On our drop-down day we went to Goodmayes Park. We had a carousel of three activities. The first was making a bug hotel. After that, we did litter picking to clean the park and the last activity was to plant seeds and we are still hoping for it to grow! Idrees J

Cleaning Our Parks Safely

Care for Nature: Use gloves and bags to collect litter safely.

The Recycling Game: Who can find the most recyclables? (Paper, plastic, cans).

Save the Animals: Litter can hurt wildlife if they eat it or get stuck.

End of Year Play – Greek Myths with an Islamic Twist

In English, we’ve been exploring Greek myths, learning about their fascinating characters, powerful gods, and dramatic stories. Inspired by this, we decided to create our end-of-year play based on Greek mythology - but with an Islamic twist and a meaningful Islamic moral.

We combined elements from the myths with values from our faith, creating a unique and thoughtful performance. It was a fun and exciting way to bring the stories to life while also sharing an important message with our parents.

'Last week we planted sunflower seeds. The method we used was to cover half the pot with soil, then we planted the seed, then we filled it up with more soil and watered the plant. I think the outcome will be fully grown sunflower seeds as long as we look after them and water them every day. I really enjoyed planting, it was great fun to do!' - Sumaya A

In computing this term, we learnt about programming. We used computing to explore different concepts of selection in programming through the use of the Crumble programming environment. 

"In computing, we used a kit called Crumble. We were using laptops to try and make a sparkle light up, and make a motor spin backwards and forwards. It was a bit hard at first, but we all managed to do it. My favourite part of the lessons was when we were making the motor spin." - Taibah M

Our environment is everything around us. It begins just outside our bodies and stretches farther than our eyes can see. It includes the air that we breathe, the land that we live on and the plants and animals that share our world. It includes the weather and climate.

'This term in Geography, we learnt about rural and urban areas. Rural means somewhere like the countryside and urban means somewhere in the city. We also learnt about greenspace. Green space is when there is a park or somewhere in the city which has lots of flowers and plants. My favourite lesson is when we created our city, which has both green spaces and things the city has, such as schools, public transport and cars. We have also made our cities less populated.' - Eesa A