Panda Class enjoyed their visit to Holy Trinity Church last week. We were able to identify many of the key features of this ‘Special Place’ for Christians, including the organ, pews, the pulpit, the altar and the lectern. Views: 196
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On Wednesday Hammerhead Class visited Colchester Castle Museum as part of their work on Roman Britain. It was a really enjoyable experience and will provide lots of learning prompts for the coming half term. Well done to the children for being so enthusiastic and well behaved. We took lots of […]
As part of the study of soils and rocks, Hammerhead Class made and looked after wormeries. After several weeks observing how the worms helped mix up and compost the soil the worms were released today back into the wild. They were carefully placed into the school’s big compost heap so […]
Before we move onto the Romans after half term, Hammerhead Class have learned about the Iron Age and the Celts. Whilst finding out about the ways metal was used during this period we looked more closely at torcs – neck or wrist bands made most often of twisted metal. They […]
On Monday 13 Year Two children took part in the Key Stage 1 Tennis Festival at Earls Colne Recreation Ground. They had a great time and enjoyed practising their tennis skills. They represented our school brilliantly- well done! Views: 450
After spearing fish and hunting reindeer last week Hammerhead Class turned gatherers this afternoon. The children discovered the kinds of foods Stone Age people would have eaten, and realised that in years such as this with unusual weather they could have struggled for food. The apple trees on the school […]
This afternoon Hammerhead Class created wormeries as part of their work on rocks and soil. They were finding out what soil is made of and how it is formed. We have ten mini-wormeries in all and we will be caring for the worms very carefully for the next few weeks. […]
We have been learning about the Stone Age, and this week we found out about their houses. We discovered that some Stone Age houses were made with stone walls covered with wood and animal skin roofs. Because the houses were built so long ago only the walls remain, and so […]
Hammerhead Class learned about what we can learn from cave paintings and then had a go at recreating some. After waiting for the paint washes to dry they used charcoal to create their effective images. By studying Stone Age cave paintings we are able to find out about the lives […]
This morning Mrs King travelled to London and placed some flowers in the tribute to the Queen on behalf of us all at Holy Trinity. Views: 432
The drawings on the left are the children’s first attempt at self portraits this term. The drawings on the right are the children’s self portraits having spent time studying shading, light and dark, different media, and increasing abstraction. I am so proud of them for the progress they have made. […]
For their final self portraits of our “What is Beauty?” topic the children were given a larger canvas and allowed to use a mixture of any of the media and techniques they had experimented with over the past term. The results are the product of their creativity, imagination, and hard […]
“He always held his brush very upright and very steady in his hand, fingers down one side, thumb on the other.” – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo Our class book at the moment is Kensuke’s Kingdom. In it, Kensuke teaches Michael to paint in a Japanese style. Inspired by the […]
On Monday Y6 had a Computer Tech Day where in small groups they took apart some old PCs completely, learned about the functions of the various parts (and a bit of computing history) and then put them back together again. As you can see from the photos they really did […]
As a reward for completing over 600 myON comprehensions this year Hornet Class had a special ‘Golden Time’ in the Public Gardens, complete with a surprise delivery of rocket lollies! And as an extra treat, some ducklings came over to say hello just before we returned to school. Views: […]
Inspired by works created using a palette knife , the children used three colours to create self portraits in an increasingly abstract way. Paint was applied using glue spreaders rather than brushes, with the paint mixed on the paper. This allowed a greater variation in the thickness of the paint, […]
In the next part of their study of self portraits, Hornet Class looked at the work of Vincent van Gogh, and in particular his use of colour. van Gogh painted over 40 self portraits in a five year period of the late 1880s, right up until his untimely death. We […]
Elephant Class have been enjoying learning about animals this term, including categorising by what they eat; herbivore, carnivore and omnivore. We investigated a selection of animal poos (playdough) to find out whether the animal it came from was an omnivore, herbivore or carnivore. We looked for bones, signs of animals, […]
Again focusing on areas on light and dark, Hornet Class went abstract and created self portraits using three-colour collage. We started off by talking about the pictures in the playground that were created back in 2014 with artist Sophie Fox, and then looked at some artwork by Henri Matisse. There […]
This week Hornet Class had their photos in profile and then used charcoal and chalk to draw themselves from this view. The focus was, again, on trying to draw what they could see rather what they thought they could see, with particular notice paid to areas of dark (charcoal) and […]
Our Science for this half term is ‘Animals Including Humans’ we have been looking at how to stay healthy. This afternoon we conducted an investigation to find the best way of cleaning the germs from our hands. Next we shall be looking at creating a healthy lunch! Views: 544
We have started using pencils, charcoal and chalk to observe and draw. The focus has been methods of shading to provide depth to the children’s drawings, and to draw what we see rather than what we think we see. After drawing self portraits in pencil and chalk (these will be […]
On Wednesday 4th May 2022 children from Years 4, 5, and 6 went to the O2 in London to perform in Young Voices. They worked incredibly hard in the run up to the event to learn all the words and actions, and they did themselves proud on the night with […]
Somewhat belatedly, here is a short video showing the volcanoes that Squirrel Class designed and made erupting! There was a lot of fun, and a lot of learning, in this activity. ? Views: 523
After lots of concentrating on throwing with accuracy in their PE lessons today, Hornet and Squirrel Classes showed off their skills by throwing their tennis balls at their teacher. One slightly bumped nose later, here are some fun photos for you. Views: 291
Year 5 took their Maths outside today to work on comparing and ordering decimal numbers. The children had great fun racing against each other! We took the Maths back into the classroom where they ordered and compared their running times as decimal numbers. Views: 514
In Year 6 this term we have been asking ‘What Makes Strength?’ In DT, our focus has been on bridges. The children have worked hard over the weeks to study different aspects of bridge design and test the strength in these. This then culminated into a final project of designing, making and […]
Hornet Class popped in to see the chicks in Penguin Class before they went off to their lovely new home. Some of the children chose to hold a chick and have their photo taken. Views: 337
The Friends of Holy Trinity Church have organised an exhibition of art work from the children of Halstead schools. The title of the exhibition is “70 Years on the Throne” to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. At Holy Trinity, the children looked at the Queen from the beginning of her […]
