Friday 2nd May 2025

Hello everyone,

This week at Barley Close, we have been celebrating Geography Week.

On Wednesday we took part in a Map Workshop with Mr Keeping. Here we used Digimaps to search for countries all over the world, look at the world climate as well as looking at local maps from back in 1950. We then used Ordnance Survey Maps to look up local motorways, our school as well as search for given map symbols.

Yesterday we were lucky enough to enter the Explorer Dome. Here we learnt all about space, tectonic plates and elements that make up our atmosphere.

In History this week we continued our unit on 'Ancient Greece.' We learnt all about the City states and how they differ in values, as well as recapping about how the Ancient Greeks have made a massive influence on how we live today.

As Monday is a bank holiday, we will change reading books on Tuesday.

Hope you all have a wonderful long weekend.
Mrs Garland

Friday 25th May 2025

Hey everyone,

The Alligators have had a super first week back!!

In science this week we began our new unit 'Animals including humans' where we revisited looking at definitions such as carnivore, omnivore and herbivore. We then looked at why we need food to survive and keep our bodies healthy.

In Geography our new unit it 'Ancient Greece.' We began our unit by ordering historical events on a timeline, defining what is meant by 'ancient' as well as looking at events from past and present.

In Maths this week we began our unit on 'Mass and capacity' learning to read scales in grams and kilograms.

Today we were very lucky to have a visit from 'Andy and the odd socks.' We sand songs about dinosaurs and his prehistoric adventures. The children were all very excited to meet a real life celebrity.

Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Garland