This week we have been focusing on the book ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. We have learnt actions for the story and created a story map as a class. The children have written a list of what was in LRRH’s basket. They have labelled the character’s name. They have also labelled the big, bad wolf and have sequenced and retold the story!
This week we have been looking at the different types of bullying that can occur. We have also looked at bullying that happened during Victorian times.
The children were shocked to find out that children, in Victorian times, were made to face the wall and wear a ‘dunces’ just because they were slow learners or unable to keep up with their peers. This was seen as a form of verbal bullying.
Adheer could not believe that children could be humiliated in this way. He was also shocked to find out that children were physically bullied and made to do jobs they didn’t want to do.
We also looked at Homophobia and through discussion children understood that it was another form of bullying and unacceptable.
We discussed that people have used graffiti and signs as a form of visual bullying through the years and this has also been seen as being unacceptable.
Erica made reference to this by pointing out the signs which were used by the Nazis during World War II.
The children now have a better understanding of bullying and that it can occur in different forms
Year 1 have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We know that there are lots of shapes in our environment. We can name the shapes and we can talk about the properties of the shapes. We have been exploring 3D shapes and discovered the 2D shapes that we can see on them. We can see 6 square faces on a cube! We created our 3D shapes using midget gems and cocktail sticks!
Take a look at what we have made!
On Monday we talked about the fireworks they had seen and heard over the weekend. My favourite sentence was from Isaiah who said “the firework blasted in to the night”.
We watched a video of a fireworks and described what we could see and hear. Then the children made their own firework pictures with chalk on black paper.
This week Year 1 took part in forest school with Mrs Grant. We were shown how to be safe around a fire. We used our senses to describe what we could see, hear, smell, feel and taste. It helped us to create some superb Firework Poems. We enjoyed tasting hot chocolate!
What a busy first week back it has been for Year 3. We have started our new topics which are Light in Science , incarnation in Religious Education Heroes and Villains in Topic and Art sessions. Also we are having a big focus on reading and especially reading for pleasure.
Year 3 are being encouraged to pick a book from the class library to take home and enjoy with built in times during the week to read for pleasure. Children are very welcome to bring in their own books, magazines or comics form home. After discussion Year 3 decided that they needed to be comfortable to enjoy reading and also be in a quiet, calm space.
This week Year 2 have been reading and discussing lots of fun, exciting books. We have talked about which books we like, those we don’t like and what we would like to read in the future.
In class, we had time to get comfy with some blankets and pillows and settle down to read our favourite books. After we had some lively discussion about which books we liked the best.
This week, Year 2 would like to recommend The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers because we thought it was very funny!
Year 5 launched our topic about space by going for a special viewing of the documentary ‘A Beautiful Planet’ in IMAX. We had a fantastic time and really enjoyed wearing the 3D glasses, which made the different images look like real life! We’ve learnt lots and had lots of fun!
This week, Reception have learnt all about Bonfire night and Diwali. We learnt about the gunpowder plot story to find out why Bonfire night is celebrated and we found out how it is celebrated. On Tuesday we had a fire outside in our forest school area. We had hot chocolate and marshmallows and sang songs around the fire. We made firework pictures and created rocket fireworks using 3D and 2D shapes. On Thursday we learnt about Diwali. We listened to the story of Rama and Sita to find out why Diwali is celebrated. We decorated mehndi hands and made Diwali cards.
Year 6 have had a successful half term and have enjoyed new learning .
The children took part in maths week, were writing narratives about mechanical animals and even performed poetry. Science was enjoyable too as they got to make parallel circuits and create a light celebration.
The children are eagerly awaiting their letters from their International school in India.