FS2 Bake for Charity!
Fs2 baked buns to raise money For the love of hedgehogs Rotherham and thanks to our amazingly generous parents and careers in FS2 we raised an amazing £72 which we sent over!
FS1 Learn Incy Wincy Spider
The rhyme we have been learning in Foundation Stage 1 is Incy Wincy Spider🕷 We have been painting, making patterns on the spiders and using the play dough and various materials to make spiders. In our spot tray we have been role playing the rhyme using the story.🕷 What a fun week we have had!
Year 6 Black History Month
As part of Black History Month, Year 6 have been learning about Lilian Bader and why her achievements during World War Two were so important.
Class 13 Investigate Moon Phases
In our Science lesson this week, we have been learning about the different phases of the Moon and why these happen each month. We used Oreo cookies, torches and tennis balls to help increase our understanding of the process.
Class 13 African Art
African art has been our inspiration this half term. To begin with, the children have analysed and evaluated a range of African masks. The children used their own interpretations and ideas to describe and interpret them. In our next lesson, the class studied an example of work by the African artist Chief Jimoh Buraimoh. They […]
Class 13 Computing
During our Computing lessons, the children have been learning about computer coding using Scratch. The children have worked incredibly hard to create an algorithm to help draw 2D shapes and they have been able to incorporate variables to create a simple game.
Class 13 Orienteering Challenge
Last week, Class 13 had a fantastic afternoon orienteering at Ulley Country Park. They worked as a team to read and follow directions on a map, identify the location of control markers, find these markers with their information and then return to the base with this information. All the children were fantastic ambassadors for our […]
Class 1 Library Session
Class 1 had a great first session in the library. Every Friday we go to the library with our book bags and chose a book to take home and read with our grown ups. We looked at lots of different books, flicked through the pictures to decide if it was a book that interested us […]
Year 6 Orienteering Challenge
Year 6 have enjoyed an orienteering session at Ulley. We enjoyed working in teams to improve our map reading skills.
Careers Champion – Computing
Jack Webb, a former pupil of Monkwood Primary School, is now a Maintenance Assistant at Next. He first became interested in computers during computing lessons at Monkwood and it soon became is favourite subject. This led him to continue his studies into computing after school and he now uses all of these skills to fix […]
