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27 January 2025

What is it like to live in Tamanrasset, Algeria?

In this lesson we continued to look at locations along the Tropic of Cancer.

We focused on Tamanrasset in Algeria and explored what it must be like to live there and some of the challenges the people might face.

Also, we made comparisons between Dhaka and Tamanrasset.

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23 January 2025

What is it like to like in Dhaka, Bangladesh?

This term we have been exploring lines of longitude and latitude.

In this lesson, we focused on a location on the Tropic of Cancer.’

In groups, we explored where Dhaka was located and what the landscape is like.

We also discussed the issues of living there in particular the impact of…

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22 January 2025

Year 4: Layers of the Earth

Today, we started our new topic on volcanoes. We looked at the different layers of the Earth, and used play-dough to create them. Ask us about the different layers of the Earth! 

 

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8 January 2025

Year 2 Geography: London Landmarks

The children used a range of different maps and Google Earth to find some London landmarks.

 

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7 January 2025

Year One Geography - Four Countries of the UK

Year One Geography - The Four Countries of the UK

In today’s Geography lesson we located the four countries of the UK on a map.  We also learned about their capital cities.

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16 December 2024

Arctic Animals

The children in nursery are interested in learning about animals that live in cold climates. We have looked at different animals that live in the Arctic including polar bears, snowy owls and arctic foxes. We have also been exploring what happens to ice as it melts.  

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27 November 2024

Y6 history

Blitzkrieg

Today, the children learnt about the different cities that were targeted during the Blitz. Did you know that Liverpool was the second most bombed city in the country? Why do you think this and what was the most bombed?

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21 November 2024

Changing Seasons in Nursery

The children in nursery have been learning about our different seasons and this week they were able to explore what snow and ice feel like. The children talked about ‘wrapping up warm’ and preparing for the winter months ahead. 

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15 November 2024

CHET Trip 5A - Day 3

For our final day we started by returning to the woods to test our orienteering skills. After that we watched how to light a fire using flint and lock. We then toasted marshmallows to enjoy some delicious smores.

We returned to the centre to create pottery owls which the children will get when…

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14 November 2024

CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Evening

Following our evening meal, the children headed back to the barn to take part in a bench ball tournament. It was extremely close and played in good spirit with lots of encouragement from everyone.

After that, we enjoyed a hot chocolate and biscuit. As you can see from the pictures, some of the…

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14 November 2024

CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Afternoon

Following lunch, we headed back into the woods for abseiling. The children  were incredibly brave and the instructors were ever so impressed at how well the children listened carefully to instructions.

We also completed archery in the barn. It was great to see how much the children improved…

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14 November 2024

CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Morning

After a delicious breakfast we split into our groups. The first activities of the day were the climbing tower, low ropes course and night lining.

The children were fantastic at climbing and it was brilliant to see their improvement in such a short amount of time.

 

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