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"This is a happy and thriving school. Pupils say that care and respect are the school’s most important values. They know these values are central to everyone following, ‘The Holly Hill Way’. Pupils demonstrate these values in their sensible behaviour and considerate manner", OFSTED 2023. This is a 'good' school.
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Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School

Spring 1

This half term we will be learning....

Week Beginning: Monday 5th February 2024

Our two heroes this week: Rosie and Cruiz for their explanation text writing ✍️ 🌟

Snow ❄️ Mr Close didn't realise consequences of starting a snowball fight - year 3 and 4 really went after him! 😃❄️

Safer Internet Day 2024: We joined in with the assembly and discussed keeping safe online. I was really impressed with the ideas and knowledge Kingfisher had about keeping safe online 💻 📱

Measuring in meters, centimeters and millimeters. Kingfisher are working out which units of measurement to use. 📏

English: We have been planning our explanation text about sound and heating, using our science work and knowledge we have learnt along the way. 👂 🎶 ✍️

Science: Our investigation wasn't find out if sound gets fainter, the further away we are from it. 🎶👂

Week Beginning: Monday 29th January 2024

Heroes this week: Stanley and Jasper for their great work in English! 🌟

Podcast collaborative writing ✍️ In preparation for recording our podcasts, we have paired up and choosing which parts we want to record from our script 🎶

Skateboarding fun! 🛹

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Week Beginning: Monday 22nd January 2024

Music: composition using percussion instruments 🎶 🎵

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This week, we have continued our coding journey, to make a jingle at the end of the half term. We have had fun coding the different instruments. 🎹 🎷

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English: Kingfisher have been working very hard on writing a podcast script. We have had to make sure we have included facts, sound effects and opinions. ✍️ 🎶 👂

Week Beginning: Monday 15th January 2024

Science: we made ear cones to investigate how sound travels onto different sizes. 👂

Times Table (TT Rockstars) the battle is on! ✖️ 🎸

APOSTROPHE! 🎸 We have been rocking out to the apostrophe song, then practised using them for possession. From rock singing to silent focus, superb work Kingfisher! 🌟

Computing: We have programmed our own sequence of events on Scratch. 💻

Science: We have been investigating how sound travels using paper cup 📞. We discovered that the longer the phone cord, the harder it is to hear the sound. 👂

Week Beginning: Monday 8th January 2024

What a great start to swimming this week - well done Kingfisher! 🏊‍♂️ 🌟

Heroes! Our three heroes this week, Teddy and George for their brilliant writing and Keenan for settling in so well into Kingfisher. 🌟

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