from Southern Rail came to visit Globetrotters to help them with a very special Christmas craft project! Over the course of the day wooden pallets were dismantled, sanded and painted with the intention of making upcycled pallet Christmas trees.
Students worked under the supervision of the staff from Horsham Station and had a very productive and enjoyable day. A huge thank you to Nigel for his continued support of our students.Students in Adventurers and Pioneers enjoyed designing and making rockets as part of our while school Science Week. They researched different ways of making their rockets and then different launching methods including pumps, bicarbonate of soda with vinegar and coke with mentos. Once the rockets were all complete, they headed out to the playground for the official rocket launching afternoon!
The children had a great time on Friday getting ready for the Rocket Launch. We have been reading ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy. We made our own Rocket and added flames and helmets. The children enjoyed taking the Rocket on to the field and counting down 10, 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, blast off. Lots of children from other classes came to join us too. Who can you see?
We are really enjoying our weekly science experiments in class and throughout science week. We have been exploring different cause and effect experiments, as well as looking at the properties of different planets and light.
We have loved designing our own ball games and playing each others games too. It has been lots of fun to work together and working on our coordination skills! We have also been learning about balanced diets and making smoothies!
This last year I have been very lucky to be given the chance to work with pupils across the school in order to develop their music abilities and opportunities. KS3 and KS4 took part in Horsham sings live, hosted by the fantastic West Sussex music. The pupils got to join 2 other schools in a wonderful singing event and performed their own piece. Our very own Millie also made everyone proud by singing a solo with only 2 days’ notice. Alongside this I have really enjoyed working with focused groups to work on reading music and playing the piano.
Rosie Gilbert, Teacher, Adventurers Class
Astronauts Class have been working hard in all areas of the curriculum and have been enjoying fun activities in topic work. The students have been working towards specific targets including in reading, writing, maths and fine motor skills. Most of all, the adults have been impressed with the students for developing their independence by trying their best to do things by themselves! Well done Astronauts!!!
The film will be their entry into the London Schools Film Competition.