Allerton is on fire!

This afternoon in 1C we celebrated the end of our Great Fire of London topic by burning the Tudor Houses we made during our Arts Fortnight. We enjoyed listening to the sound of the fire and looking at how our houses turned to ash! We also enjoyed singing London’s Burning! Thank you to all the grown ups that came to celebrate with us.

More outdoor maths

Today in maths we started learning about length and height. We practiced using the words longer and shorter to describe objects on the playground. Some children then challenged themselves by measuring the length and height of the objects using rulers.

Great Fire of London workshop

This afternoon 1C had their Great Fire of London workshop. The children enjoyed building their own Tudor Houses using wattle and daub. They worked together in teams to build the structures using sticks then added mud to strengthen them. We then talked about what materials would have been better to use to build a house in 1666 and they had a go at building their own. All of the children really impressed me with all the facts they remembered about the Great Fire of London!

Number lines

This morning we made the most of the nice weather by doing some maths outside. The children drew number lines using their knowledge of numbers to 50. We then practised writing the midpoint on the number line and estimating where the other numbers would go.

Bee-Bots

In ICT this week, we worked with Bee-Bots. We explored what each button does and how to use them to control the Bee-Bots’ movements. The children practiced programming the Bee-Bots by entering a sequence of commands such as forward, backward, left, and right.

Learning about baptism

In R.E this week we learnt about how Christians welcome new life into the world. We acted out a baptism ceremony as a class and talked about the importance of certain objects and symbols such as a font, a candle and a cross. The children did a fantastic job of acting out the reverend, parents and God parents!

World Book Day 2026

At ACE we celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed in our pyjamas with our favourite bedtime story. The children were very excited to show each other their pyjamas and they enjoyed sharing their books with their friends!

Abstract fire paintings

Last week in 1C we started our Arts Fortnight. We mixed primary colours to make secondary colours such as orange. We also made colours lighter and darker using white and black. We experimented used palette knives to make marks that represented fire.