The Shire

The Pixies this week had fun reading the book 'Pete the cat and the missing cupcakes' as part of their learning about numbers to 10. Pete the cat had cupcakes for a party, but grumpy toad kept eating them. They used the story to bake their own cupcakes and looked at the two numbers of cakes that would total 10. 

They then got to eat the cupcakes, of course! 

The shire baked focaccia bread this week and enjoyed foraging for Rosemary in the garden to use. 

 

The Elves and Griffins have been looking at the Easter Story this week with the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey. The year twos have been learning their two times table. They enjoyed painting watercolour pictures of daffodils. 

Whilst out and about this week, the Shire discovered and had great fun with the new equipment at the playground. 

The Dragons

This week in the Dragons, the children learnt about the warrior queen, Boudicca, and her resistance against the Roman invaders. They found out about the food introduced to Britain by the Romans, including surprising items on the menu, like fish gut oil, dormice and flamingo tongues!

The Dragons made their own stop frame animated short films, using everyday objects as characters in their short films. The children worked in small groups, working collaboratively to produce the finished films.

The Wizards

On Tuesday, a group of children from the Wizards Class represented the school at the 113th Chipping Norton Music Festival at Chipping Norton Town Hall. They took part in a singing workshop with three other schools, performing songs about dreamcatchers. The children sang brilliantly at the rehearsal as well as in the concert, which families were able to attend. They were a real credit to the school!

This week, the Wizards have continued to find out about the Windrush Generation including the Bristol Bus Boycott: they have begun to create powerpoints to record all aspects of both the journey and what life was like for the people when they arrived in the UK.

In the kitchen this week, the children made plaited bread rolls – a new skill for some of them. Each child was able to take one home, and they were enjoyed by everyone!

We'd like to thank Father Mark for coming in and taking a lovely assembly about Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent.