Class Three

Today we were honoured to meet a gentleman who fought in WW2. 
Popa, Mrs Long’s grandad, came in to answer our questions about the war, life when he was a child and generally all about his long, long life. 
Popa is 105! This is the first time a lot of the children had met someone who’s this age!
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In our art lesson today we have been learning how colour and brushstrokes can communicate aspects of our identity. We used different sized and shaped brushes whilst experimenting with colour and painting techniques.

We are so impressed with how our personalities have shone through in our…

In our Art lessons we have created a continuous line drawing of our selves. This proved to be quite a tricky skill, one which we haven’t attempted before, however we persevered and tried our very best.

Next, we used our ideas to communicate our identity in the self portrait and wrote these…

This morning our year 5 children took part in their level 1 Bikeability session. Tim and Andy were very impressed with their abilities and how well they all listened to the advice and instructions given.

After a session around the playground, some of the children took theirs bikes out onto the…

Oak class had a visit from our school chaplain, Kevin. He worked with the team on discussing friendships and what are friendship makers and friendship breakers. This was good preparation for our year 6 who can use the lessons learnt in the next chapter of their lives when they move to high…

Oak class welcomed a Viking visitor into school. This gave us an opportunity to explore Viking artefacts that we have been learning about. The children were very surprised at how heavy the shields were that they carried in battle and enjoyed looking at all of the swords and axes that we…

Oak class had great fun learning how to drive our Greenpower car ready for our race day in June.

Oak created a Viking museum using their knowledge they have gained throughout our history topic. The rest of the school came to visit and were amazed by the Viking artefacts on display.

Some of the children in Oak class had a great time at Standon Bowers on residential.While we were there, they took part in a variety of different activities such as, bridge building, caving, climbing, orienteering and archery. This helped us to develop our team work skills and encouraged us to…

Our Green power project is well underway in Oak class. This week we have been measuring the frame of the go-kart so that we can begin to make the bodywork.

We have decided our theme will be the rainforest.

Watch this space to see how it turns out.

Oak class have been exploring electricity and resistance in circuits. The children were set several challenges to see who could make their bulbs the brightest.

Oak class have been learning how to sing a traditional South African song called Shosholoza.

This song was originally sung by men who were working in the diamond and gold mines. It was sung in rhythm of the men swinging their axes to make the hard work feel easier.