Key Stage 1 Wow Start
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This term Key Stage 1's topic is Let's Celebrate.
To kick off our term, which began on Bonfire Night, all the classes participated in a range of firework themed activities. We did some Firework dancing in PE:
We created Fireworks in a glass in Science:
we made Breadstick Sparklers…
Years 1 & 2 Science Art and Design DT Design Technology PE Physical Education
Year 5 and 6 Art
Year 5 and 6 have been studying the artist Corey Barksdale this term. We ended the term with an Art Day where the children designed, sketched and painted their incredible, vibrant works of art.
Years 5 & 6 Art Art and Design
KS1 Trip to Lydiard Park
Today was another fantastic day of learning at Millbrook. All the Key Stage 1 children went on an adventurous walk to Lydiard Park and completed lots of different activities.
We created a bug hotel by exploring our environment; we created beautiful drawings of various minibeasts including…
Years 1 & 2 Science History Religious Education PSHE Physical Education
DT: Fruit Cobbler
This term we have made a fruit cobbler.
We used a number of skills to produce our desserts, which included weighing ingredients, measuring out liquids, rubbing in the butter and flour to make the dough and timing the cook.
Year 3 and 4 Cave Art
Year 3 and 4 have spent this term looking at examples of Cave art dating back to the stone age. After looking at these examples the children designed and created their own cave paintings to tell a story of a hunt. They used a range of materials and techniques such as crayons, charcoal and paints…
Years 3 & 4 History Art and Design
Year 3/4 Iron Age Experience day
This week Year 3 and 4 had a vist from Matt Russell an Iron Age expert. The children were engaged in the history of the Iron Age through hands on activities where they held replica and ancient tools and weapons. The children also took part in warrior training and shield design and…
Olympic Sports Week
What an amazing week we have had, we had a great start to the week on Monday when we lit our Olympic flame.
During the week we have participated in many sports including Tag Rugby, Year 5 & 6 ran a 26 minute mini- marathon, Tennis, Archery and Fencing!
On Friday we had a fantastic Sports…
Fairground Fun with Sparrows
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Across the last two weeks, Sparrows have been working hard to investigate Fairground rides allculminating in them creating their own. They have evaluated existing rides, used circuits and construction materials to investigate pulleys, built prototypes, designed their own version and built…
Years 5 & 6 Science DT Design Technology
STEMazing visit for KS2
Today, Key Stage 2 had the pleasure of a team of inspirational women from STEM.
These inspiration women opened the children's eyes to the wonder of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths through an assembly on STEM Superheroes and individual class workshops on Exploring…
Years 5 & 6 Years 3 & 4 Science Maths Design Technology
Girls Football Team In New Premier League Kit
The girls football team continue to play in this seasons Swindon PSFA Girls cup competition in their new kit.
Book Week 2024
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This year for Book Week our focus text was The Wizard of Oz.
We had so much fun dressing up as the different characters, reading the story and creating amazing pieces of work based on the book.
Year 5 & 6 Geography Field Trip
Year 5 & 6 children walked to the Shaw Ridge leisure complex for a geography field trip. They were looking at aspects of human and physical geography in relation to culture, the environment and safety. Having drawn sketch maps, later in the term they will be re-designing the area to improve the…