The children in Chameleon HQ are supported by Mrs. Sparks, Miss Day, Miss Gregory, Miss Judge and Mrs. Brown.
Our school day starts at 8:30am and we finish at 3:25pm
The second half of the spring term half term has included welcoming all the children back to school.
In English the children discovered a love of reading, creating and acting out their own plays. They also learned about writing biographies and autobiographies.
Maths learning covered Place value, Time, Money, Fractions, Area and Perimeter.
In Art we have learned about the artists Monster Chetwynd, Hito Steyerl, Steve McQueen, Anthea Hamilton, Jackson Pollock and Georgia O’Keefe.
Music this term has been discovering the different genres of music through the 20th century, listening to examples and researching the artists. We studied Pop, Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, and Indie music.
In DT we learned how to cook tomato ragu, fruity flapjacks, cheese and onion triangles, breakfast muffins, potato and spring onion cakes and hot cross buns. We also created a sampler using the running, half cross and cross stiches.
We have had another busy half term in Chameleon HQ, with a mixture of remote and in school learning for most of our pupils.
This half term we have been learning about our brains and how they work and focusing on social skills such as listening to others, telling the truth and accepting consequences of our actions.
In Science we have been learning about Forces including gravity, air & water resistance, and friction.
Music this term has been discovering the different genres of music through the 20th century, listening to examples and researching the artists. We studied Jazz, Big band, Swing, Soul and Rock ‘n’ Roll.
In Art we have learned about the artists Barbara Hepworth, Escher, Lubiana Himid, Henry Moore, Rachel Whiteread and David Hockney
In DT we learned how to cook mini fruit cakes, tropical granola bars, bubble and squeak, marble pear tray bake and macaroni cheese.
English involved daily reading and writing stories and book & film reviews
For Maths we learned about place value, fractions, measurements and creating graphs.
Our English learning consisted of daily reading on MyOn, weekly Spellzone sessions and developing our newspaper and persuasive writing skills.
Maths topics included measurement - (length, time and capacity) and the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Our Science topic was the human body and we learned about the muscular, skeletal and digestive systems.
For Art, we learned about the artists Maria Merz, Vincent Van Gogh, Geroges Seurat, Claude Monet, Andy Warhol and Gustav Klimt
In Geography we learned more about the countries of America, Italy, and Austria.
In Cookery we learned how to make pizza, Dutch apple cake, croque monsieur, pancakes, club sandwich, spiced biscuits, and hot chocolate stirrers.
During the first half of the autumn term we have studied a different country and artist each week. So far we have learned about: Switzerland & Paul Klee, Russia & Wassily Kandinsky, The Netherlands & Piet Mondrian, Nigeria & Yinka Shonibare, France & Henri Matisse, and England & Chris Ofili