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This week in music Class Two and Three explored ballads together. They listened to well-known examples, identified features and investigated how emotions can be heard through music. By working together, the children performed Space Oddity by David Bowie based on a given emotion and their…

In Music this week, Class Three joined Class Two to learn about ballads in music. They considered emotions within the lesson and how different feelings can be shown through the same piece of music. The children performed their pieces to the class and guessed the emotions correctly of their…

In our first week back we listened to the story In Our Hands and thought about the ways we can make a positive difference and grow and flourish in our new school year. We talked about our school values and how they can help us in our learning and teamwork. We created our own trees of hope using…

We had a visit today from Alan from the RNLI. He told us all about the amazing work they do. He also shared ways we can keep ourselves safe when we are near the water. 

We created animal homes using a variety of natural materials. Then we tested them to see if they were waterproof or absorbent - two words we learnt in our Materials topic! We found out the more layers, the better! Team work makes the dream work! 

In RE we are answering the question “What makes places special?”

We have thought about our own personal special places and looked at why churches are important for Christians.

Today we investigated special places for Muslims and found out about going to the Mosque. We listened to the “Peace…

In Science we were inspired by The Gruffalo to look closely at animal footprints. We needed to recall our measuring skills using a ruler! 

In English, Class Three read Chapter Nine of Holes. We discussed why Stanley told a lie in his letter and considered the tone he used. The children then searched for the features of an informal letter within a modelled example. After finding and recording different devices and language features,…

We made some delicious pizza pockets. We started by folding a plain tortilla into 4 before cutting into the centre of the wrap. Once our base was into quarters, we spread our tomato sauce before adding a different topping onto each corner. Our choice of toppings were; mozzarella, pepperoni, ham,…

In RE this week, Class Three explored the themes of freedom and salvation in the story of Moses. We began by learning about the rest of the story of Moses before using drama to consider what Moses and the Pharaoh should have done using a conscience alley activity! The children had great and very…