George Seurat 🖼️ 👩‍🎨

22nd February 2024Laura Godley

Today we were artists and found out about the French post-impressionist artist Georges Seurat. 
Seurat used pointillism to create his artwork. After a gallery walk and a critique session we had a go at using the pointillist techniques. We decided that this was one of our favourite technique with the effects we created and critiqued our first piece. We then used the critique to create another draft.

Miss Burge also shared that she was a magnificent artist at school and drew her Dad using pointillism. We were blown away by her portrait. This inspired us to try even harder, to get smart.

Challenge Crew ⭕️

22nd February 2024Laura Godley

Today we had a really tricky crew challenge! We were in two teams and the clock was ticking ⏰ we raced against each we other to untangle ourselves, during this challenge we developed our communication skills and problem solving skills, collaborating to untangle our very messy arms!

Citizenship Crew 🧍🏻❌

21st February 2024Kate Thompson

In crew this morning, we looked at what happens to my body and I can get help with any concerns. To be successful in this lesson we had to understand what sort of touch we are happy with and what sort of touch we are not happy with, know the difference between a little deal and a serious problem and know how to get help for myself or others. First, we looked at the choices we make at home, school and outside. Then, we used colours to highlight areas on our body which we were ok for people to touch, areas only our close family and friends could touch and areas that are private and only ourselves can touch.

Reliable rescuers ⛑🚑

21st February 2024Kate Thompson

In Scotty’s this morning, we continued to work on developing our teamwork skills. First, we had a warm up game where we worked as a team to reach the other side. Then, we had a go at making a stretcher to help rescue injured people. This required working as a team as we had to make sure we lifted at exactly the same time. We were all so pleased with our efforts today and can’t wait to take these skills onto the field.

Challenge Crew 🎶

20th February 2024Kate Thompson

In challenge crew today, we circled up and had to work together as a team to pass around the object without making a sound. We started with a tambourine and then tried passing round Mrs Bidmead’s lanyard. We had our problem solving heads on and soon came up with solutions on how to pass them round quietly.

Things that make us happy 😊

19th February 2024Laura Godley

Today we explored the term ‘loneliness’ and how we can support ourselves when we may be feeling a little lonely. We had some really meaningful discussions around the vocab ‘alone’, which was our word of the day and ‘lonely’ comparing how some people like to have some alone time and how this is different to feeling lonely. Here are the things that we like to do to ensure we don’t feel lonely.

Leo loves a family games night and Thomas loves to go out for his tea with his family 😊

Scientists in the making…..fabulous food chains 🐛🐓🦊

19th February 2024Laura Godley

Today we were scientists and explored simple food chains.

We learnt the definition of words such as producer, consumer, predator and prey.

The children worked in collaborative groups to put together there food chains and explain how energy was transferred through the food chain. It provoked some really interesting conversations around energy and how consumers and prey have different roles within the food chain.

Crew Godley and Crew Robson – Music 🎶 ✨

12th February 2024Sarah Mcglone

During this lesson, we warmed up by recapping walk (crotchet) and ‘jog’ (quaver) durations before looking at 4-beat rhythms. We discussed rhythm grids and looked at the symbol for ‘rest’.

Once we had practised reading the rhythm grids, we then created our own 4-beat rhythms. We practised the rhythms we created with our partner using untuned percussion instruments before then swapping grids with another pair and having a go at playing their rhythm too.