Over the last few weeks we have been able to explore the goings on around our school throughout the evening and the night due to Miss Lucas's brilliant idea. Miss Lucas secured us the loan of a camera trap from The Colchester Zoological Society, in association with Suffolk University, with the aim of allowing primary age children access to the secret world of our local wildlife. We first set the trap in our nature garden area and were treated to a procession of the local cat population before a treat which you can see in the clip below. It has also given us the view at night-time. The camera trap in situ. Last night the camera trap was set up to allow a view from the KS1 block towards the Eco-Garden area. And this is what we saw! Look out for further bulletins. Mr Hopegood :)

We had so much fun running, jogging and walking the TCS mini schools marathon! We exceeded expectations with many of us running above and beyond the 2 mile target, or 6.5 laps of the school perimeter.  Our resilience, determination and sportsmanship was unbeatable!  

 In Science, we have been focusing on and learning more about the four seasons.  This week, we explored summer.  During our learning, we talked about the days being longer and that this is due to the Earth's tilt.  We talked a lot about the weather in Summer compared to the other three seasons and what we like to do in the summer.  Many of us said that summer was our favourite season because we like being outside and playing! Due to the questions we asked, we decided to explore our shadows and how they move depending on the time of day.  We understood that shows are created when an object blocks the sun. We drew around our shadows on Thursday afternoon.  On Friday morning, we revisited our shadow drawings and realised that our shadows had moved and this was because the sun was in a different position in the sky. We have been enjoying being able to take our learning outside!

 Today in maths, the children were learning how to find half of a shape or object.  To find half of a shape or object, it has to be split into two equal parts. 

 Today, we continued our exploration of using the computers to make sound and music.  We placed squares onto a chart creating different tones and pitch.  We also chose which group of the orchestra played the music - woodwind, percussion or strings. We challenged ourselves to write our names and see what they sound like!