The Shire

In the Shire this week we have looked at celebrating the Chinese New Year. They dressed in party clothes with a red and yellow theme. In Pixies, they had red and yellow rice to play with on the sensory play table. The role-play area was turned into a Chinese restaurant with menus, decorations and Chinese lanterns. 

The Shire made paper snake chains, lanterns, snakes and fans. They made four snakes and measured which team's was the longest. Then they made one long snake from the four chains and measured it. They practised tai chi and sang Chinese songs. Then they had Chinese food to eat with chopsticks and tried on Chinese clothes.

 

The Dragons

The Dragons visited Cadbury's world, where they learnt how chocolate was made.

They went on rides, and had a go at tempering chocolate. 

The Wizards 

In English this week, the children have finished their Scottish Island fact files: adding photographs and editing their work before printing. They have started to research and make notes about Galileo from an information book in preparation for writing their own biographies. 

Linking IT and Greek Myths, the Wizards have created their own animations or games linked to The 12 Labours of Heracles. They enjoyed listening to the story and drawing images of each task to help them remember what happened. 

In Maths, the children have been calculating angles of both straight lines and triangles; the children in year 6 have also been measuring different types of angles using a protractor.  

We have also found out about the Chinese new year with the children retelling the story of the Chinese Zodiac race organised by the Jade Emperor. They have also used their origami skills to create their own paper fortune cookies!