Christingle Celebrations

3H enjoyed making their Christingles yesterday. We learnt all about what it represents. “The toothpicks represent the seasons” Amber. “The red tape represents Jesus’ blood” Dominik. “The candle represents Jesus” Leah. “The raisins represent the fruit” Dylan. “The orange represents the earth” Maisie.

We are looking forward to lighting our Christingles this afternoon!

Stig of the dump

3H have been thoroughly enjoying immersing themselves into the story of Stig and the dump by Clive King. Each day we read a few pages from the book and the children are fantastic at asking questions about the story, predicting what might happen next. We discuss vocabulary brilliantly and love to infer meaning form what we’ve read.

ACE Mathematicians

In maths, we have been learning about addition and subtraction of two numbers across a 10 and 100. We have been discussing the concept of exchanging. A fantastic example of our mathematical language is “You have to exchange to work out 5 – 8, so you need to exchange 1 ten for 10 ones which would mean the sum is now 15 – 8.”

We have been resourceful like Emmet using our practical equipment to help us add and subtract.

This afternoon 3H loved using the library to read a fantastic range of books and scan some out to take and read at home. We have learnt about how to take care of books and how to look after the library and it was wonderful to see them putting this into practice so brilliantly.

Super Scientists!

3H loved exploring the bones in the human body with the help of ‘Steve’.

Steve the skeleton

Steve showed us the different bones in our bodies and what their 3 main purposes are:

  • Supporting us, so we can sit, stand and move around
  • Protecting soft and delicate organs, such as the brain and lungs
  • Allowing movement. We could be supported and protected by a rigid skeleton but it wouldn’t be much use if we couldn’t move. There are different kinds of joints in different parts of the body

We had lots of fun using our bodies to dance along to a song all about bones and then using what we learnt to label the different bones in a skeleton.

Women’s Rugby League World Cup

Year 3 and 4 had an absolutely incredible time watching the Women’s Rugby League World Cup. We loved watching the incredible sport and being a part of the atmosphere by cheering them on! A particular highlight is “to be watching England score all the points.” A fantastic time was had by all!

What a celebration!

Thank you so much to all the adults that came to share in our children’s fantastic artwork! They have all impressed me so much over the past two weeks with their resilience, resourcefulness and relationships with one another. I hope you enjoyed the celebration. If you missed it or would just like to watch it again, the video is below. Have a lovely half term 🙂

Deer Clan Arts Fortnight!