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- Old Holly Farm
In October we were lucky enough to get a chance to visit Old Holly Farm for a free visit to help them make a video about what they do for schools. Here is the final video for you to enjoy!
Mrs Newiss - January 24, 2020 - Stone Age Archaeological Day
We had a great day with Ian from Enrichment Through Archaeology who taught us that archaeology is “rubbish”! We learnt about prehistory (where there are no written records) and how archaeologists study Stone Age rubbish to tell stories about what life was like. He showed us how long ago the Stone Age was on a […]
Mrs Newiss - January 24, 2020 - Judo in Ash Class
We are so excited to be doing Judo again with Paul from Judo Education. We have been learning new skills like how to hold someone on the mat and how to tip someone over safely. We have also been working hard on learning how to put our Judo suits and belts on and more importantly, […]
Mrs Newiss - January 24, 2020 - Volcanic Art
In our English unit we have been studying Escape From Pompeii and writing diary accounts as if we were the characters. We loved the illustrations in the book so much that we decided to do some art work based on them. Here is what we made using water colour pencils.
Mrs Newiss - December 20, 2019 - Investigating why some volcanoes explode
In our Explosive Earth Topic, we have been investigating why some volcanoes explode. We tested what happened to bubbles in thick lava and thin lava (don’t worry, we didn’t use the real thing!) and discovered that thick lava was more explosive than thin lava. We also looked at how thick and thin lava changed the […]
Mrs Newiss - December 20, 2019