Adding up to a brilliant start

The children have settled into their new classes brilliantly and have shown a great attitude towards their learning. In Robyn’s class, we have been busy practising addition. The children used practical objects to represent the numbers in each number sentence and worked in pairs to count the total. They then recorded their number sentences on […]

Celebrating a wonderful year!

Today, we finished the school year by celebrating some of the highlights that have made this year so special. Our end-of-year video captures just a glimpse of the many sporting opportunities, exciting trips and enriching experiences that have brought learning to life. It also reflects the collaborative learning that is now embedded in our school […]

Riding the waves!

This year, some of our children were given the incredible opportunity to travel to Devon and experience surfing in the ocean through the amazing City Kids Surfing charity. It was an unforgettable adventure, filled with new memories that will last a lifetime. A huge thank you to City Kids Surfing for making this experience possible […]

A celebration of Y6 leavers

Today, we had the opportunity to celebrate our Year 6 cohort as they reached the end of their primary school journey. We want to congratulate them on the hard work, resilience and determination they have shown throughout their time at Michael Faraday. As they begin an exciting new chapter at secondary school, we hope they […]

Final Days! (Y6)

What a wonderful way to end an amazing year! Our Year 6 children have enjoyed some fantastic final activities before beginning their exciting journey to secondary school. Our Art and DT Exhibition gave the children the opportunity to proudly share their beautiful memory boxes and tote bags with parents, siblings and their Reception buddies. It […]

Bringing Colour to Aylesbury Estate (Y6)

On Tuesday, children from Year 1 to Year 6 took part in an exciting Aylesbury Hoarding Artwork Workshop, creating artwork that will soon brighten the hoardings around the Aylesbury Estate.Working with Catherine from Cockney Green, the children etched their own stencils into polystyrene sheets before printing colourful designs inspired by their local area, London landmarks, […]

Building brilliant castles (Y3)

As part of their Design and Technology (DT) learning, Year 3 have been putting their creativity, problem-solving and teamwork skills into practice by constructing a castle using scrap materials, tissue paper and a variety of colourful craft resources. The children carefully planned their designs before selecting and joining materials to create different features of their […]

Tall trees, wide trunks

Year 1 investigated the question, ‘Do taller trees have wider trunks?’ As part of their Science and Maths learning, the children measured tree trunks using string and compared their widths using cubes as a non-standard unit of measurement. They recorded their results in a table and looked for patterns in the data. The children found […]

Measuring up to success! (Y2)

Year 2 have been learning about units of measurement over the past week. We have explored length using metres and centimetres, capacity using litres and millilitres and mass using grams and kilograms. It has been lots of fun seeing these units in many different practical contexts!

A Striking Day Out! (Y5)

Year 5 had an exciting day out at Hollywood Bowl at the London O2, where everyone enjoyed a fun-filled bowling experience with their classmates. There was plenty of friendly competition as pupils showed off their bowling skills, celebrated strikes and spares, and encouraged one another throughout the games. It was wonderful to see everyone demonstrating […]