Noticing skills
Today we learnt a new skill, similar to our ‘Stilling’ activity, called ‘Noticing’. It is based on the idea of taking time to recognise times of energy but also times we may feel hopeless. It allows us time to reflect on our day and build on the positives, finding a good balance and noticing the…
Music, learning our Easter Play songs!
We have started rehearsals for our Easter Performance. During Music lessons we are focusing on our singing skills, which fits perfectly with learning the song words for our play!
English - New class text
We have loved starting our new English text, ‘A Roman soldiers handbook’. It is jam packed with new facts. We have so far learnt the requirements to meet in order to become a soldier, the punishments for disobedience and how the army was organised. As well as adding to our Historical knowledge,…
Fractions outdoors
Today we completed a scavenger hunt to answer questions about fractions, it was really fun to take our learning into the fresh air and we used lots of energy running to find each clue!
Computing in Class 3
Today we used wavacity to record our own sounds. We then played them back and started to edit and improve our recordings.
Chinese New Year
In class 3’s ‘language’ lesson they enjoyed learning a few facts about the Chinese New Year and the animals that were chosen for the Chinese zodiac. They then created some springy snakes to represent the year of the snake.
Meeting a person from the Sikh faith
We are studying the Sikh Religion in RE this half term. Today we held an online meeting with a person from the Sikh community, a parent from another school within our trust. She was kind enough to answer some of our questions about her religion, such as ‘how do they raise enough money to feed…
RSPB Bird Watch
This afternoon we took part in the Big Bird watch, counting how many birds we saw in our school grounds and keeping a tally of which type of bird it was each time we spotted one. It made us think, what could we do to encourage more wildlife in our school?
English - punctuating speech
Today we used post it notes in the shape of speech bubbles, to record the spoken words between our 2 characters, the hero and the beast. We then paired up and each played a character, acting out the conversation using expression. Tomorrow we will write this conversation up into paragraphs of…
Deaf awareness and support training
Today we had a lesson all about ‘deaf awareness’ led by a specialist teacher and one of our classmates! They shared a PowerPoint they had created together full of facts, some even new to our teachers! Did you know one of the worlds greatest composers, Beethoven, carried on making music whilst…
The Muddy jar
This week we have taken some time to think of our own well being and the importance of finding calm and stillness in in a busy day. We compared what can happen in our minds with a muddy jar. When we first put a spoonful of soil on the water, it was murky, dark, hard to see through and there were…
The Romans!
Our new History topic is The Romans. Today we completed a scavenger hunt around the classroom to gather facts about what the Roman soldiers used to wear and how it to helped to protect them.