We are artist! 🎨🖌️

7th December 2023Ruth Shields

We’ve had a lovely morning in Crew Shields as we explored a new artist and became familiar with the critique norms.

We looked at pieces of art and started to think about praises and wonders for each piece. We also considered the pieces that we liked and the ones we weren’t so keen on. There was a discussion about how people like different styles of art but this is down to personal preferences.

Our new artist is Waltraud Nawratil so we spent some time building up some background knowledge on the artist we’ll be staying out art after.

Then, we recapped some sketching techniques and watched a video on acrylic paint techniques. Crew Shields are excited to get cracking on their first draft tomorrow.

Polar Express

5th December 2023Ruth Shields

Yesterday, we started to look at our next writing unit. We thought it only fitting to do some Christmas writing as that will be a lovely way to end the term off.

We are using a short scene from The Polar Express and writing a narrative. We started by sequencing the events in the video and generating some vocabulary that could help us.

Music – Crew Hamill, Crew Shields and Crew Thompson 🎶 ✨ 🎄 🎅🏼

5th December 2023Sarah Mcglone

This morning we have been perfecting our Christmas performance songs. We have been looking at making sure we are singing in time to the beat, adding in body percussion where needed, and getting the lyrics absolutely spot on! It is sounding really beautiful – we just need to keep practising our lines at home so that the whole performance really comes together ready for next week!

We finished off by continuing to learn how to play the recorder. We applied our knowledge of the notes B and A and put them into a short piece of music. We clapped out the rhythm before adding the instruments. Great work! 🎵

LKS2 Celebration of Learning

30th November 2023Ruth Shields

This afternoon, the children had the opportunity to share their expedition journey with their parents. They did an absolutely amazing job of speaking in front of an audience and proudly showed off the learning they have been doing. They should be beyond proud of themselves for the product they’ve produced.

We have a limited number of newspapers available for a donation if you would like a copy.

Thank you so much to all the grown ups that joined us for our Celebration of learning this afternoon. We really appreciate the support you’ve shown today.

How do we see?

23rd November 2023Ruth Shields

During this case study, we have been learning about light and how the eye works. We were super excited this afternoon when we had the opportunity to see how the pupil works. We couldn’t believe that our eye does this without us even knowing.