Brackenhill Primary School

Aspen Class has been busy creating the villains for their upcoming horror stories! Using their imagination, the children designed creepy character sketches and wrote vivid descriptions to bring their frightening creations to life. From mysterious monsters to sinister strangers, their ideas have been wonderfully imaginative and delightfully spooky!

Year 1 have been learning about plants and what they need to grow and stay healthy. As part of their learning, the children have enjoyed growing their own plants and will be writing instructions to explain how others can grow their plants.

This week, the reception children have continued to immerse themselves in our Space themed tuff tray and have loved becoming astronauts on a mission to the moon! They used their writing superpowers to record CVC words describing what they could see on the moon, drew the aliens they discovered, and even designed their own 2D shape aliens. At one point, it felt like the aliens had completely taken over our classroom!

As part of our Brackenhill on Foot project, Year 2 enjoyed a sensory walk to Brackenhill Meadow. We explored the seasonal changes around us using our senses and learned more about the natural environment. We were delighted to spot lots of wildlife during our visit!

Larch class have been learning about Brazilian culture. They researched what they do for Samba, Carnivals, Football, Food and Capoeira and why it is important to them.

Year 2 have been enjoying learning about Elizabeth Blackwell and how she never gave up when she wanted to be a doctor. Elizabeth Blackwell realised the link between poor hygiene and illness. We discussed the importance of washing our hands and made posters to encourage people to wash their hands.

Year 4 have been learning about Brazil and exploring the difference between physical and human features. They worked hard to identify natural features and features that have been created by people, developing their geography skills and understanding of the world around them.🌎

This week, the Reception children have been learning about Space. They have enjoyed exploring planets, stars, astronauts and have been working hard to write simple sentences about what they have learned. The children have also continued to enjoy creating and improving their minibeast hotels using small world minibeasts and construction.

This week in Year 5, we took our maths lesson outside to apply our knowledge of coordinates. Children searched for letters scattered across our field with the help of a map! Eventually we had to work out what the letters had spelt out.

This week, Year 3 designed and made their very own Ancient Greek catapults. They carefully measured different lengths of wood before cutting and assembling them. It was a little fiddly but their perseverance paid off and they are super proud of their final products.