Our caterpillars are growing and have nearly formed a chrysalis. The children enjoyed observing the changes. In PE we have been practicing throwing and catching a ball. Home Learning – With a ball count how many catches you can do with a partner in 1 minute. Spellings – short, born, morning, more, score, before, […]
Subject Activity Maths Fluency questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. BODMAS Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAgfnK528RA Questions: English Revision of semi-colons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_O0RN7cup0 Questions: Q1. Insert a semi-colon in the correct place in the sentence below. Frank would like to go to Cornwall next summer he might also visit France in the spring. 1 mark Q2. What is the name of the punctuation mark used between the two main clauses below? My […]
To celebrate Science Week, the children have embraced the concept of dunking biscuits with enthusiasm and to see more about what they got up to, click on the link below. Science Week Celebration Morning final We met Vicky Dearing, a lady scientist. It was really interesting to find out about her work on DNA. Our […]
This week has been British Science Week, so at Pope Paul everyone has been investigating the dunkability of different biscuits: Hobnobs Digestives, Ginger Nuts, Rich Tea and Nice. Some groups looked investigated whether the thickness of the biscuit affected how quickly it disintegrated when dunked, whilst others investigated density and amount of sugar. We increased […]
What an exciting week of science learning Reception have had! The class started the week with a science problem set by Mrs Heymoz. She told the children that she enjoyed dipping her biscuit in her tea, but she was tired of her biscuits breaking apart and dropping to the bottom. She asked the children to […]
Biscuit Dunking Along with the rest of the school, Year 5 took part in putting some biscuits to the dunking test. We worked hard to ensure the test was fair and put measures in place to ensure only one variable was changed. Year 5 had different ideas about the best methodology. Some children wanted […]
We are mad about science in Y3 and to celebrate science week we have taken part in many different activities. We have completed many explorify activities, which has really tested our observation, questioning and classifying skills. Thank you for helping us complete some of these challenges during celebration morning. Throughout the week the whole school […]
This week was National Science Week. We were busy all week being Scientists!. First we thought of questions we would like to ask about biscuits. Then we received a special job from Mrs Heymoz to find out the best biscuit for dunking. As a class we planned a fair test and found out Hobnobs were […]
It has been another action-packed week for the Year 2 crew! This week was British Science Week and there was plenty of scientific enquiry and plenty of investigations in Year 2. We launched into the week with THE BIG QUESTION- What is the best biscuit for dunking? The children had great fun planning this investigation […]
Today, the Fairtrade Group were very busy concluding this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight: they led an assembly, ran the Banana & Biscuit Sale, and ended the day being true ambassadors for the school by presenting to the Year 5s and 6s at Ladbrooke School, promoting the importance of supporting Fairtrade. It was a privilege to accompany […]
