This week it has been Creativity Week at St. Clement’s. Y2 and Y3 have been working together over the week to aid smooth transition. All of our learning this week has been themed around Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Hamlet tells the story of what happens after a ghostly figure of his father appears before Prince Hamlet and tells him some dreadful truths. What will Hamlet do next? Ask Y3 or Y2 to share a summary of the main events of the story.

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/hamlet

Have a look at this short animation 🙂

The week started with Y3 and Y2 ‘buddying up’ and after lots of discussion about Hamlet and castles. Each pair worked collaboratively to design a castle.

After reviewing the designs each pair then worked with clay to create a 3D model of their castle design.

This week Green class have participated in the Into Film Festival. This is a free, nationwide celebration of film and education for 5-19 year olds.

After a brisk walk downhill to Aston train station, a quick train ride into Birmingham New Street station and a few more steps around the corner, Green class arrived at the Electric Cinema ready to watch The Little Mermaid.

The Electric Cinema is the oldest working cinema in the U.K. and showed its first silent film in December 1909. Have a look inside this magnificent space and go upstairs to screen 2. This is where Green class sat in comfort on large sofas and cosy reclining seats. http://www.theelectric.co.uk/walkthrough/outside.html.

The Little Mermaid story,especially the setting has given Year 3 lots of wonderful ideas for their narrative writing.

This week in Year 6, we completed research on Brazil and created leaflets to encourage tourists to visit Brazil. We worked our hardest to produce this work and we learned a lot of facts from our research.

As well as learning facts and preparing leaflets, we created bracelets and flags using Brazilian colors to use during the carnival parade. There fun bright colours helped protray happiness.

We were also taught some choreography which we performed in-front of the whole school. It was a thrilling time for us to experience and we think it was a great enjoyment for the children who were watching. Year 6 tried their hardest and showed their maturity and hard work throughout the show.

Along with the Brazilian dancing we created our own Samba band and Samba songs which was fun to experience their cultures singing and made a loud but fun atmosphere.

Overall we had great and everyone enjoyed themselves and the activities.

Written by, Sofia Sheckler and Bailey Wilson