In Nursery we have been learning about the importance of crossing roads and staying safe. We all had an opportunity to look at different road signs that we may see outside of school and important people that help us stay safe. Children had the opportunity to ride bikes pretending to be cars, role playing being …
In Year 2, we went on an educational visit to Barking Recreation Ground Park to look for a range of human and physical features, in our local community, linked to our Geography learning this term. Children took their class iPads with them and took lots of photos of the features they could find. When we …
Last week, we had the privilege of welcoming Courtney Tulloch to our school. Courtney Tulloch is a double Commonwealth Games champion on rings in 2018 and 2022, and a silver medallist on vault in 2018, all representing England. He was also part of the gold medal-winning England team at the Commonwealth Games of 2018 and …
On Friday 10 November 2023, we celebrated Remembrance Day as a school with each Year Group standing together to show our respects by standing for a 2 minute silence. Children then undertook an array of activities to mark the special event. In Year 2, children learnt about the symbolism behind the poppy and created their …
Term 2 has been off to a good start for the children in Year 1. Children had a great time on a nature walk where they collected leaves of different shapes and colours, pine cones and looked for signs that the season is starting to change from Summer to Autumn. Parents came into school to …
We are so proud to announce that Altmore Infant School are the winners of the Summer Reading Challenge for Newham schools. We had an incredible 278 children finish the reading challenge over the summer holidays. Today, we welcomed Newham Library into our school to give us our winning shield and certificates! WELL DONE Altmore children, …
The topic in Reception this term is all about ‘Bears’. Children have been reading the story ‘We’re going on a Bear hunt.’ We read the story in small groups and children were able to ask simple questions related to the story and answer simple questions. Children loved the story and were able to listen to …
Children at Altmore have taken part in a whole school art project called ‘Take One Picture’ by The National Gallery. Children in EYFS and KS1 were inspired by a piece of artwork called ‘Surprised’ by Henri Rousseau and together, created their own 3D version of the art piece. Children in EYFS used their mark making …
This week children in Year 1 have been creating portraits in Art. They harnessed their creativity skills by using ropes to form basic outlines for portraits. They applied their understanding from the previous lessons to add tints and shades to blend colours while working collaboratively in groups, resulting in vibrant painted portraits.
Reception really enjoyed going on their first trip to Central Park with their class bears. When we got to the park, the children collected different types of leaves using the binoculars they made. They found so many leaves! Next week we will be using the leaves they found to do leaf threading. The children then …
