New saint and value
Our new value for this half term is ‘courage’ something St Bernadette of Lourdes showed plenty of during her life, never giving up on her faith.
Dance
This week during PE, we danced to songs we could do in unison, such as The Macarena, Cha Cha Slide and It's Time for Africa, before comparing with some older dance moves such as the Twist.
Mixed class reading session
We’ve had a wonderful morning reading with Class 4. The children read together and shared in the joy of books!
Sequencing sounds
During computing time, we continued our work with ‘Scratch’. Today we sequenced sounds to match the movements of our characters. We added in sounds like the crowd cheering when a footballer scored a goal and waves and bubbles to match an under the sea scene.
Easter Play
The children have had their first run through of our Easter Play! A letter has been sent home detailing performance day and times as well as costumes.
Our Music lessons next half term will focus on learning the songs. We can’t wait to perform it for you in just over a months…
Tamworth Castle trip
We have had a terrific time at Tamworth Castle. We had a tour of the castle and a close view of the Staffordshire Hoard. We saw how the castle had changed over time as we wandered through the rooms. We dressed as Saxon warriors and imagined an enemy tribe approaching as we took in the view from…
Anglo Saxon shortbread
Today we used ingredients very similar to what the Anglo Saxons would have had available to bake and decorate shortbread. The only flavouring was the honey and the only decoration was using a fork to make patterns. The Anglo Saxons ate very simple foods, things they could hunt or forage for but…
A special visitor for our RE lesson
Fr Neale joined us for our RE lesson today! He came to answer our questions about the role of a vicar. He answered things such as:
What do you do on a Tuesday when church is closed?
Why did you become a vicar?
Did you receive a calling to change careers?
What is your most/least…
Computing lessons
Recently during computing lessons we have been using an app called Scratch, to programme a sprite to move across the screen in different ways. This week we have created a few short animations such as a giraffe eating leaves from a tree and a dancing unicorn at a party!
History - using artefacts
Last week we learnt about the Anglo Saxon boat that was discovered at Sutton Hoo in 1939. We read lots of information about it and discussed how it may have got there and how the condition of the soil preserved it so well, making it one of the most exciting hoards ever found. This afternoon we…
Dance, dance whoever you may be!
Today we created movements as different animals during our Dance lesson in PE. Can you guess which animals we are?
What do the Gospels teach us about Jesus?
Today we looked at the Gospel story of Jesus asking Peter and Andrew to cast aside their nets at the lake and become ‘fishers for men’ instead. Jesus asked them to leave their own belongings behind and follow him, spreading the message of the Gospels to allow more people to follow him. The two…