Rowan have enjoyed playing the Djembe – a goblet drum from Africa. Mr Genty from the Rochdale Music Service told the children all about the drums history and how the African people used to gather, sing and dance to the drums. The children really enjoyed beating the drums to a rhythm and even managed a performance to Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’ by the end of the session. The children thoroughly enjoyed the session, well done.
We have been working together to create a chair for Baby bear. We needed to work together to make a chair that would not only be comfortable but would be strong as well. Once we finished the chairs, we tested how many books we could put onto them before they broke. We then recorded the results in a table using the headings less than 10 books, equal to 10 books, or more than 10 books. Read more
This week was our final week of our abstract sculpture topic. We worked in groups, we tried to create the most abstract structure that we could. Here are some pictures of our learning
Year 4 had a fantastic day today at Eureka. We loved exploring all the different areas in the museum. In the afternoon, we took part in a workshop called ‘Chew to the Poo’ where we learnt all about the digestive system ready for our science topic about human bodies next term. We loved the workshop and learnt lots of interesting facts.
Juniper have enjoyed playing the Djembe – a goblet drum from Africa. Mr Genty from the Rochdale Music Service told the children all about the drums history and how the African people used to gather, sing and dance to the drums. The children really enjoyed beating the drums to a rhythm and even managed a performance to Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’ by the end of the session.
This afternoon we have had the most amazing time joining in with the African drumming Workshop. We learnt all about Djembe drums. We learnt that they come from Mali and are traditionally made from wood. We had a go at playing different rhythms on the drums and played along to some African music.
Children in Year 5 Juniper have thoroughly enjoyed their Design and Technology lesson this week. We have designed and are making our own stuffed toys using skills such as: cutting accurately, threading needles, attaching appendages and buttons to fabric, decorating with different stitches and joining pieces of fabric together with a blanket stitch. A huge well done to all the children for their patience and resilience as some of these skills can be very tricky. Read more
This week we have been learning about being a good friend and who is special to us. We read The Rainbow Fish, then discussed what makes a good friend and how we can be a good friend. During the story we discussed how the fish would be feeling. Everyone then practised different facial expressions linked to their feelings. We all had lots of excellent ideas throughout the story! The children thought a good friend needed Read more
In todays lesson we explored what does the crucifying of Jesus mean to us? We looked at the story of Pilate condemning Jesus and Jesus being crucified. We reflected on Jesus’ sacrifice and thought about the sacrifices we have made in our lives. We then re created the story of the crucifixion through drama and came up with some fantastic pieces. Well done Year 3!
A huge well done to some of our Ks2 children who entered Rochdale Borough Council’s dance competition on Tuesday. They competed against 11 other primary schools with the theme of ‘A night at the movies’. The children were absolutely fantastic and won the best overall dance group! Part of their prize was to go to Wigan Edge centre today to take part in the Greater Manchester Schools Dance Festival. They watched some fantastic performances from Read more