Stonehenge enjoyed their first forest school session of the summer term. The children climbed trees, made dens and explored the natural environment. They had so much fun. 

This week, Stonehenge had their first cricket session with their Dauntsey’s teachers. They began their session by learning how to throw and receive the ball and how to work as a team whilst fielding. 

In rugby, we learned  how to communicate with each other, how to pass and catch within the rules of rugby and we also played touch rugby and netball rugby. Andy and Chris taught us the best way to get the ball down the line.We really enjoyed it and we can’t wait for our second lesson. It was amazing !🏉
 

We have been creating SPAG posters showing everything we know about punctuation and grammar. The children enjoyed grouping their knowledge into sections and highlighting important information. They really enjoy learning about SPAG!

In Geography, the Year 5 children are learning about the life of a young boy called Elhaji. He is a child who is growing up in The Gambia and the children are learning about how he makes his living and the reasons why he lives and works away from his family. 

Having fun in the sun, playing a great game of diamond cricket. The children supported and encouraged each other and they all worked well as a team. 

We have now come to the end of our learning about the Earth and Space so the children have been recording their knowledge in their double page recap and review pages. The children know about the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon. They also know the key properties of the eight planets in our Solar System and they can explain why we have night and day. They have produced some super learning. 

This term, the children have loved exploring combinations of gears and pulleys in their Design Technology learning. They have considered the accuracy of gears compared to pulleys and how these could be incorporated into products. 

After a busy week of assessments, the children of Stonehenge class have enjoyed developing their knowledge of all things space! This week, we have been learning about the Universe, comets and meteors and what galaxies are. The children are really enjoying this topic and we are doing lots of space artwork to compliment what we are learning. 
The children showed me their amazing cricket skills earlier this week. After Easter, they will be focusing on cricket with their Dauntseys teachers so we thought we would get a head start. Everyone had a go at batting and they really surprised themselves with how far they could hit the ball. 

We participated in our annual netball tournament at Dauntsey’s on Friday. The children were absolutely fantastic and really showed off their amazing netball skills. We are so proud of them, they even came back with a ‘Top Team’ trophy. How brilliant! 

Year 5 have been researching facts and information about the Moon landing in 1969. We discovered that it took four days, six hours and 45 minutes to get to the Moon. The lunar module landed on the Moon at 8.17pm on 20th July 1969. While astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the Moon in the Eagle module, Michael Collins remained alone in Command Module Columbia. For 28 hours, he served as a communications link and photographed the lunar surface. 

This week, the children had a visit from Milly’s grandpa. Together they created wonderful pieces of artwork focusing on different emotions. The children used their imaginations to create beautiful interpretations of feelings, which they then confidently shared with the rest of the class. We had a wonderful time with Mr Beckett and we thank him so much for his time and enthusiasm.

This term, we have been focusing on developing our netball skills. We have been learning how to do a chest pass, a bounce pass and an overhead pass. The children have particularly enjoyed developing their ‘sticky steps’ footwork. The children have also thoroughly enjoyed learning how to shoot their netballs, showing accuracy. 

We have been using our computer skills to record facts and information all about space. We have been researching black holes, our galaxy and the concept of comets. We love recording our knowledge in our own PowerPoints. 

As well of our Science learning, we have been using the concept of space as inspiration for our artwork. This week, we have been exploring space art designs and developing our own creations. 

This week, we started working on our Design and Technology project. We are studying how mechanisms like pulleys, gears and levers work so that we can design and make our own moving mechanisms. We have started to investigate, analyse and evaluate everyday products and toys that incorporate gear or pulley systems. 

Our new Science topic is all to do with Earth and Space. We have started to learn about the features of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon. We are especially focusing on the relationship between the Earth, Sun and Moon. 

This week, we have been developing the art of blogging. The children were talking about the activities that they liked doing and then wrote about them in their own blogs. 

This week, we have been creating our layered portraits using a range of materials. The children loved using bubble wrap to add texture and detail to their artwork. 

We are really enjoying our art focused learning this term. We are developing our understanding of identity through the creation of layered portraits. We have been analysing the work of artist Dryden Goodwin who has created amazing portraits of workers on the London Underground. 

Science/ Design Technology 

We have been using our understanding and knowledge of electricity to design and make our own security devices. The children worked in small groups to come up with their designs and they had great fun developing their ideas into prototypes. 

On Friday morning, Stonehenge class visited Dauntsey’s School to enjoy an amazing table tennis session. It was absolutely brilliant and the children really enjoyed playing with their friends and developing their table tennis skills. We are going back for another session next week.

On Friday, we had a wonderful time with our friends from Dauntsey’s School. We shared our experiences of the food and culture of Chinese New Year. The children shared a story about Chinese New Year and the children learnt all about Chinese traditions. Stonehenge were then able to share their learning of the Shang Dynasty of China with our friends from Dauntsey’s. A wonderful culture sharing afternoon was had by all. We even had a visit from our Sarum friends. 

20.1.25

We are really loving doing forest school with Miss Woods. We have been making dens with tarpaulin to keep us from getting wet, we even have made a special den just for watching birds! Sometimes deer come round and run around so we made all of our dens capable for deer to not get stuck. We also made bird houses for decoration that we painted in our own unique style. Some of the children created their own games which they played with their friends. The children like exploring in forest school, looking for items to make interesting objects(such as statues or small towers). We love our Monday forest school afternoons! 

13.1.25

This week has been a very arty experience! We have been developing our skills at drawing facial features like eyes, eyebrows, lips and ears. The children have enjoyed working on their artistic skills and they can’t wait to begin to create their layered portraits. We have also been investigating how artists like Picasso and Warhol created portraits and have been focusing on the skills and techniques they have used.

13.1.25

We are really enjoying our new History topic all about the Shang Dynasty of Ancient China. So far we have focused on the history of the Shang Dynasty, how rich and poor people lived and we have found out the significance of oracle bones. In addition, we have created a timeline of the key events of the Shang Dynasty and we have studied a range of interesting artefacts from that era. 

07.01.25

We are continuing to develop our understanding of electrical circuits. We spent time on Wednesday afternoon exploring more complex circuits and we have been using buzzers and motors in our circuits. We have loved learning about how circuits work. 

07.01.25

This week, we have started our new art unit. We are learning how to draw portraits. We have been sitting, posing and drawing the head and shoulders of our friends. It has been so much fun. We have also looked at how to draw individual facial features. The children have been focused and they have really enjoyed the calm and relaxed art environment. 

This week Stonehenge have been focusing on the words co-operation, consideration and compromise. We looked at how to be assertive and had a go at using our body language and voice to do so. 
 

In music, we focused on the song Happy by Pharrell Williams, pupils have selected a range of instruments including their voice. We split into two groups and layered our voices.

Year 6, continued their reading support with our reception pupils. They have built beautiful bonds and relationships with their reading buddy. 

We have had a very busy and interesting week in Stonehenge this week. On Tuesday, we visited Lavington School to watch their amazing production of High School Musical. It was fabulous and loved all the acting, singing and dancing.

On Wednesday, we had our PSHE session with the lady from SCARF, we talked about keeping ourselves safe online, road safety and the children developed ways to calm their minds.

On Thursday, we experienced the most amazing Science session with the educational staff from the Crofton Pumping Station. The children used water pumps and built their own models. They showed brilliant understanding of the science behind the learning and they loved all the different elements of what they were doing. What a fabulous session! 
 

We finished our week with a special culture sharing session with some of our new friends from Dauntseys School. We welcomed some Year 10 pupils who talked about the countries they were from and the children learnt about Ukraine, China and Japan. All of the children had a wonderful time together and learnt so much from each other. 

What a week!

18/11/2024

Another brilliant week in Stonehenge class. We have started learning about the story of the Trojan Horse in History and the events that led to it. The children have developed a great knowledge and understanding of the ten-year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. The children will now look at a range of sources and decide if the story of the Trojan Horse actually happened!
 

On Friday, we were visited by the I can, I am bus. The bus is operated by a team at the Bath based charity I Can & I Am which visits schools to deliver vital messages to pupils and staff about how to maintain good mental health and improve self-esteem. The children talked about how they could express their emotions and how to resolve negative feelings. The best bit was making and eating their own pizzas! They all had a lovely time. 

We were so proud of all the children who signed up for the Poetry Slam, they were so brave to perform their chosen poem in front of the entire school. The school then voted for their favourite. 

Last week all of KS2 took part in England Rocks on TT Rockstars, we did so well and it was a great opportunity for some of our more reluctant Rockstars to take part and enjoy the culture of TT Rockstars. 

Another fabulous week here in Stonehenge class. We are making great progress with our Talk for Writing unit inspired by the book Street Child by Berlie Doherty. 
 

We have had some amazing visitors to our school this week. Firstly, Ruth came to visit us on Wednesday. She told us all about the faith of Judaism and we found out lots of information, wrote some Hebrew and we put on some authentic Jewish clothing. We had a wonderful afternoon with Ruth and we look forward to seeing her again. 
 

On Thursday, we had a special visit from Dave the tortoise. Laura and Kitty bought Dave around the class for the children to meet. We got to feel his shell, hold him and tickle his back. We all loved meeting him! 

What an amazing experience our Year 6 pupils had this week. We visited one of the science labs at Dauntsey’s School and investigated what would happen to the flame of a Bunsen burner when you add different chemicals. We had such an amazing time and learnt so much about chemical reactions. 

Having fun with some VR headsets!

This week, we have begun to explore electrical circuits. We have learned about what electricity is, the fact that it can be dangerous and how an electrical circuit works. The children have enjoyed creating their circuits and they have drawn their circuits using the correct symbols. They will build on their skills next week when they combine their science knowledge with their DT learning.