The 1st of March is Baba Marta day in Bulgaria, a holiday in which traditionally people give each other wishes for health, happiness and luck. Gifts are given between family and friends, which are usually home made and are red and white in colour.

Yesterday we received some beautiful bracelets (known as Martenitsi) from Victor, who’s family was celebrating the day of Baba Marta. We found Bulgaria on the globe, shared information about the day and thought about similar celebrations we share with family such as Christmas and birthdays. 

Thank you to Victor and family for our beautiful gifts and well wishes. 

Who can get the tallest, free standing tower? 👏🏼

We had to work together in mini crews and use our knowledge of mass and length in order to balance and create our own freestanding tower.⚖️📏 This was tricky… and even trickier with a 3 minute timer on the countdown! 📟

Our winning crew tower measured 54cm! 😃

Happy half term! Today we began our independence writing linking to The Lorax. We have spent lots of time planning our writing and creating chunks of sense to apply into our own paragraphs. We used our rubrics to remind us of Y6 expectation too. 🤩

Some of us received a lovely treat from Miss Gilliland this morning – pancakes and a cup of tea! This was a thank you from Miss Gilliland for keeping secure HOWLS whilst I am not in class teaching. Well done guys 🤩

This half term we have achieved quite a few HOWL score 3s. We know that we are improving and our focus and determination is getting stronger. Next half term is going to be a good one!