Year 1 Shortbread Making

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This week we have been designing, making and eating our very own Great British picnic , even the rain made a special appearance for us!

 

We have been working hard to work on our baking and practised cutting, grating,mixing and rolling.

 

Years 1 & 2

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Young Carers Action Day is Wednesday 15th March

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Young Carers Action Day is Wednesday 15th March.

Theme “Make Time For Young Carers.

At Millbrook we support and celebrate our Young Carers for being amazing!

We have some of the Young Carers showing you their clocks to remind us “Make time For Young Carers”

All of the Millbrook Young…

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Year 1 Soda Bread Making

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This term we have been travelling around The United Kingdom to discover the different countries. We flew a plane over to Northern Ireland where we discovered the Giants Causeway and soda bread so we decided to have a go at making our own.

 

Years 1 & 2

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Crime Scene investigation and Viking, Saxon conflict Capture the flag Year 5/6 Wow Starter

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Today saw Hawks, Falcons and Kites come into a strange and unnerving crime scene where the children needed to use their inference skills to make predictions of what happened based on the evidence left on the scene. The children produced very plausible events linking all the clues together. Did…

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Year 1's Trip To Lydiard Park

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This term took a trip to Lydiard Park and we looked at our local history and investigated the changing of the seasons. We went on a Woodland walk to find evergreen and deciduous trees and we learned about what the Ice House was used for many years ago. We visited Lydiard Park church and learned…

Years 1 & 2

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Year 5 and 6 Making Anglo-Saxon Cakes

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Today Year 5 and 6 launched their new topic of Anglo-Saxons with a look at some typical foods they would have eaten during the years of the Anglo Saxons (410AD-800AD).

A lot of the food eaten by Anglo-Saxons is still familiar to us today as their main crops were barley, rye and…

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Y1 Porridge Making

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This week we made our own porridge just like the Three Little Bears from the story Goldilocks. We made sure that we made it 'just right' and children had the choice to add raisins or apple to their porridge.

 

Years 1 & 2

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Y1/Y2 Little Red Hen

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This week we performed the actions to the Little Red Hen story at the Harvest Festival. We created our own collages and the Y2 children told the story.

Great job everybody!

Years 1 & 2

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Year 3 and 4 Earthquake structures

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This week the year 3/4s looked at Japan and how they make their buildings more capable of withstanding an earthquake. The children then tried to make their own designs using clay and wood. The buildings were then tested by shaking the tables they were on. 

 

Years 3 & 4

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Year 3 and 4 WOW opener

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Years 3 & 4

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Exploration of the Heart in Year 5/6

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Year 5 and 6 have spent the morning exploring and dissecting the heart. They have identified the main parts of the heart. They all enjoyed this hands on experience. What a fabulous start to our topic of Being Human.

Years 5 & 6

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Year 1 and 2 trip to Bournemouth

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Year 1 and 2 had a lovely time at the beach this week. They enjoyed the sand, paddled in the sea and played on the pirate adventure playground. 

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