A big thank you to those of you who could make the Listening Session this morning. We are very grateful to our school's Global Majority parents and carers who in the session shared their experiences and advocated for their children. 

London Fields is committed to further developing its anti-racism practice. As part of this commitment, the school reached out to Hackney Education to support us in our work. We hope you enjoyed meeting Debra (the System Leader for Diversity and Inclusion at Hackney Education) this morning and felt welcomed and valued. Debra will feedback (anonymously) feelings and thoughts shared this morning to the school team. The school have asked for Debra to continue to work with the London Fields Team to further improve understanding and empathy and to be able to facilitate effective problem-solving and decision-making to ensure all families feel a sense of belonging, valued and heard. 

During Forest School last week a few chidlren discovered snowdrops. They children made sure eveyrone walked aorund them and nobody stepped on them. It was lovely to see how caring they are towards nature.

The children discussed all the changes they whitness in our Forest School site so far: from green trees, to leaves changing colour, to bare trees and now to seeing signs of Spring and the beautiful snowdrops growing. What a fantatsic way to experience the seasons. 

Year 4 are currently learning how to talk and write about what they like/do not like to eat and drink in Spanish! Tengo sed! I am thirsty! Tengo hambre! I am hungry! Que te gusta beber? What do you like to drink? Que te gusta comer? What do you like to eat?

We like to draw illustrations into our Spanish journals to help us remember the meaning of a sentence, word or phrase in Spanish.

Taking inspiration from the current look of Forest School, with its bare trees standing against an ever changing sky, our Reception children created their own beautiful interpretations through painting. 

This artwork was completed in three stages, building on previously learned skills. First, the children created a border using masking tape. Next, they painted the background using watercolours, applying techniques they had practised before, such as controlling the amount of water on their brushes to achieve different effects.

Once the backgrounds were fully dry, the children painted the silhouette of a tree using black paint. They managed their paintbrushes carefully to create branches of varying thickness, developing their small motor control.

You'll agree these pieces could easily pass for a painting exhibition!

Year 6 had an exciting visit to the Wonderlab at the Science Museum, where we explored science through hands-on activities. We learned about light by investigating reflections, colours and shadows; we used our previous knowledge of friction by sliding down different slides to see how speed changed and we created circuits linking to our knowledge of electricity. We had so much fun! 

This week in our topic, 'The Beauty of Flowers' Year 2 have been discovering artists who are inspired by flowers. They have explored the work of Jutine Blakeney and used real flowers to create their own floral portraits. It was a creative and enjoyable afternoon, with the children observing closely and experimenting with colour and position. We hope you loved seeing what they created! 

Year 2 have been learning their 5 times tables this week! We have been practicing skip counting in fives, looking at groups of 5 and have found lots of patterns in the 5 times table too. We've also been doing lots of times table chanting, which we can't wait to practice at home with you too!