Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School
Autumn 1
This half term our topic is entitled
CLOCKWORK
Friday 18th October
Some spooky going-ons in Owl Class today and a winning Shreck pumpkin by Imogen. Well done to everyone who took part in our competition…….I thought all the pumpkins were fab!🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
Thursday 17th October. After enjoying our English novel this half term today we watched the movie of Hugo, It was so good!
Wednesday 16th October
We have had such a lovely half term- the reading of a really great novel, a visit to the Mad Museum, lots of drawing and planning in DT, learning about gears and cams and now our completed automata. These were fabulous! Lots of Halloween themed ideas with a few Christmas ones creeping in. Well done Owls.
Wednesday 9th October
Happy Reading Morning
Monday 7th October. CAM model making. Finished automata to follow.
The BEST TIMES at Holly Hill
A HH first! Only Breakdancing and Beat Boxing
Wednesday 25th September. Using the thesaurus and dictionary to develop language ready for our writing.
Tuesday 24th September
MAD Museum Visit
The Year 5s had a fabulous time today at the MAD museum in Stratford-upon-Avon. They explored the working automata identifying the mechanisms creating the moving part of the models. They had great fun creating their own marble- run games too. They also had the chance to explore a bit of Stratford as they made their way to the Holly Trinity Church - the burial place of William Shakespeare. The rain stayed away, the sun came out and it was lovely having lunch by the river.
Monday 16th September. PE with Mr Ellis. Hockey skills this morning - aiming, sending and receiving the ball.
Thursday 12th September
Today we were lucky enough to take part in a ‘No Outsiders’ workshop talking about the issues around being different and inclusion. The children came up with some really thoughtful responses to questions. Sophie, Anastasia, Miller and Jaxon really impressed me with their ideas and discussion.
Wednesday 11th September. In Science our topic this half term is Light. The children have devised an investigation to prove that light travels in straight lines. Some amazing discussion and testing going on.
Monday 9th September
In Maths we are starting the term with lots of work on number and place value. Everyone has made a great start to their learning.
