Micro:bit Programming
Today Sharks class created a polling program using Microsoft Makecode website and downloaded it to our BBC Micro:bit devices. They made 3 different variables ‘happy’, ‘sad’ and ‘neutral’ and asked people to vote on their preferences on hobbies like cooking or gaming etc. The children published their projects and copied the links to their code […]
Computer Coding in Year 5
Well done to our buddy computer programmers in Year 5 today. The embarked on their first lesson involving the use of BBC Micro:bits. They did a great job of connecting them to their laptops and creating code to animate them.
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 […]
School Closure
All the HMFA schools will be closed today. This decision has not been taken lightly as we are aware of the inconvenience that this may cause our families and staff. The risks on different sites are variable and we are not able to predict the impact of the severity of the winds. If we needed […]
Coding Mars Rovers
Sharks class loved their lesson on creating a Mars rover. They even added sensors and created code to instruct their robots to find life.
Remembrance Day 2021
Today KS2 children have been creating pieces of art and reading a range of war poems. We discussed the language used within the poems, what inferences we could make as well as discussing the use of emotive language. We all joined together as a school for a two minutes silence as well to pay our […]
Fundraising
Well done and many thanks to our PTFA who raised £993 last year.
