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.
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 […]
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 […]
The Romans have invaded!
In History, KS2 children are learning all about The Romans. At the beginning of term Dolphin Class was turned into a ‘museum’. The children got to explore a range of artefacts and research them. This got the children really engaged, wanting to know more and more about this time era.
National Day of Reflection
On Tuesday 23rd March all the children at St Weonards Academy created a heart wreath and a reflection tree as part of National Reflection Day. The yellow heart wreath was created to remember all the people who have sadly lost their lives to the Coronavirus. The reflection tree allowed the children to reflect on the […]
British Science Week!
Last week we celebrated British Science Week at St Weonards Academy. We incorporated all areas of the curriculum into a fun filled week based on the theme ‘Innovating for the future’. The children engaged in a wide range of scientific experiments and entered two competitions. We even designed our very own inventions!
Andy Goldsworthy Inspired Art
We did a whole school project based on Andy Goldsworthy. The children used all natural materials found on our school grounds and made some beautiful art. Even when the wind was against us!
Forest School
During our Forest School sessions this half term we have been busy making leaf bowls, creating small world gardens, den building and making bird feeders. The children have been developing key skills including; their ability to work as a team, patience and determination. We have also discussed how we can protect the different animals/insects living […]
Visit to school by author C.S. Clifford
We have been very privileged to have the author C.S.Clifford in school to work with the children. All pupils were extremely engaged and it has inspired many of the pupils to write their own stories afterwards.
