Children in Oak Class have created a dance linked to the book ‘Viking Boy’ by Tony Bradman, which we have been reading in class as part of our topic on Vikings. In the section the dance is created for, Gunnar and his family wake up and find their home is on fire. After a desperate…
Have a look at some of the work done by Oak class over the last few weeks. Our topic has been the Vikings and the children did some writing based on a poem called ‘How to be a Pirate’, with a slight variation to make it fit our topic! Each child has also been…
As part of their topic on Romans, Oak class visited the Roman baths in Bath. After a long but fun journey up, the children walked through the cobbled backstreets of Bath, before arriving at the world famous Roman Baths. The children started with a guided session with a Roman expert. They made mosaics, dressed as…
Oak Class joined Class 3 from Kenn Primary School for a day on Dartmoor. Although the weather forecast was bad, the rain held off and everyone had a great day walking up to Bellever Tor. The two wonderful guides from Dartmoor National Park gave everyone a great insight into the rocks and soils on this amazing…
Oak Class visited Haldon Forest for a day, as part of their science work on survival and nutrition. Before they went, children designed ‘healthy’ survival lunches – packed lunches that were well balanced and contained a good range of nutrients. They all had a fabulous day, which included making dens, building a huge camp fire, toasting…
The Year 3 children have been learning about fractions and decimals. They have been on an amazing learning journey over the past week. This is the first time most of them have heard of tenths or decimals, but already they are confident at comparing fractions, converting tenths into decimals and ordering fractions and decimals by…
Oak Class visited Kenn Primary School for a day to learn all about the Ancient Egyptians. The History Man came up from Exeter’s RAMM museum. He had a wonderful range of Egyptian artefacts and resources for the children to use. The children had a go at wrapping up a ‘body’ (one of the children!) in…
Children from Oak Class enjoyed a ‘Wildside Experience’ last week. The overnight camp included teamwork games, nature activities, bat detecting and even a night-time rope walk through the woods! There was hot chocolate around the campfire before the children climbed into their sleeping bags in shared tents. We were all woken by gentle violin music…
Recently St John’s Ambulance came in to teach Oak Class more about first aid. We talked about how to get help from the emergency services as well as learning about putting the patient in the recovery position and bandaging wounds.