The Vikings !
Another brilliant week writing and being creative with our topic. This week the children have been learning about the Viking Gods. We have all sketched the god Thor and used an application called charrepix to make an animation. We have also finished reading our book 'There is a Vinking in my bed!'…
Topic Homework 'Traders and Raiders'
Super proud of my class with their incredible creations for their topic homework on Vikings and Anglo Saxons. Take a look at the photos and videos below to celebrate their achievements.
Anglo Saxon Art
This week we have looked at how skilled the Anglo Saxons were when carving and creating patterns in the objects they possessed. The children designed a pattern for a brooch and they carved these onto polystyrene before printing their patterns. Look at some of their brilliant…
Map work
This week the children have been learning about the counties and cities of England. Then they researched the areas where the Vikings settled. These are shown in green on the map above of the U.K.We have also looked at computer networks and how messages are sent. The children were able to send…
There's a Viking in our school!
We had a special visit today from a real life Viking during our first week of our topic Traders and Raders. Our visitor told us all about why he raided our country! Turns out we had lots to offer the Scandinavians. We began by looking at the main events that happened after the Romans left Briton…
Culture Week - Catholicism
We have had a fabulous week learning about the catholic religion. We know how important it is to respect others beliefs and learned that many religions are very similar. We have enjoyed making a Rosary pray necklace, stained glass windows and a crown for Mary.
The Iron Man
This half term we have been reading the Iron Man by Ted Hughes and thoroughly enjoyed it. This week we have looked at the use of language and structure of poems. Using the story as inspiration, the children have created their own list poems. Here are a few examples:
Mighty Metal Sculptures
We have come to the end of our brilliant topic 'Mighty Metals' and as part of our innovate project the children designed and made their own wire sculptures. We found it a bit tricky but I think you'll agree we gave it a good go!