Class 3

Today we read a selection of poems about war. We chose our favourite to perform to the class, following tips from the author Michael Rosen. He explained the importance of things such as facial expression, hand gestures, changing the tone of your voice and using plenty of expression to add to the…

We have been creating our own final pieces inspired by Lowry. We have tried to use all the skills that we have been practising in our art unit on charcoal. Fantastic artwork Class 3. 

Today we learnt about the 1914 Christmas Truce and re-enacted it small groups. 
 

What an incredible 2 days at Standon Bowers with Class 3. We have loved our adventure! 

Day 1 consisted of den building, a blindfold trail, games on the field and a camp fire. We all had lots of fun making our beds and settling into our dorms. 

Day 2 was bouldering, rock climbing and…

Well done on reading at home 5 times in the last week! Every Friday we draw our raffle so please keep reading at home so you can enter our draw and win a new book! 

Today we became Historians and looked at different sources such as newspaper reports, photos and birth certificates to piece together the life of a significant Army officer who was killed during WW1. Despite growing up in an orphanage and experiencing racism, Walter Tull became the first black…

We linked our class Worship to our History topic today. We read the story of Stubby, the WW1 dog who served with the soldiers in France sniffing out gas attacks and catching spies. We then said a prayer to give thanks, for England being a safe country free from war and praying for less fortunate…

Our charcoal artwork is inspired by Lowry today. We have enjoyed creating these masterpieces using the skills we have practised such as blending. Our fingers were very messy! 

This afternoon we looked at a variety of posters used during WW1 to persuade men to join the army, women to go out to work and everyone to save food and money. We talked about how this was the main way the government had to communicate with people before tv and phones. The children then designed…

Lots of fun was had at the PTFA fun run, our most laps was 41! Super effort Class 3. 
 

Today we learnt some of the basics of recorder playing, accompanied with some singing, dancing, guitar and drum playing. 
 

In Art, we have been investigating light and shade. We set up some torches on our table plants and observed which parts were darker than others. We then used our charcoals to sketch our plants. Finally we added some lights and shade by using our learnt techniques of smudging as well as varying the…