Category: Tamar Blog
TAMAR 28 MAY 2021
As we approach the end of the term, Tamar have been reflecting on the work completed in class. All pupils have demonstrated an increased understanding of the life cycle processes of living things. Our planting project has been a mixed success with some of our plants thriving whilst others have not survived the terrible recent…
TAMAR 14 MAY 2021
We are continuing with our topic of “Living things” and every pupil is fully engaged with the subject of life cycles – our butterflies have now formed the chrysalis and we are eagerly monitoring them before the transformation into the final stage! The classroom is evidence to all the hard work we have completed with…
TAMAR 30 APRIL 2021
Four weeks down this term and the flower seedlings are slowly thriving with hopes still that they will bloom very soon! With Springtime upon us, more insects have been coming out which ties in nicely with our topic of Living Things! This week we explored different types of endangered animals and how we can use…
TAMAR16 APRIL 2021
Welcome to the Summer Term! The flower seeds planted on the first day back are already starting to sprout in the hope that once they bloom, they will attract a variety of insects. In addition to this we are eagerly awaiting the safe delivery of caterpillars to put in the butterfly garden. We are reading…
TAMAR 12 MARCH 2021
The pupils have been very welcoming to their new teacher, and they are already getting used to the changes in class which is a credit to their maturity and resilience. As the Spring Term draws to a close, we have all been very busy in Tamar class not least with the new ducklings that have…
TAMAR 26 FEBRUARY 2021
This week in Tamar we have been celebrating Purim and getting stuck into our new topic ‘Beyond London.’ On Tuesday, we had a special Purim enrichment day, where we participated in a ‘Whodunit’ debate, arguing who the greatest Jewish leader in the Purim story was. We also made hamantaschen and mischloach manot for our peers…
TAMAR 12 February 2021
Tamar have been busy busy this week! We have learning all about the Great Fire of London, in line with our London and Beyond topic. We have been sequencing the key events and reading archived newspapers on the event. Next we identified the key features of a news report and discussed their purpose. This prepared…
TAMAR 29 JANUARY 2021
It’s been a busy two weeks in Tamar class. We have been learning all about bar charts and line graphs in Math, the Blitz and World War Two in History and we’ve even built our own circuits in Science. We loved coming to school on Monday morning and seeing all the snow – it was…
TAMAR 27 NOVEMBER 2020
Tamar class has been learning about Thomas. Edison in Science and Literacy. We learnt that he was a patient and careful inventor who invented the electric lightbulb on his 100th attempt! This showed us that even when things don’t go our way, we mustn’t give up because something amazing could be just around the corner….
TAMAR 13 November 2020
Tamar has had great return to school after half term! We have been learning about division in Maths and it turns out we already know quite a bit! In Literacy, we have been writing poems about Bonfire Night and remembering about the good old days when we used to celebrate it and the treats that…
