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Today, the pupils in Year 4 travelled down to Lockyers Middle school for cooking and music workshops. This forms part of their transition to middle school at the end of next year. The children travelled by minibus before taking part in a music emsemble and baking cookies to take home.
This week, we have recognised 'Anti-bullying week' in school. All classes have read a variety of books with the theme of celebrating difference. We then all drew self-portraits using only 1 colour to create a whole school display.
Today, Year 3 went on their trip to Winchester Science Museum. They had a robot programming workshop, a planetarium experience and time to explore the 2 floors full of science experiments. The children had a great day and represented our school fantastically.
Today, Year 3 had their 'Dress like an Egyptian' day. Here is their recount:
Today, we had our Ancient Egyptian day. We all came into school dressed as Ancient Egyptians ready to be transported back to life in the land of the pharaohs.
We started by reading about the process of mummification and why important individuals such as pharaohs were mummified after their death. We discovered that the body was first purified with a substance called natron and then all of the organs were removed apart from the heart. We had a go at mummifying a carrot by covering it in salt and bicarbonate of soda to remove the water. After 2 weeks, we can then wrap them in linen strips.
After that, we looked at how the Ancient Egyptians communicated. We spoke about hieroglyphics and how the Rosetta Stone helped us know now what each symbol means. We looked at how papyrus from the River Nile was used to create paper, and then had a go at weaving strips of brown paper to create our own example. Later in the day, we then created hieroglyphic messages to write on our paper.
The rest of our day was focused on what the Ancient Egyptians ate and how they cooked and produced these foods. We again spoke about the importance of the River Nile and how it provided life in a harsh landscape like the desert. We made Ancient Egyptian bread flavoured with dates and honey, and tried different ingredients that the Ancient Egyptians would have eaten.
This week, children from across the school have been holding their Harvest Festivals. The children sang a range of songs including 'Big, Red, Combine Harvester', 'Dingle, Dangle Scarecrow', 'Harvest Samba' and our favourite 'Cauliflowers Fluffy'. The children also performed poems about Harvest and Harvest prayers.
Today, Year 4 had a fabulous day celebrating their Europe Day! The children all came to school in European non-uniform, some children dressing in traditional clothes and others in the colours of European flags. The children enjoyed a range of activities including food tasting, Maths symmetry flag activity, reading comprehension about European landmarks and a team challenge building European bridges. What an awesome way to end their Geography learning journey.
This afternoon, Revd Jane Burgess visited our school to lead an assembly all about Harvest and the significance of this time of year. She spoke about the importance of harvesting food at this time of year and how we can collect food to help people less fortunate than ourselves.
Today, we were lucky to welcome Jessica from Corfe Mullen library. She shared with us who had completed the summer reading challenge and have out certificates. Amazingly, over 1/3 of the children across the school took part the reading challenge this year! She also spoke to us about events coming up at the library that we could visit with our families. There is a winter reading challenge this year that will start after half term- look out for more information soon!
This afternoon, Year 3 had their parent share. The children sang two songs from their music unit, acted out the book 'How to wash a woolly mammoth' and performed a poem about prehistoric Britain.
Today was World Mental Health Day 2023. This year the theme is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’. To recognise this in school, we will be asking the children to take a few minutes to check in on how they are feeling. This embeds the importance of taking time to notice their emotional well-being and how that can impact on their day.
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This morning, children in Year 1 and 2 had a music workshop led by the Benedetti Foundation. Due to receiving the Music Mark award, we were one of only nine schools to receive a workshop morning which the children thoroughly enjoyed.
This afternoon, Year 4 had their first parent share of the year. The children sang songs from their music unit and performed a fairy tale poem that linked to their English learning journeys. They then made structures using straws and masking tape with their grown ups to model how to make structures stable, strong and stiff using diagonal struts.
