Squirrels Heath Junior School

Over the last few weeks, Year 4 have been using the art of William Morris as inspiration to create their own designs  which they then printed onto fabric. They then learned how to stitch a hem!  

The Romford Drum and Trumpet Corp were with us today to tell us all about their brilliant organisation. The children were able to try their hands (and lungs!) at a whole range of instruments and got to try on their very spiffing costumes.  To end the day, they were able to experience what it's like to be part of a marching band. What a way to round off the spring term!

 Today Father Hingley returned to talk to us about the symbols of Lent and Easter, and he brought in an amazing special candle! The children asked and answers some amazing questions, and showed wonderful curiosity. 

 This week in Year 3 we researched the Amatrice Earthquake and created posters to show our findings. We were very proud of our work:

 This week we used the Outdoor Classroom app and completed a fun course.  We worked in teams to solve questions and answered them in lots of different ways, from photographs to a short movie.  We worked hard to improve our communication and teamwork skills. Well done Year Six. 

 Over the past few weeks we have been learning all about environmental art. We spent some time creating our own pieces based upon artists we have studied, thinking carefully about materials we use and what they symbolise. We will add the finishing touches next week but so far they are looking amazing. Well done everyone! 

  Today we went on a trip to Royal Liberty to learn about science and history.  When we arrived we were greeted by the lovely staff who took us to the science lab. When we were inside the science lab the first thing we did was do four different experiments with Mr Higgins the science teacher who led us through the experiments. The first fun experiment was alighting Jelly Babies, this made an extreme explosion with flames and smoke! Then we got into groups of seven or eight and did four fun experiments while filling out a sheet. After we made our way next room to learn about witchcraft. During this lesson, we learnt about witchcraft, what people were accused for and the trials they faced. First, we had to identify different images and learnt what the images were. One fact was that people would put hair, nails, hearts, finger nails and urine in a bottle and they would place these on shelves or under the door, this was said to keep witches away. Our main task was to find people who may ha