As a treat, Chestnuts visited the Customs House to see The Little Mermaid.
The children really enjoyed the film.
Chestnuts recently visited the library at The Word, where we took part in a story telling session.
A kind librarian read a great story about a young girl travelling around the world in a hot air balloon. She visited lots of different countries, which we have studied throughout our history and geography work. We have also read many books at school about these places.
The children were great at talking about what they have learned. The librarian was very impressed with how many amazing books Chestnuts have read this year.
Before we returned to school, we had a chance to explore the huge collection of library books. The children promised they would come to the library to choose their own books. Hopefully this will continue to improve their reading. 
This week, in history, Chestnuts have been researching ancient Egypt as part of our topic.
We have found out lots of new information about:
- Egyptian art;
- Egyptian architecture;
- Inventions;
- Writing;
- How they built cities;
- How they used water from the River Nile.
We worked as groups to answer lots of questions and present our research on huge posters.
In science, Chestnuts current topic is “Electricity”.
This week we have investigated how to make a complete circuit. We have been explaining why circuits sometimes do not work.
Look at our pictures showing the bulb lighting and the work in our books.
Chestnuts have had lots of coronation fun! 🇬🇧
We made royal crowns and Union Jack flags, before eating cucumber sandwiches and jam cream scones. Then, we played games on the field 🌞
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As part of our art topic, Chestnuts have been looking at statues and statuettes from throughout history.
We we have used clay to create our our figures of people. It was quite hard to shape the clay carefully and add intricate details.
Don’t they look amazing?
Chestnuts have had a fantastic day at The Great North Museum (Hancock) in Newcastle.
We have learned lots about Ancient Egypt and were wowed by the real artefacts, especially the mummified bodies on display! We will follow up this learning over the next few weeks in class.
The children’s behaviour was perfect! We even received an email to school from a Metro passenger, saying how polite and well-behaved the children had been whilst travelling. All staff and children feel very proud! ☺️
In art, Chestnuts have been looking at animal skin and the different patterns they have.
We made printing blocks with strong cardboard and sponges. Then, we dipped them in paint and created similar patterns to look like animal skin.
Finally, we cut out silhouettes and stuck them on our animal printing.
As part of our Easter celebrations, we took part in our “Smelly Egg” competition where we all designed and made amazing Easter eggs.
Look at our fantastic efforts…
In Chestnuts, we have designed and made spring themed cross-stitch bookmarks. This is part of our Design Technology work.
Cross stitching isn’t as easy as it looks!
We have worked hard to make our bookmarks look amazing! Don’t you agree?
