Animal Themed Week
This week at St Weonards Academy we are having an animal themed week. We have been learning about mini-beasts and we have made some fantastic creations! The children have created bee and ladybird biscuits, made their own mini-beasts using play-dough as well as designing their own mini-beast puppets. Additionally, we have produced a poster containing […]
A new coat for Paddington
In Science, Seahorse Class have been using their knowledge about the properties of materials in order to create a new coat for Paddington Bear. The children were given a range of materials and they had to decide which material or collection of materials would work best and why. The children decided the coat needed to […]
Come Dine With Me
In D.T, KS2 have been focusing on their cooking skills this half term. The children prepared a three course meal as part of our Come Dine With Me unit of work. The starter was a tomato and garlic bruschetta. The main course was oven baked salmon served with a side salad of olives, peppers, tomatoes […]
Arctic Exploration!
This week in Science, Seahorse Class have been learning about how polar bears survive in the Arctic. We conducted an experiment where the children first put their bare hands in ice cold water and then with a plastic glove on. We then added another glove and another. We discovered that the more gloves we wore, […]
Super at Spelling!
Year 3 have been busy practising their Year 3/4 spelling list this week. The children have been playing a game called ‘Splat’ in order to practise recalling the spelling of these words. The children showed great accuracy while playing, well done!
HMFA Football Tournament
Today the children travelled to Sutton Primary Academy to take part in a HMFA Football Tournament. The children enjoyed competing with the other schools within the federation. They showed great determination, worked brilliantly as a team and showed fantastic sportsmanship. We had a lovely day in the sunshine. Well done KS2!
Comic Relief 2022
Last week for Comic Relief the children at St Weonards Academy took part in a sponsored walk followed by a cake sale. The children in KS2 made both cakes and lemonade for their peers to enjoy. The cakes were beautifully decorated and were a well deserved treat after our long walk.
Science in Seahorse Class
In Science Seahorse Class have been learning about food chains. The children have also been finding out about herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. We have been encouraging the children to also use the following vocabulary: producer, consumer and predator. Well done Seahorse Class, your food chains are brilliant!
British Science Week
Last week was British Science Week. The children had the opportunity to explore the theme for this year ‘growth’. Seahorse Class wrote their own acrostic poems, learnt about the life cycle of a frog, designed their own animals that could live on Mars as well as carrying out an investigation to see if there was […]
Super Scientists!
Dolphin Class have been learning about States of Matter in Science. This week the children conducted an experiment to see at what temperature chocolate will melt the quickest. We talked about the variables and how to make it a fair test. Next week, we are going to present our data using laptops to create a […]
