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    • Happy Christmas!

      Published 18/12/24

      This week, the Wizards looked at Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - a pyramid which shows how our basic needs need to be met in order for us to 'Let our Light Shine'. The children had a great discussion, talking about how important being healthy and getting support from family and friends is to achieve what you want to achieve in life.  

      In English, the children completed their diary entries about poor children in Victorian times as well as retelling the story of the birth of Jesus from both Luke and Mark's versions of the nativity story from the bible. 

      On Wednesday, the Wizards took part in two music workshops focusing on the music from the Georgian and Victorian eras: they listened to music, sang and also had an opportunity to compose their own music by creating leitmotifs for aspects of the industrial revolution as well as Victorian Christmas traditions. 

      The children have finished all their Christmas items and are now ready to take home. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy Christmas, and thank you for all your support this term. 

      One of the major highlights in the final week was our wonderful Nativity service at St. Nicholas' Church. The children acted, sang and read their lines beautifully, and it was lovely to see so many of you filling the church for this celebration. Thank you all! 

      Dragons

      The Dragons have been finishing up their topic work this week. They had a music workshop where they got to compose some Tudor-themed music and come up with their own piece. They attended and were readers at the Christmas Carol Concert. 

      They have had their Christmas parties and enjoyed musical statues.

      The Shire

      The pupils from the Shire this week visited the Wizards to help them make Christingles.

      They enjoyed the historical music workshop.

      They have been busy painting Christmas puddings.

      And very excitingly, they had a very special visitor to their Christmas Party!

       

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    • Sulgrave, Stitching & Shapes

      Published 13/12/24

      This week the Dragons took a time-travelling trip to the Tudor Age at Sulgrave Manor. They learnt about how the Tudors lived; how they dressed, ate, slept, cooked, wrote and danced. The dragons got to dress in Tudor clothes, write their names with Tudor pens in Tudor-styled letters, and learnt dance moves in Tudor style!

      The guides were very complimentary about the Dragons in regard to their listening skills and shapes on the dance floor!

      In class, the Dragons have finished their miniature portraits in the clay frames that they made last week.

      The Wizards

      This week, Wizards have continued writing their diary entries in English about life for children during the industrial revolution. 

      As part of our RE, the children have been looking at world faiths, including the Jewish festival of Hanukkah and the Hindu and Sikh festival Diwali. The children have drawn a storyboard of the Rama and Sita story to help them to retell the story verbally. They have also been looking at the Christmas Story through our readings for the Nativity next week. 

      Our layered portraits (in the style of Mike Barrett) are now complete. The finishing touches included blending the portrait with the background as well as adding some ink quotes and pictures from the era. The children really enjoyed the process, which included watching each part on video before they continued with their artwork. 

      In DT, the children are making Christmas decorations to hang on their trees at home: these have been created using different stitching techniques with the support of Mrs. Attwood, our resident expert!

      In PE, the children put all their netball skills into practice by playing matches, focusing on footwork, different types of passes and shooting skills. 

      Finally, thank you to all those parents who came to watch the brass assembly: the children worked really hard this term and did a magnificent job of playing jingle bells in two parts. Another busy week for the Wizards! 

      The Shire

      In the Shire, the Elves, Griffins and Pixies have been busy rehearsing for the Nativity next week. Elves and Griffins continued making Christmas cards and stars, also focusing on phonics and spelling tests. They have been busy with data handling, taking surveys of favourite ice cream flavours and the most popular Beatrix Potter character, which had interesting presentation of character attributes and result interpretations!

      The Pixies have been learning about shapes and went on a shape hunt around the school and in cooking they iced some Christmas biscuits.

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    • Stars, Lights and Layers

      Published 05/12/24

      Dragons Class -

      Dragons this week have been comparing the Tudor and Elizabethan Ages. They have been looking at the food eaten in Tudor times and comparing it with what we eat now. Also, they have created some clay frames and will be painting miniatures in them, in the style of Nicholas Hilliard. 

      In RE, the Dragons have covered the Nicene Creed and early church history, whilst investigating how people's beliefs change over time. In Maths, they have been working with fractions and counting in decimals. In English, they have been retelling the story of The Snowman. 

      The Dragons programmed the Sphero Bolts to turn and go under a bridge. They've been enjoying their gardening advent calendar which contains seeds and making a postbox for Christmas cards.

      The Shire

      Meanwhile, in the Shire they have been shape making with willow, trying to make star shapes like their Christmas decorations for the Christmas Tree Festival. They have also been making Christmas decorations and re-using the Beatrix Potter model hill, valley and garden for retelling the Nativity. 

      At the Chipping Norton Christmas tree festival, the visitors chose our 'Let your light shine' themed tree as 1st on the Friday and 2nd on Saturday and Sunday out of a total of 41! We were honoured! 

      The Elves and Griffins have been busy with the Indi Sphero and placing the tiles that control the direction of the Indi.

      The Pixies have looked at Hannukah this week - what it is and how it's celebrated. They made potato cakes called Latkes and crafted a menorah.

      Wizards

      This week, the Wizards have begun to research the Victorian era which has included finding out about Queen Victoria and how the British Empire expanded during her reign. 

      Benny and Jimmy-Isaac created a slide show about Dr. Thomas Barnardo (which was shared with the class) and the work he did during the Victorian era to support poor children by providing somewhere to stay. They also found out about the Ragged School: a free school founded by Dr Thomas Barnardo to educate poor children who were mostly dressed in rags, hence the name Ragged School. 

      In Art, the children have nearly finished their layered portraits, and are very pleased with the results. 

      As part of our RE work, dragons have been finding out what Christian stewardship is and how this links to the bible. We looked at the story of Noah as he looked after both his family and all God's creatures by building an ark and how this was a great example of Christian stewardship.

      In English, the children are using their research to create diary entries about what life was like for children working in factories during the industrial revolution. 

      We have our final swimming session at Kingham Hill School next week, which will be a fun session. The children worked hard on gaining water confidence as well as working on refining the different strokes. 

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