Dragons

Dragons this week have been comparing the Tudor and Elizabethan Ages. They have been looking at the food eaten in Tudor times and comparing it with what we eat now. Also, they have created some clay frames and will be painting miniatures in them, in the style of Nicholas Hilliard. 

In RE, the Dragons have covered the Nicene Creed and early church history, whilst investigating how people's beliefs change over time. In Maths, they have been working with fractions and counting in decimals. In English, they have been retelling the story of The Snowman. 

The Dragons programmed the Sphero Bolts to turn and go under a bridge. They've been enjoying their gardening advent calendar which contains seeds and making a postbox for Christmas cards.

The Shire

Meanwhile, in the Shire they have been shape making with willow, trying to make star shapes like their Christmas decorations for the Christmas Tree Festival. They have also been making Christmas decorations and re-using the Beatrix Potter model hill, valley and garden for retelling the Nativity. 

At the Chipping Norton Christmas tree festival, the visitors chose our 'Let your light shine' themed tree as 1st on the Friday and 2nd on Saturday and Sunday out of a total of 41! We were honoured! 

The Elves and Griffins have been busy with the Indi Sphero and placing the tiles that control the direction of the Indi.

The Pixies have looked at Hannukah this week - what it is and how it's celebrated. They made potato cakes called Latkes and crafted a menorah.

Wizards

This week, the Wizards have begun to research the Victorian era which has included finding out about Queen Victoria and how the British Empire expanded during her reign. 

Benny and Jimmy-Isaac created a slide show about Dr. Thomas Barnardo (which was shared with the class) and the work he did during the Victorian era to support poor children by providing somewhere to stay. They also found out about the Ragged School: a free school founded by Dr Thomas Barnardo to educate poor children who were mostly dressed in rags, hence the name Ragged School. 

In Art, the children have nearly finished their layered portraits, and are very pleased with the results. 

As part of our RE work, dragons have been finding out what Christian stewardship is and how this links to the bible. We looked at the story of Noah as he looked after both his family and all God's creatures by building an ark and how this was a great example of Christian stewardship.

In English, the children are using their research to create diary entries about what life was like for children working in factories during the industrial revolution. 

We have our final swimming session at Kingham Hill School next week, which will be a fun session. The children worked hard on gaining water confidence as well as working on refining the different strokes.