December 11, 2019
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A while back the Biggies created some Christmas Art on their iPads for the NLC Christmas Art Competition. We had a Winner. But here are all our entries. The Class are getting really skilful at using the Brushes App for painting. Many show great understanding of layers and how to use them. Continue reading
December 11, 2019
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We decorated our “Tree of Gratitude” with some micro:bit bobbles. We programmed them to animate when receiving a signal from another micro:bit! Continue reading
November 29, 2019
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We have crammed in so much this week that it is hard to remember it all. We also were so busy that we took far fewer photos than usual. We continued our preparation for the Christmas Fayre, 3 group organising the making tree ornaments, Santa faces and some cookies. The children did really well under … Continue reading “Highlights of the Week 29-11-2019” Continue reading
November 22, 2019
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It has been a short week but enjoyable week. The Biggies impressed me with the singing they are preparing for the Christmas Show. Mrs Rae has got them all singing with great enthusiasm, they sound great. A couple of children ticked off their Health and Wellbeing targets by improving their press ups and filming for … Continue reading “Highlights of the Week 22 November” Continue reading
November 15, 2019
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The Biggies are great den builder at playtime. In this wee project we made scale models of dens by making scale models of the pallets, tarps and pipes in the playground. We measured all of these in the playground, scaled the size down and made mini pallets, pipes and tarps. We used these to make model … Continue reading “Scale Model Dens” Continue reading
November 6, 2019
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Heather and Rhea have been putting out our nature watch birdcam. On Thursday they got over 1000 photos of birds on our feeder before the battery ran out. Mostly sparrows. Continue reading
November 6, 2019
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Last Week we took our Art outside, collecting leaves, and making Art. Continue reading
October 31, 2019
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Last week we had our Banton Halloween Party. The costumes showed some great creativity. This week we are adding some digital creativity too. We took pictures of the pupils in front of a green screen, the class used their picture in Keynote. They removed the green background using the instant alpha feature and added a … Continue reading “Halloween Costumes Plus” Continue reading
October 30, 2019
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Today the Biggies were creating a zip line in the playground. They showed great Problem Solving skills, doubling the rope and making the line higher when their first attempt failed. They also showed that they can really work together, great Team Work. Continue reading
October 28, 2019
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Comments Off on Autumn Leaves #ourdoorlearning fun
We are going to try and get outdoors a bit more this month. Today was a beautiful clear day with only a little wind, a good day for some leaf art. We went out and gathered leaves of different shapes and colours for the play ground. First we created designs and patterns with the leaves, … Continue reading “Autumn Leaves #ourdoorlearning fun” Continue reading
