Green Team
The Green Team are a group of pupils who are committed to making our school more environmentally friendly. They follow the eco-schools scheme of learning. Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging millions of children across 67 countries, making it the largest educational programme in the world....
British plants, animals and landscapes...
...through the four seasons. The different ways plant and animals respond to the changes in the seasons.
Year 3 Plants Assembly
Year 3 performed their assembly this Thursday (19/05/2016) which was all about plants. Here are some videos of the songs they performed as well as some videos if you didn't manage to catch it
Year 2 - Exploring animal habitats
Year 2 had a fantastic time exploring animal habitats in the school garden. They searched for habitats and microhabitats, discovering a variety of animals and plants along the way. The children loved investigating outdoors and were excited to see what they could find!
Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Homework and Science Lessons
To prepare for their science lessons this half term, Year 1 were asked to make a plant using mixed media. Enquiring Ebony had set a challenge to research interesting facts about their plant. We then began our first science lesson for the half term by learning all about garden plants. We completed...
Year 2 - Learning How to be Confident Gardeners
Children in Year 2 are learning how to be confident gardeners. This week they planted bean seeds in both soil and cotton wool to see which will grow. Children are learning what plants need to survive and how to care for the classroom plants. Children will make scientific observations and record...
Seuss Class - We Are Extraordinary Gardeners!
Seuss class have enjoyed making cress heads. We carried out an experiment in science - testing variables - different conditions for growing plants. We made predictions and recorded our observations
Year 3 - Science: Plants
...started our new Science unit, Plants. We have been exploring the different parts of Plants and what are their uses. Our activity was to draw a plant and label its features. We had lots of fun doing this activity!...
Year 5 - Learning
In PoR, we explored our core text: Varmints by Helen Ward. We used story mapping to organise the key events in the story. Subsequently, we learnt how to box up details to plan a retell by organising ideas into key paragraphs; including a range of vocabulary from the text; and adding a variation of...
Year 3 - Home Learning - Ancient Egypt and Plants
...rning about our science topic Plants!...
Year 2 - Summer 2 Home Learning
The Year 2 Half Term Homework Challenge was linked to their new topic, ‘The Apprentice Gardener'. Children planted many seeds including lettuce, turnip, chive and bean seeds. Children are now keeping a diary throughout their gardening challenge to monitor the growth of their plants
Year 1 - Planting Seeds
This week Y1 have been busy planting seeds and keeping a journal of the growth their plants make. Year 1 also had fun getting creative with their maths reasoning lesson on Monday. They had to work out different ways to make certain numbers and did a great job of doing so!
Year 3 Learn Where Our Food Comes From
Briggs class went to Hackney City Farm on Wednesday for a science workshop that supported our learning about plants. We learnt how different kinds of farms work and where our food comes from. We were able to match different crops to the products we see on the shelves and discuss the life cycles of...
Rader's BIOLOGY 4 KIDS.COM - Biology basics for everyone!
Biology4Kids.com! The site that teaches the basics of biology to everyone! Tutorials on cells, plants, microbes, invertebrates, vertebrates, and animal systems.
Year 3 - Plants Printmaking Project
This term Year 3 have been focusing print making using leaves as inspiration. In order to make detailed prints we first made rubbings of leaves and made observational sketches of leaves to look closely at the lines and shapes. We looked at paintings and drawings of leaves by other artists including...
Year 2's Trip to Shoreditch Adventure Playground
Last Friday, Year 2 enjoyed an exciting trip to the Shoreditch Adventure Playground. The children were really brave and climbed on some very high climbing frames! Some of the children preferred to play football while others spent most of their time on the swings. It was a great opportunity for us...
Year 2 Habitat Boxes
Year 2 have been making habitat boxes! Our topic is all about habitats and we used our new learning to create different habitats. We made deserts, under the sea, rainforests and forests! First we painted our boxes and printed different patterns on to them. After this we built them up to make them...
Year 2 - Super Gardeners
Three lucky children from Year 2 have been helping Calvin in the garden! Josephine, Deniz and Rebekah have been planting, watering and taking care of plants in the school garden. You can see them here eating some peas and planting tomatoes. They are becoming super gardeners!
Year 2 - St Mary's Secret Garden
...ke us long. Our topic is 'Plants and Rainforests' so we learnt about how Plants grow and different seeds. We planed some beans, peas and seeds and had a look around the garden. There was a wormery and a great compost heap. It was super interesting to learn how they grew all the Plants succes...
Year 2 - Hampstead Heath Trip
This week Year 2 went to Hampstead Heath on a fantastic trip! It was a very hot day so we had to wear our sun hats and drinks lots of water! We got the 271 bus all the way there. When we arrived we had a picnic and then spent the rest of the day completing tasks linked to our topics of habitats and...
Year 1 Trip to St Mary's Secret Garden
Year 1 went on a trip this week to St Mary's Secret Garden in Hoxton. In Topic we are learning about plants and insects so we had lots of fun discovering different insects and plants at the garden.We discovered lots of different vegetables growing in the garden and found many mini-beasts...
Year 1 - Science Trip to Clissold Park
Year 1 have been studying plants all half term in Science Lessons. This week we went on a trip to Clissold Park.The children looked at deciduous and coniferous trees and spotted the roots of trees. They then went on a nature hunt, collecting small samples of wild plants and identifying different...
Year 1 - Plant Detectives
Year 1 have been enjoying their Science lessons this term. We have been plant detectives! The children have been learning all about garden plants and wild plants. We have been using magnifiers to examine plants closely. We have also been exploring our local area to find what plants are growing in...
The Ear Foundation
The Ear Foundation supports provides activities for deaf children and young people with cochlear implants, their families and supporting professionals.
Year 6 - Schools Across the Ocean project
This year, Year 6 took part in the British Council Schools Across the Ocean project, collaborating with partner schools in Brazil as part of a global initiative supporting COP 2026. Through the project, pupils explored the interconnectedness of ocean ecosystems and developed a deeper understanding...