This week in Science, Cherries have been carrying out an investigation as part of their “Rocks” topic. They have been testing to see how hard or soft rocks are. Also, if they are permeable, or buoyant.
In RE this week, we have started learning about the Christmas Nativity story.
We began by finding out who Mary and Joseph were and how the Angel Gabriel visited them to tell them the news that Mary would be having the son of God, Jesus.
We made small paper models of Angel Gabriel and used Mary and Joseph puppets to retell the beginning of the nativity story.
On Tuesday, we started anti-bullying week with odd socks day. The whole school looked amazing wearing their odd socks to show how we are all different but we all still work well together.
The theme of this year’s anti-bullying week is “Choose Respect”. During our PSHE lessons, every class talked about how we could act towards each other to be respectful. All children completed work where they promised to choose respect by behaving in appropriate ways. There were some great ways to show respect, shown in the photographs below.
Today the children have all thoroughly enjoyed completing activities linked to Children In Need. They were able to dress up in Pudsey themed clothing and some designed their own Children in Need t-shirts.
Have a look at how much fun they have had!
We’ve had a great day in school raising money for Children in Need.
School Council organised a t-shirt competition where children designed and made their own Pudsey t-shirts. Each class had a winning design and the children won a Children in Need water bottle.
School Council also arranged a cake sale. We raised over £100, which has been donated to Children in Need.
Well done everyone and thank you for your generous efforts.
On Fridays, Birches class spend some time playing board games with each other to practice our turn taking and social skills. This week’s favourite was Twister!
Today, Elms made some guacamole as part of our D.T learning around cooking and nutrition. The children used lots of different preparation skills such as cutting, slicing, peeling, mashing and spooning. They put their learning into practise by discussing food safety and also how the guacamole could be eaten as part of a balanced diet. The activity also linked to our learning about Mexico.
This week in Rowan’s the children have explored mixing the primary colours of yellow and blue and identified that it made green. Well done!
This morning Birches listened to both the story and song version of The Lambton Worm. The children were particularly interested in the Geordie dialect! We then sequenced the story and added the correct verse from the song with a partner.
