For our Learning Challenge Curriculum, we studied the gospels to find out what they told us about the birth of Jesus. At the end of this topic we designed two Christmas cards from Matthew and Luke’s perspectives. Here are some of our designs:
During our friendships and relationships topic, we created a class charter thinking about how we need to behave towards one another in school. We then wrote a recipe for friendship and recognised why people make assumptions and why we shouldn’t judge people. We looked at compliments and put downs and understood the difference between conflict and resolutions and how friendship can naturally end.
Stuart from Constain Group came to school to deliver a whole school assembly on civil engineering. The children learned what civil engineering is and how it affects our whole lives, from our sewage system to our buildings and everything in between. In particular, Stuart told us of theTestos roundabout engineering project for the improvement of the A19. Stuart emphasised the importance of maths of science and what career paths are available in civil engineering.
He then showed EYFS and Year 1 some PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) that is used by workers on the site.
So far this week the children have focused on the main character from the book Wild and created our own representation of her. We have thought about what type of character she may be based upon only her appearance
We have just started out Literacy topic using the book Wild.
We are linking to closely to another book called “The fox and the star”.
The children will be focusing on characters and how they can live in different settings that can sometimes be unusual. This will link to our science topic plants. We will focus on the main character from the book Wild and created our own representation of her. We will think about what type of character she may be based upon only her appearance.
Here is a retelling of the story Wild
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During Spring 1 we will be reading ‘Beegu’ by Alexis Deacon as part of our literacy lessons.
Beegu is a lovely story about a small creature who is lost on Earth.
We will use this book to make predictions about what might happen based on what we have read and talk about how the main character is feeling. These activities will enhance our understanding of the story. We will write lists and character descriptions. As part of Talk for Writing we will rewrite our own stories based on Beegu.
Watch this animated version on YouTube.
Year 3 had a nice winters walk to East Boldon library where they picked a fantastic range of books to read over the next few weeks.
Year 4 started a new trial of reading plus this afternoon, this will continue for the next 8 weeks and is focused on increasing reading fluency along with vocabulary skills.
This term we are reading the story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.
We will make predictions before reading this story and then during Talk for Writing we will learn to tell the story while creating our own actions to help us. We will make story maps to help with our story telling. We will learn about the features of our finding tale and then innovate and invent our own stories.
Enjoy sharing this retelling found on YouTube.
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For the school fayre, year 6 made snowman biscuits. We had great fun icing the tops, covering them with a marshmallow and sweets. We made £30 profit from the sales!
