In the Shire Class

The Pixies this week have been exploring how flowers grow, what they need to grow and the different parts of a flower. When out and about, they have been looking out for flowers that bloom in spring. 

3D shapes have been a focus for the Pixies as they talked about how to identify them. They have been making great progress and enjoying lessons on the balance bikes and have been enjoying the sunnier and warmer weather outside.

In the Shire this week, pupils baked chocolate cookies with marshmallows inside.

Elves and Griffins

The Elves and Griffins have made a model set based on the 'Journey' story that they have written with their own ideas.

The children scouted the last outside location and have been storyboarding characters for their film, (about which all we can tell you is - Toby is a spider!)

The Shire enjoyed making Mother's Day cards and learning about the Easter Story.

Wizards

This week in Wizards, as part of our work on the Windrush Generation, the children have been comparing the weather in St. Lucia with the weather in the UK: they have drawn a line graph to represent the data as well as writing questions for their friends to answer.

In Art, the children have drawn some lovely pictures ready for their Easter cards. They have also been drawing images to represent the days from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday as part of our work on the Easter story.

In the kitchen on Monday afternoon, a group of Year 5s made flat breads with garlic butter – they smelt and tasted delicious! Next week, the remaining Year 5s will be making hot cross buns. We are delighted that some of the Wizards have been cooking at home using the recipes we have used in previous weeks at school.

Dragons

The Dragons have been documentary film-makers this week, exploring the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bath. They have studied exploration and empire, looking at primary sources and using clues to identify how Romans lived.

For the Dragons geography field study, pupils interviewed people on why they come to Bath and what it is that makes the city special.

The Dragons have been using their knowledge of story arcs to write their own exposition with introduction of the setting and characters.

We were delighted by the number of people who said how well-behaved the children from our school were during our trip.

The School Parliament

The school parliament has been looking at the issue of food waste in school and pupils have been researching and surveying solutions to the problem.