Indigo Class

10.10.24

Today we had some very exciting visitors from Carymoor who came to do a workshop with us about the 3Rs 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle'. We had lots of fun taking on the role of 'eco pirates' and took part in some activities, including rubbish sorting and looking at new objects that had been made out of recyclable materials such as, metal, plastic etc. This workshop also helped to consolidate our recent learning about materials in science. 

01.07.24

A selection of photos from Sports Day for the website. We had great fun!

14.05.24 - Kilve Court - Day Two

On our second day of residential, the children in Indigo Class have been getting stuck in to some adventure activities, archery and team building tasks. We have abseiled down and climbed up the 30ft climbing wall. We have fired arrows at the target in the archery range. We have even had time to grass sledge down some steep hills! In the afternoon, we separated into small groups and undertook a series of team challenges and orienteering exercise. Our final night was spent taking part in some outdoor and indoor quizzes. The class have worked as an amazing team today. They have shown excellent communication and listening skills and have made some wonderful memories.

13.05.24 - Kilve Court - Day One

The children in Indigo Class have shown excellent team work, perseverance and determination today. They have battled the weather and undertaken a walk in the Quantock Hills. This was followed by a shelter building activity where they were spilt into teams and tasked to make a shelter using materials found in the forest area. The children made some amazing shelters and some even managed to add some decorative elements (patios, welcome sign and drive through access). After a lovely dinner, the class participated in some team games before a hot chocolate and a well-deserved rest. Mrs Harrison and the other teachers have been incredible impressed by how well the children coped with the heavy rain today.

More activities to follow tomorrow. 

03.05.24

YTFC came to visit us today with the winning cup! We enjoyed listening all about it and having a picture with the cup.

As we approach the Easter holidays, we have been tremendously proud of all of the pupils’ achievements in Indigo Class. The children have continued to work hard and this is evident in their achievements, across all subjects. They have certainly learnt lots and you should be very proud of them.

In maths, we have continued our focus on fractions. We have extended our understanding of fractions and are now able to add, subtract and multiply fractions and mixed numbers. We have also spent time learning about area and perimeter of 2D shapes. This will hopefully give us a good foundation for when we tackle geometry and shape in the Summer Term.

For this half term, our focus in English has shifted to non-fiction. We have been understanding the features of instructional texts and explanation texts. Using some unique modern-day inventions, the children have created some magnificent instructional and explanatory texts. During the second part of this half term, our focus in English has moved towards poetry. Taking Animals as our inspiration, the children will be writing their own poems which have been submitted for a poetry competition.

In science we have continued learning about life cycles. We have been understanding the stages and processes of the human life cycle, looking at how human change over time. We had a fantastic Science Week where we took part in NFU’s Science Farm Live event and watched a calf being born! As well as this, we explored careers that involved science. We became Forensic Scientists and investigated how chromatology and compound separation can be used to solve a crime. Next term, we will begin learning about materials and their properties.

We have combined music and computing lessons this term and explored music production and technology. The children have been composing their own melodies, beats and bass structures. The children have been using Ableton Live (music production software) to produce a variety of different pieces which we have enjoyed sharing amongst the class.   

We have continued geography which focusses on farming around the world. We have been learning about farming in North and South America. Our lessons have taken us to California, where the children have discovered and learnt about the production of citrus farming. Looking at farming in South America, the children explored how coffee has been manufactured in Peru.  

The children have worked especially hard this half term and it has been a joy to watch their learning. Thank you again for all of your support with homework and reading.

Indigo class had a fantastic time learning some key Parkour skills with Alex this today. We learnt how to jump safely, vault over high objects and balance on beams. We also had a chance to practice a 'macaco' a one handed back flip. 

Indigo class enjoyed looking at the range of books on offer at the book fair. The gemstone guides and Dork Diaries were popular with the girls and the boys are keen for the new David Walliams story and the football annual.