Each day we have been able to choose a gift from under the tree. Each gift has been a different book and Miss Longmire and Miss Robinson have read the Christmas story at the end of the day. We have loved listening to each story and are really excited for Christmas.
This week we have been super busy in Bluebells. We had our own Christmas party and a special guest arrived. Elsa from frozen came to join in the party fun and we loved dancing with her. We then played lots of games like musical statues, corners and pass the parcel. We finished off the afternoon with some party food and listened to Christmas music. We want it to be Christmas party day everyday!
This half term in Design and Technology, Maple have been learning about Structures. We began by exploring different frame structures to test which were the most stable, we then designed our own pavilions and used a range of materials to build a strong frame structure. We then experimented with different decorative techniques to clad our pavilions.
Over the last few weeks, Year 5 have been writing letters to Scrooge based on their their teacher’s modelled writing. This week, the children are using the writing techniques and grammar they have learnt during the modelled writing, to independently write persuasive letters to the Grinch. Their letters to the Grinch aim to convince him that Christmas is fantastic and to persuade him to go to the Whoville Christmas party. To help the children create Read more
Today Rowan worked in groups to design, prepare and cook a three course meal. Every child had the opportunity to chop, blend, fry or prepare either the starter, main or dessert. For starter the children had a range of vegetables with a humous dip. For the main we cooked a salmon fillet with cous cous and for dessert the children had a variety of fruits to make their own fruit kebab. Needless to say, they Read more
When we arrived at school we noticed footprints left by Father Christmas, we quickly read the note he had left us. Father Christmas left us a book and this week we have been reading the story ‘Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas present’. We found out that Father Christmas travelled in lots of different ways to get the present to Harvey. During choosing time we could write our own letters to Father Christmas and make our very own Read more
Today we have been very excited coming into school, it has been Christmas jumper day! We listened to Christmas songs in the hall and ate our very own Christmas dinner. We are super excited about Christmas Day and hope our food will be just as yummy as today.
Year 6 have started a new topic in Geography – Fieldwork. We have been looking at what fieldwork is; why geographers carry out fieldwork; where you can carry out fieldwork; what the purpose of it is? We looked at the examples of fieldwork that are being carried out by geographers around the world and also located them on a world map.
This week has been Hour of Code, we went on Space Monkey and had to give instructions to the monkey so he could get the banana’s. https://www.codemonkey.com/hour-of-code/space-adventure/
This week the whole school took part in the Christingle service by Rev. Kirsty. The children discussed the purpose and the meaning behind the Christingles before making their own. The children recognised that Christingle is a joyful celebration that brings families and communities together to share the light of Jesus and spread a message of hope. Each element of a Christingle has a special meaning and helps to tell the Christian story: The orange represents Read more