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26 January 2017

Homophone hysteria

Today we have explored homophones. The children have been very quick to pick this up orally and give examples but the challenge is really on when applying this to their own writing. We have even found a nifty trick to remember which there is there. Their elephant is red = their as in belonging…

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26 January 2017

Terrifically Tudor

A massive thank you for all your hardworking, your efforts have really helped to bring London 1666 to life. Thank you.

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25 January 2017

It's all about evidence

The children loved exploring artefacts from 1666 and predicting their uses. The children applied their knowledge of the time to make deductions too. It came as no surprise that their favourite artefact was the pee pot... say no more!

 

A fab time embracing history, thanks Del.

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25 January 2017

Everybody's building with wattle and daub

Even Mr Miller our class Governor got involved with our 1666 building. Have you built your Tudor home yet?

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25 January 2017

Fire, fire...

Pour on water, pour on water! The children recreated the experience of gathering water from the Thames to the infamous fire.

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25 January 2017

Historical project due in tomorrow

Samuel Pepys, check... Fire and flames, check... all we need now are some 1666 buildings!

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24 January 2017

Introducing Mrs Jones and her tricky scratch jr challenge

Mrs Jones visited today and set us a challenge using our knowledge of algorithms. This challenge involves starting the cars in opposite directions, making the car go smaller when the green flag is pressed, move slowly to the middle, stop, have a conversation and then drive away faster. Wow the…

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23 January 2017

The syllable spotting challenge

We investigated the number of syllables in our names.

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22 January 2017

Mega maths challenge

This is a great game for identifying multiples and requires accuracy under pressure. Can your child reach the illusive 100 points? Rapid recall of facts is an essential foundation stone for all children and this game accompanies our weekly Monday mega maths game beautifully, check it out on our…

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