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    • The Snowman, Sticks & Street Dance

      Published 29/11/24

       

      This week the Pixies came into a winter wonderland in the classroom as it had snowed! They had magic sand snow to play with and were retelling the story of The Snowman in preparation for the visit to the ballet on Wednesday. They have baked lemon drizzle cake this week.

      When out and about the Shire made journey sticks. They walked to the recreation ground, picked up nature items they found and attached them to the sticks, they will compare and contrast what they found with sticks they will make in the summer. The Elves and Griffins have been making portraits of James 1st and Guy Fawkes in the style of Andy Warhol and also experimented with blending chalk which had the benefit of turning them blue like smurfs!

      This week we had a SIAMS inspection and are thrilled with how well the children represented the school. We are glad to report that it was clearly seen that we live out our values in school.

      The Dragons have been continuing to study Tudor life in preparation for their visit to Sulgrave Manor on 12th December. They have been creating Christmas presents and cards and making great progress towards their brass sharing assembly. They have been reading the book 'The Lost Words' and finding out the names of plants and animals in our environment. 

      Outdoors we have planted our trees in the garden. 

      In the Wizards class this week, we started with a Street Dance Workshop where the children learned different styles of street dance including breakdancing. At the end of the session, they performed a routine. Everybody enjoyed this and realised how energetic the sport of dance can be!

      In Art, the children drew their portraits of monarchy from either the Georgian or Victorian period (in the style of Mike Barrett) ready for creating our layered portraits next week. The children have also created their own advent calendar which will start very soon. Take a look up in the Wizards class window next week...

      The children have also been learning more about the Georgian era of History including why we ended up with kings and queens from Germany as a result of issues with having a Catholic monarchy. 

      We have been busy learning lots of songs ready for the Big Christmas Sing as well as our own Nativity, and we are looking forward to taking part in the Big Christmas Sing on November 29th. Hopefully, this will get us in the mood for Christmas!

      The whole school took a festive trip to see the Snowman Ballet, which was a delight and the children were a credit to the school and their parents.

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    • Snow, Spheros & Soup

      Published 20/11/24

      The Shire's plans this week for out and about were curtailed by the snowfall! Instead of bark rubbing, they took a trip to the church where they saw the font, talked about baptism and found a kneeler with a tapestry picture of the school. They looked at the architecture of the church and gravestones and noted how the blossom on the tree in the graveyard might make people feel peaceful.

      We have been making Christmas stars for the Christmas Tree Festival in the Methodist church in Chipping Norton. 

      The Dragons have been programming for the Global Sphero Challenge. They've been building robots and then programming them to use pens to write words.

      Whilst thinking about compassion, the Dragons have been looking at the parable of The Prodigal Son. We've been continuing our work on the Tudors and talking about how they kept their houses warm with tapestries. In the outdoor classroom with Mrs Blackwell we've been planning on what we can make with the crops that we will harvest. One idea was soup with leeks.

      Some of our self-portraits in the style of Hans Holbein.

      Henry VIII Gallery

      This week, some of the Wizards attended the netball festival at Chipping Norton School, which had to be indoors because of the snow! The children all took part in a series of skill-based activities including shooting, passing the ball, footwork and moving into spaces. A very enjoyable afternoon! 

      In Art, the children have been creating decorations for the Christmas tree which will be part of the Christmas Tree Festival in Chipping Norton, as well as beginning their Christmas cards to send home. 

      In History, our 'House of Hanover Family Trees' are now complete, and we have started to create our topic book for this term. We have also answered the question of why Britain was known as the workshop of the world because of its advancement in producing goods using machinery whilst selling them around the country as well as abroad. 

      After a discussion about our value of compassion, we looked at the story of The Good Samaritan. The children discussed the following questions: What is the moral or lesson to be learned from the story and why do you think the priest and Levite walked past the injured man? They then wrote their own version of the story, including an illustration. 

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    • Industry and Charity

      Published 14/11/24

       

      Wizards have continued to research the Industrial Revolution this week, focusing on some of the machines which were important in the mechanisation process: these include the Spinning Jenny, the Power Loom and the Watt Steam engine, which helped to power the various machines in the factories. Our findings should help us answer the question 'Why did England become known as the Workshop of the World?'

      They have also been drawing a family tree for the House of Hanover in preparation for looking in more detail at the kings and queens in the Georgian and Victorian periods. 

      In Art, the children have been doing some printing using polystyrene squares to create a pattern to make a calendar. Next week, they will be creating layered portraits of the Monarchy in either the Georgian or Victorian eras. Another busy week! 

      Biscuits baked and decorated by the Wizards to sell for BBC Children in Need.

      In the Shire we have looked at Armistice Day and poppies. The pupils learnt about the different colours of poppies and what they represent. For example, the purple poppies remember the animals that died in the war. They created some poppy art with poppies that they had coloured and made fingerprint poppy pictures.

      When baking this week, Pixies made some thumb biscuits with jam that looked like poppies.

      The Dragons studied money this week using different amounts of coins and notes. They have costed and ordered trees and shrubs for the eco-garden according to which ones will yield the crops needed for activities, with Mrs Blackwell.

      The gardeners have been in school helping to finish digging the beds we will need for our shrubs and trees, although the children had already made a great start! They have also placed gravel around the raised beds to reduce the amount of mud brought into school. We will be able to get the bare root plants in the ground so they become established over winter.

       

      Dragons have started to create animations with Mr Hornibrook for our summer film festival.

      Pupils have started to look at historical diaries and some have even been inspired to write their own diaries at home. 

      Key Stage 2 started writing computer programmes to complete time-travel missions for the Sphero Global challenge. More to come on this - watch this space!

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