Welcome to Hummingbird Class

We hope you enjoy looking at what we have been doing and finding out about what we have learnt. 

Spring Term 2025

WEEK 2

WEEK 1

In Art, we started our new topic and we looked at two artists. One artist explores landscapes and one likes sketching cityscapes. 

Well done Hummingbirds for an amazing Autumn Term! All the adults are very proud of what you have achieved this term and are excited to see what 2025 brings. 

We hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year. Stay safe and see you in 2025!

Take a look at our year group page to see some pictures of our Christmas Event.

Design and Technology

We worked in groups to make a Lunar buggy. We are looking forward to testing them in January. We will let you know how they go!

PE

In Gym, we explored different balances and worked with a partner to perform a sequence. We used matching and mirroring to make our sequences more interesting. 

Maths 

We worked with a partner to solve a range of questions about fractions. We talked about the strategies we would use to solve them. 

Viking Day 2024

We had great fun during our Viking Day. We hope you enjoy looking at the photos. There are more on the Year group section too. 

Autumn 2

We have had a busy week back in Hummingbird class. Calculating equivalent fractions, reading and performing the narrative poem 'Jack and the Dragon', solving clues in Science about forces and learning about King Alfred the Great in History. In RE, we have talked about what the Bible says about God and the words used for him. 

Art

Our finished polar bears!

English

We have been looking at narrative poetry. We read and discussed the poem 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' by Lewis Carroll. We drew a comic strip for the main parts of the poem. 

English

We worked in pairs or threes to write and present a speech. We chose topics which we felt strongly about. For example, protecting animals, not dropping litter and why physical activity is important. 

Science

As part of our unit on forces, we investigated friction. We used Newton meters to see how much friction there was on different surfaces.  

We shared our ghost stories with a Year 6 class. We all felt very proud of our stories. 

Art

This week, we have been continuing our unit and made polar bears. We used newspaper pebbles, twists and sausages to make the basic structure. We then covered them with Modroc. Look out for the final pieces next week and at the Parent Consultation evenings. 

English

We have been learning about how to write and present a speech. We chose a topic, such as 'The Importance of Protecting Endangered Animals' or 'Recycling'. We have been working with a partner or in groups of three to write our speech. We will be presenting them next week. 

Take One Piece and Parent Event

We looked at the work of Franz Marc and created our own pieces. We thought of animals and colours which represent our personalities and used tissue paper and pastels for our pieces. Thank you to all the adults who came in to help. 

PSHE 

We talked about why we have rules and the different types of rules we might have. We worked in pairs and threes to make up a game and decide what rules we would need to follow. 

For Science, we investigated how water resistance acts on different objects. We made shapes using play dough and dropped them into the water. We timed how long it took to drop to the bottom. To make it a fair test, we measured each ball of play dough. 

Art Day

On Monday, we worked with Year 2 to make 3D Colour Monsters. We used paper pebbles to create the 3D parts. Toucan and Meerkat class added colour tissue paper and the details. 

History

In History, we are learning about the Anglo-Saxons. We talked about the different aspects of the social structure. We ordered each one and added facts. 

Art - Exploring art within global issues

We started our new unit and we talked about how artists use their artwork to raise awareness and talk about global issues. We discussed the decline in polar bears and changes in the Arctic. We sketched the polar bears. We also talked about the artist Faith Bebbington. We created visual notes about her work. We especially liked the large polar bear she made with plastic bottles.