This week is Science week at Blackmoor Infants. We have been investigating Bees. Our first question was - What is a bees job? We discovered that bees have two very special jobs; to collect nectar to make honey and to pollinate plants. We got busy exploring bee activities; giving Bee Bots directions, sharing bee facts with friends, playing a bee game and drawing pictures of bees. Next we explored flowers, assembled and labelled them - ask us to name the different parts of a fl

This week during our Mathematic lessons we have been exploring subtraction and addition as well as investigating time. The children are working very hard on subitising and recalling number bonds to 5 and 10. We have been using a variety of different equipment to problem solve and help us with our investigations. If you haven't signed up for a parents evening time please speak to your child's class Teacher. We hope you all have a fantastic weekend and we will see you all on Mo

It's science week in school and in Rowan it's all about the bees. This week we have been learning about bees and why they are so important to us. Bees are amazing - here are some of the facts we have found out... Up to 50,000 bees live in a hive. There are 25,000 different species of bee. Only female worker bees have a stinger. One female bee called the queen runs the whole hive. Without bees there would be a shortage of fruits and vegetables we like to eat, such as apples, b

It has been an amazing week in Kindi, the weather has been beautiful and we have enjoyed a great week of lots of outdoor learning. Kindi introduced an incubator and some Duck eggs, we talked about how to care for the eggs and keep them safe so that soon they will hatch and we will have Ducklings. Kindi have been planting trees on our beautiful school grounds we are trying to introduce wildlife birds, bees, butterflies and squirrels. We have had an amazing week in Kindi we hop

This week we have noticed little signs of Spring around school, new plants are making an appearance and it stays lighter for longer. This week in Science we looked at plants and what they need to grow. Then we created an experiment. We have planted cress seeds and will give them water, soil and light. We have also planted seeds in soil and will water then but keep them in the cupboard without light. We cant wait to share the results with you. We predict the ones out in our cl

Fantastic learning and fun activities in Kindi this week. Maths has been fantastic Kindi are subitising. Comic Relief ….Red nose day and look at our fabulous Kindi. Another fantastic week in Kindi lots of fun and fantastic learning. To all our Kindi and their family’s have a great weekend, keep safe and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

This half term we are developing our creative skills. Our learning goals are: I can explore and describe different movements. I can begin to compare my movements and skills with those of others. I can make up my own rules and versions of activities. For the first 3 weeks of this half term we have explored various ways of manipulating a ball with fluidity and control. We have put a big focus on maintaining control of the ball and getting as many touches as possible to ensure o

Last term in PE we focused on developing our cognitive skills. Our learning goals were as follows: I can follow simple instructions. I can name some things I am good at. I can recognise similarities and differences in performance and explain why someone is working or performing well. In our PE lessons last half term we completed our dance unit. The children were given opportunities to creatively express themselves to various styles of music. We explored making a range of shap

This week we are back to being busy worker bees. We have been sculptors in Art. Using the indoors and outdoors as a workshop and gallery to display our work. After looking at the amazing art work of Lisa Traxler. We explored our cutting and creative skills to complete amazing sculptures. Walking around we noted similarities and differences in our friends sculptures. In Computing we followed routes using the Bee Bots. We know how to create and debug simple programmes. In RE we

Rowan love art and learning about current artist and artists from the past. We have enjoyed looking at the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat who was an American artist. He rose to success during the 1980s and was known for painting and drawing. He was greatly influenced by how the human body works after a stay in hospital as a child and also a keen graffiti artist. He also collaborated with pop artist Andy Warhol. Born: 22 December 1960, Died: 12 August 1988 Rowan used different cr