by jhoughton | Mar 30, 2025 | Year 3 Emerald, Year 3 Willow
On Tuesday, as part of our Birmingham and Beyond topic, we prepared and cooked a healthy vegetable and chickpea Balti in Year 3. The Balti Triangle is an area of Birmingham which is famous for its many Asian restaurants, with the traditional Balti bowls first being...
by jhoughton | Mar 26, 2025 | Year 3 Emerald, Year 3 Willow
The theme for Science week 2025 (7th – 14th March) was ‘Change and Adapt’. In Year 3, we experimented with changing sounds by altering the amount of water in identical glass bottles. The pitch was lower when there was more water in the bottle and...
by jhoughton | Nov 10, 2024 | Year 3 Emerald, Year 3 Willow
We had a visit from an archaeologist as part of our Stone Age topic. He spent the day with us in Year 3 and we had great fun taking part in lots of interesting activities. We excavated artefacts from sand trays, made clay pots, tried to piece together...
by jhoughton | Jul 18, 2024 | Year 4 Ocean, Year 4 Sky
We have been practising our sewing skills in Year 4, as well as attaching fastenings. We originally designed book jackets, but we ended up making wallets with different fastenings and designs. We used backstitch to join the edges, attached a button, a press stud or...
by jhoughton | Jun 30, 2024 | Year 4 Ocean
As part of Sports Week, each year group has focused on a different continent. In Year 4, Asia was the continent we studied and, in particular, China. On Wednesday afternoon, we studied the traditional art of Chinese paper cutting. This art dates back to when paper...
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