The Shire's plans this week for out and about were curtailed by the snowfall! Instead of bark rubbing, they took a trip to the church where they saw the font, talked about baptism and found a kneeler with a tapestry picture of the school. They looked at the architecture of the church and gravestones and noted how the blossom on the tree in the graveyard might make people feel peaceful.

We have been making Christmas stars for the Christmas Tree Festival in the Methodist church in Chipping Norton. 

The Dragons have been programming for the Global Sphero Challenge. They've been building robots and then programming them to use pens to write words.

Whilst thinking about compassion, the Dragons have been looking at the parable of The Prodigal Son. We've been continuing our work on the Tudors and talking about how they kept their houses warm with tapestries. In the outdoor classroom with Mrs Blackwell we've been planning on what we can make with the crops that we will harvest. One idea was soup with leeks.

Some of our self-portraits in the style of Hans Holbein.

Henry VIII Gallery

This week, some of the Wizards attended the netball festival at Chipping Norton School, which had to be indoors because of the snow! The children all took part in a series of skill-based activities including shooting, passing the ball, footwork and moving into spaces. A very enjoyable afternoon! 

In Art, the children have been creating decorations for the Christmas tree which will be part of the Christmas Tree Festival in Chipping Norton, as well as beginning their Christmas cards to send home. 

In History, our 'House of Hanover Family Trees' are now complete, and we have started to create our topic book for this term. We have also answered the question of why Britain was known as the workshop of the world because of its advancement in producing goods using machinery whilst selling them around the country as well as abroad. 

After a discussion about our value of compassion, we looked at the story of The Good Samaritan. The children discussed the following questions: What is the moral or lesson to be learned from the story and why do you think the priest and Levite walked past the injured man? They then wrote their own version of the story, including an illustration.