This week we have been working hard to produce, rehearse and film our news reports. Our reports were based on the flood, in our book, that cause Pattan to leave his pasture.

  As a part of our topic, we've been looking  at tourist destinations and what makes people desperate to visit them. Many children believed that Gravesend was not a place people would want to come and visit, so we took a little stroll down to the local promenade. We discussed the...

As an engaging entry point into our topic we decided to throw on our holiday clothes, pack our suitcases and head off to the travel agents to book an unforgettable holiday to India.   When we arrived at the travel agents, which had been set up in our classrooms, we searched thro...

This week in our science sessions, we used our understanding of circuits and electricity to build a torch. We used recycled drinks bottles and circuit materials. After some discussions we got busy designing the torches thinking about all the features we wanted to include. Next, we used the pla...

To launch into our new topic of ‘It's Shocking!’ We spent the afternoon exploring the different uses of electricity. We blacked out our class room and lit up the room with different types of electrical appliances. We had great fun exploring the electrical items and discussing what di...

On Friday 12th October we invited our parents in to help us with our science learning. In our science lesson, we took our understanding of how to keep ourselves safe and healthy and made a safety suit for Humpty Dumpty. We needed to use our knowledge of materials to make sure that the suit woul...