Art & Design
Remembrance Day
This week we have been discussing Remembrance Day. Everyone has then created their own poppies by using different materials. We thought carefully about which colours to use and where we should stick them on our poppy.
Science
Elm Shared Learning and Lunch
Wow! What a fantastic morning Year 2 had with their shared learning and lunch. The children and parents were split into groups and set a task to make a hanging solar system. The children and adults worked together, using planet fact sheets, to colour each planet correctly and write a fact about each. They then hung these in order of distance from the sun. It was fantastic to welcome Elm parents into school, the adults Read more
English
War Kennings
Juniper have been busy today in English writing some kennings. A kenning is a figure of speech, or two-word phrase used in the place of a one-word noun to describe something. We have been writing our kennings about Remembrance day and war. Please enjoy reading some of our poems and looking at the beautiful origami poppies we have all made.
Learning for Life
French day 2022
Year 6 participated in French day. We had a delicious French breakfast, learnt lots of new vocabulary, learnt and sang lots of songs and played many French games. The children also listened to Goldilocks and the Three Bears in French and also used a dictionary to translate the story back into English. The children had a competition to make the highest structure of the Eiffel Tower. One particular group worked extremely well to produce a Read more
British Values
Armistice Day 2022
Today, both year 6 classes visited the cenotaph in Heywood to pay our respects for Armistice Day. The children read out a lovely poem in remembrance of all we have lost fighting in the wars. The children placed a wreath down with a beautiful message to all the fallen soldiers and their families. Both classes were very respectful and behaved in a beautiful manner. Well done Year 6.
Learning for Life
M6 theatre
Year 4 had a very exciting day today. They finally got to meet their friend that they have been speaking to through letters. They were very excited at the start of the day although a little nervous about meeting somebody new. By the end of the day everybody had big smiles on their faces and were excited about the idea of meeting up with their friends again soon. We had lots of fun watching the Read more
English
A trip to the Jungle
This half term Year 4 will be writing their own stories that are inspired by the book ‘The Jungle book.’ Yesterday we took a trip to the Jungle and used a ‘Fantastic’ sheet to write down things we could hear, see, smell, touch and we also thought about how we felt in the Jungle.
French
French day
Year 4 Hawthorn had an amazing day last Thursday on French day. We started the day with a french breakfast whilst watching a french cartoon. We then looked at where France is and learnt some interesting facts about France. Next week enjoyed learning a French dance. We then went into the immersive room and traveled to Paris looking at lots of famous landmarks. We looked at the Eifel tower and then went back to class Read more
Design and Technology
Let there be light!
As part of our Design and technology work this half term, Year 5 will be designing and creating their own electronic Christmas cards. Last week we learnt all about the history of the greetings card and the Penny Black – the worlds first postage stamp. This week we discovered how to construct our own functional series circuits. The children had lots of fun and were very excited when their circuits lit up.
Art & Design
Zog
This week we have been learning about the story Zog. We have discussed the characters in the story, predicted what we think might happen next and thought about how Zog never gives up and always tries his hardest. Today, we have been to dragon school. We have designed and made our own wings. Then we stuck our wings on and we all turned into dragons. When we were dragons we practised how to fly, roar Read more