During Roald Dahl week we studied James and the Giant Peach. We began the week by measuring the circumference of different fruit. Then we went into the playground to explore how big the peach would have to be to fit in James and all his insect friends.
We created our own peach using two paper plates and drew the insects to go inside. Also we used papier mache to make the seagulls that save the peach from deadly sharks.
After reading an exciting part of the story we wrote instructions to help James escape the deadly sharks.
This week, in PSHE the children began to look at what makes them special and article 7 of the UNICEF Children’s Rights handbook, “All children have the right to a legal name, nationality and family ties“. Circle time games and discussion helped the children to explore why it is important to feel special. Trying to build on the children’s self esteem, they were encouraged to identify what they liked about themselves and celebrate being unique.
Next week, we will have a break in our work on, ‘Feeling Special’ in order to welcome some exciting visitors!
Working together, the children were able to discuss their learning, on self worth, form last week. They then worked in pairs to complete their Dot Com journals. This encouraged the children to talk through what they are good at, the importance of confidence and to think about what makes them feel proud.
Next week, we will be welcoming some exciting visitors, so our topic ‘All About Me’ will continue in a weeks time.
The Dot Com charactersNotes on Nanny Com and Uncle Ron
This Week in PSHE, Year 6 worked in groups to develop a better understanding of the Dot Com characters. They worked together to identify key facts about the character and compiled questions they would like to ask them. Confidently, the children were able to discuss why Dot is a good character for children to relate to. The children felt that Dot faced some of the same troubles that they themselves faced, or could face in the future. They enjoyed learning more about Genie, who is Dot’s best friend, and began to look at the value of true friendship.
Mind map workPlanningAll about Dot
Next week, Year 6 are going to explore Article 30 of the UNICEF Children’s Rights handbook. “Every child has the right to use their own language, customs and the religion of their family regardless of whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country where they live.”
The children will explore Article 30 and how this relates to friendship.
Year 5 had a great PSHE lesson discussing and getting to know the Dot Com characters. The children split into groups and identified key facts about Dot’s friends and family. They were able to talk and share ideas about the challenges the characters might face, how they could deal with them and the advise they would offer them.
The Dot Com charactersJake and Narina are in Dot’s class at schoolBongani is one of Dot’s friends. He suffers from Spina bifida and plays wheelchair basketballPearl and Slam are brother and sister. They live with their dad because their parents are divorced, but see their mum regularly
Next week, Year 5 will be looking at that differences and similarities between people and how these arise. They will also be looking at Article 30 of the the Children’s Rights handbook. ” Every child has the right to use their language, customs and religion of their family regardless of whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country where they live.”
This week in PSHE, the children began to recognise their own self worth as individuals and were encouraged to identify what makes them special. As a class, the children took part in various circle time games that helped them to identify what they are good at and the qualities they have. Using their Dot Com journals and the UNICEF Children’s Rights handbook, the children were able to discuss their right to an identity and how their individuality makes them special.
UNICEF Children’s Rights
Next week, Year 4 will use their Dot Com journals to think about what makes them unique and explore how the Dot Com characters show off their talents.
During Art week Year 3 have been using different mediums to create different styles of foxes. We used the tile printing method to create some wanted posters. We looked at the famous Artist Andy Warhol and recreated his famous Pop Art style. First we had to draw our own fox, Mrs Hall and Miss Groom made this really easy by giving us step by step instructions to follow. Then we had to choose really bright, bold colours to make the fox pop and stand out. We also made some origami fox heads, this was our favourite activity of the week.
We also wrote some descriptions of Fantastic Mr Fox and the three mean farmers in our writing lessons and in maths we had to help the farmers create a safety fence for the the chicken house and work out the perimeter of the fence.
During our reading lessons we read and answered questions about the book fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl, who was born 100 years ago.
Today is a special day held to celebrate him and remember all the books he wrote, so at St Clement’s we decided to dress up for this special day
Year 6 have been learning about Roald Dahl this week as this would have been his 100th birthday. We have been reading and learning about the BFG.
We solved BFG word problems including converting between different measures.
We had a note from the BFG asking us to make Sophie a chair. We then had to upscale it 4 times to make one for the BFG.
We wrote instructions so we could tell other children how to catch dreams. We wrote our own dreams into a dream jar so it was ready for the BFG to catch.
We made dream catchers to help the BFG catch more dreams. We drew sketches in the style of Quentin Blake and used watercolours to add colour.
On Friday we could dress up as our favourite character from a Roald Dahl book, Mrs Harris came as the BFG and Mrs Webster came as Mrs Twit.
This week to celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday, we have been learning about one of Miss Tsang’s favourite childhood stories ‘The Big Friendly Giant- (The BFG)’. We have been so busy creating and making lots of BFG art work. We have especially enjoyed making our very own dream jars and also an actual life size BFG. He is now sitting in our reading area, ready to help us read!
Today we loved dressing up as lots of different characters from Roald Dahl’s stories! Take a look at what we have dressed as…
This week in Year 2, we have been exploring the story of The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl. We found out he was a mean crocodile who liked to eat children!
We have created lots of wonderful art based on the characters in the story. We have made our own Enormous Crocodile to sit in our reading corner along with his ‘notsobig’ crocodile friends. We have also written our own Revolting Recipe ‘Vomit Vegetables’ to feed to the crocodile so he doesn’t eat the juicy children.
We have had lots of fun learning all about the characters in Roald Dahl’s stories and dressing up as them on our Roald Dahl Day!
Matilda and GeorgeEnormous CrocodileLooking for some children to eat!‘notsobigone’
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