Spring Spirituality Day 

On Wednesday 2nd April, the whole school were involved in a Spirituality Day with a focus on Easter. The children were involved in four different workshops. They made Easter Bonnets and Easter cards and illustrated the days of Holy Week in the form of an Easter Story wheel. They also participated in activities which helped them understand the Stations of the Cross and the journey Jesus made to his crucifixion on Mount Calvary.

Spring 1: Our Focus text was : Holes by Louis Sacher. We wrote descriptions of Camp Green Lake and learnt about different species of creatures that live in the desert. We used the yellow spotted lizard as the focus for our non- chronological reports. We wrote informal and formal letters to highlight the plight of the children living in the camp. 

Spring 2: Our Focus text was Clockwork by Philip Pullman. We imagined arriving in Glockenheim, Germany for the unveiling of the new clockwork figure. We researched the famous Glockenspiel clock and wrote persuasive brochures to attract visitors to the town. The text includes a suspense story being told in the local inn. This led us to explore suspense stories, and we used the story of 'Alma' as a stimulus for writing our own suspense stories. 

Spring 1: Light

We studied the topic of 'Light' in Science. We compared sources of light and explained how the eye is protected from light. We observed how light travels and how we see luminous and non-luminous objects. We investigated shadows and noticed how the distance between an object and the surface its shadow is cast on affects the size of the shadow. We used ray diagrams to explain why shadows change size and why the shape of a shadow matches the object that was cast.

Spring 2: The Heart and Circulatory System

We discussed factors that improve someone’s health and those that impact health negatively and suggested improvements that could be made to lifestyles. We studied the function of the heart and circulatory system, and we had an amazing session at Sir William Ramsay School where we were involved in dissecting sheep hearts. We researched the heart mass of different animals and identified patterns between animals’ size and their heart rate. We then looked at our own heart rate and how it can be affected by different exercises.

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Come Dine with Me

 In RE during the Autumn term, we studied the following topics:

Autumn 1: Creation

Autumn 2: Is God Made Man?

Our focus texts were :

Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell

Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carrol 

In Art we recreated Henry Moore's famous underground shelter paintings using charcoal, paencil and a wax resist techbique