Cherries are so proud of their amazing writing.
This week, we have been reading the book “Stone Age Boy” as part of our Stone Age topic.
We have produced some fantastic work: retelling the story and writing setting descriptions.
Look at how proud we are of our lovely writing.
This week, Cherries invited parents and carers into school to join us with our learning.
As part of our Stone Age topic, we built models of Stonehenge and we created handprints like people from thousands of years ago.
We also showed our parents / carers around our classroom and explained our learning.
This week in our history lesson, we explored the meaning of the historical terms era, century, millennia, BC, AD, BCE and ace. The children worked together to sequence the prehistory timeline. Once completed we answered questions such as ‘What are the names of the different periods of prehistory?’ and ‘For how many centuries did the Bronze Age last?’
Sycamores began our new History topic by taking part in some drama. We acted out the story of the Yellow Emperor and the Xia Dynasty; finding out information about it whilst remaining in role. Did you know that the Yellow Emperor of the Xia Dynasty may not have even existed? There may be truth in the stories but people often question parts such as the Yellow Emperor being taken to heaven by a dragon. Great drama work around a historical idea Sycamores.
In Chestnuts we have been learning about China and this week we located the continent of Asia, the country of China and its capital. The children used atlases, maps and globes to locate China and look at the countries different features. Did you know China borders 14 different countries!
The children in Maples have worked so hard this week. In Phonics, the children have been learning new phonics sounds and consolidating their segmenting and blending skills. In Maths, each of the children have worked hard on their own individual targets, including counting, identifying more/less as well greater than/less than and equals. In Geography we identified how the land and sea are represented on a world map and have coloured their own to demonstrate their understanding. In History, we identified and discussed who the significant people are for each of us and in art we enjoyed exploring and painting using primary colours.
Have a look at our amazing work!
Willows and Cherries visited the Roman fort of Segedunum in Wallsend. All term they have been learning about the Romans, so it was the perfect visit to conclude their topic ‘Emperors and Empires’.
The children took part in a workshop where they were enrolled in the Roman army! They had to take the oath and practise for battle using their spears and shields.
They then took a rather rainy walk around the fort ruins to get a real feel for how the Romans would have lived and worked together.
Willows invited their adults in to share their learning about the Romans.
The children designed and made their own Roman shields…
… and mosaic tiles. Don’t their creations all look brilliant!
In Chestnuts, we have had an Ancient Egyptian afternoon where we invited parents to see what we have been up to.
We tasted lots of typical Ancient Egyptian food such as bread, honey, figs and cheese. We also made jewellery and Tutankhamen style headdresses.
This week Cherries had their own Roman day in class. They dressed up as Romans wearing armour and tunics!
They designed and painted their own shields, then marched around the yard to scare away enemies.
They played some Roman inspired games.
All finished with a Roman feast.
