In Art, Anna and Anandavalli have been creating a landscape on fabric using acrylic paint. They have experimented with different hues, tints and dilutions. The girls have started using thread to add some textural marks.
In computing this week we have focused on online safety. Making sure children know when to report such things as cyber-bullying and to make sure they are an upstander, looking after not only themselves but friends as well.
This week the Nightingales have been on their residential trip to Grafham Water and participated in lots of fun activities, including climbing, high ropes and bike rides.
On Wednesday, we went on a trip to Bosworth Battlefield. We had a brilliant introduction to our new History topic of the Tudors. We meet the Bosworth Solider and he taught us how to stand and ‘strike’ just as the Tudors did during the Battle of Bosworth. It was a fantastic day of immersive history learning!
In Art, Year 3 explored how an artist combined their media. Anna, Zayden, Owen and Hugo produced fantastic double page spreads, showcasing their thoughts, feelings and observations of Alice Kettle's work.
In history we have learnt about the Mayan civilisation and deciding what our opinions were on their way of life.
In our English lessons we have been reading The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. This week we wrote in role as the main character, a robot called Roz. Here is Mckenna’s work.
This term, our history topic is Ancient Egypt. This week, in our art lessons, we created clay scarab beetles.
This week in Art we started our new Art project. Molly and Hugo have created a superb double-paged spread about Ancient Egypt. They researched particular elements and sketched pictures to help illustrate it.
In RE we have been looking at the ways in which Hindus worship. A Hindu temple, more commonly known as a Mandir among Hindus has been the focus this week. We have been looking into different features of them and what they contain.
“In our art lessons Year 4 have been learning about Mayan weaving. This week we made our own weaving frames and used tissue paper to experiment with different combinations of colour. Here's Migle's frame inspired by the colours of the rainbow."
In the Seals English class this week, Year 3 have been reading 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes. We have been writing letters as Hogarth to apologise for trapping the Iron Man into the pit. Here is Sophie's fantastic letter!
