Diamond Class
The teacher in Diamond class is Mrs Rounce. In the morning Mrs Smith teaches Year 2 and 3 in Sapphire Class. Mrs Glover and Miss Wollington support teaching and learning in Diamond class.
Home learning tasks can be found on Google classroom
Recent Activities
This term the Years 5 and 6 have been developing their understanding of computer systems and how information is transferred between systems and devices. They have discovered how information is found on the World Wide Web, what influences searching, how results are selected and ranked, and the similarities and differences of individual search engines.
This term the Years 3 and 4 have been developing their understanding of digital devices. They have compared digital and non-digital devices and discussed the relationship between inputs, processes and outputs. They have also looked at computer networks, including devices that make up a network infrastructure, such as wireless access points and switches.
In Design Technology, we designed and made our own bread rolls as part of our Harvest Festival celebrations.
We are reading Danny the Champion of the World and to understand how extended stories are written, we have been mapping out the chapters looking at how the plot and characters are developed.
This term seven eager children took part in the cluster netball tournament. They all worked really hard and played brilliantly. Well done everyone!
This week in forest schools we listen to a story Stacey read, The Tin Forest by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson about the power of perseverance and the importance of looking after the Earth.
Today’s activities included playing the Roman game of Rota, a three-in-a-row game like tic tac toe but played in a wheel shape, which many of us found intriguing. We also created our own natural mosaics using different coloured leaves found on the floor and inspired by the ancient Romans.
This term our science topic is ‘Changes of Materials’. We have investigated how iron rusts when exposed to water. Each group investigated a different idea. Some looked at ways to protect the iron nail using Vaseline, Sellotape or paint. Other groups tried putting their iron nails in different solutions.
