Science Curriculum Posts
The Months by Sara Coleridge
Recently the children in Mrs Palmer's morning class learned The Months by Sara Coleridge. They made their own props and were recorded to make this short film.
From Seed to Bread
As part of computing this term Year 5 and 6 have been using digital technology to create a film. They used LED Lights, Green Screen, Camera and a microphone, attached to a boom. Some children [...]
Time Lapse Photography
The Year 1 children have been looking at time lapse photography in their computing and classroom lessons. The seeds and bulbs were planted, the camera was set up and snapshots were taken over a period [...]
Seasons of Trees
12J have been learning the poem Seasons of Trees by Julie Holder. The following film is the result of their hard work.
Water Wheel Challenge
The Water Wheel Challenge is where you have 8 plastic cups and 8 red K’nex and we had a K’nex white star and we had to make a water wheel out of these things and [...]
Our trip to The Deep
After our recent trip to The Deep, we have been using a new app called Adobe Voice which allows us to create short films from our photographs. We also used our own research to add [...]
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