Year 4 students visited the Science Museum to celebrate Science Week. They learnt about the planets and space as well as explored the journey of science through time. They particularly loved the development of the telephone, which they could not believe has changed so drastically over time. In addition, they learnt about functions of our …
Children wrote a story based on Barney’s adventure, drawing inspiration from the book ‘Stig of the Dump’. They explored writing setting descriptions using detailed descriptions as well as worked on character descriptions of Stif. In addition, children used this to explore writing a story about a boy who finds himself falling into a dump where …
Children in Year 3 participated in a multi-sensory art lesson. They used the fresh scent of flowers, lemons and herbs to enthuse the children into creating flower crafts using tissue paper. In addition, they used a variety of resources and skills such as cutting, twisting, sticking and manipulation for their outcome.
On Tuesday 16 th May, Year 6 students spent their morning at Plashet Park to celebrate the end of a busy week of SATs with their classmates and teachers. They can finally RELAX! Coach Aron and Clinton led the football matches with children. Some children had a picnic and engaged in mindfulness activities. Congratulations to …
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week is observed from Monday 15th May to Sunday 21st May 2023. A focus on anxiety this year will raise awareness and understanding of anxiety and provide coping strategies. Teachers at Lathom spent time discussing the term, anxiety and different ways to cope with feelings of anxiety. Some of these …
Our guitar and choir club had the wonderful opportunity to perform alongside over 500 musicians in the Newham Music viral video for last year’s winning Eurovision song. The video features children singing in Ukrainian and young Ukrainians, who now reside in Newham. This year’s Eurovision theme is ‘United by Music’ and our students have collaborated …
On Friday 5th May, to celebrate the King’s Coronation, children and staff came to school dressed in red, white and blue. The day commenced with high street surveys conducted by groups of students from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. The purpose of these interviews was to compile information about the public’s awareness of the …
This term, we will be writing a character description based on the core text, The Savage by David Almond. Initially, we read an extract from the book ‘The Wild Boy’ by Rob Lloyd and identified effective words and phrases about the setting and the character, The Wild Boy. Our vocabulary bank contained descriptive and figurative …
This year, an Easter Bonnet Parade was held on Friday 31st March for the children. Their bonnets were made at home in preparation for this grand event. All children from each year group had the opportunity to wear their designs as they matched around the Lower Hall at designated times. A chocolate egg was given …
We recently visited the William Morris Gallery to take part in a printing workshop, linked to our ART unit on printing back at school. The children had an opportunity to find out about the interior design achievements of William Morris and discover how he was inspired by nature. Each child had the opportunity of creating …
