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9 March 2020

Mindfulness!

We were incredibly lucky this afternoon, as we had our first mindfulness session with Sarah (one of our children’s parents). We discovered what mindfulness really is, learned some breathing and calming techniques and played some great games. 

 

Thanks, Sarah for teaching us these important…

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9 March 2020

Topic homework so far...

Wow! I am so impressed with the quality of God’s and Mortals topic homework that has been produced so far - SO impressive. 

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3 March 2020

Amazing efforts!

I am feeling very proud of these mythical creatures.

Amazing efforts and perseverance, Year 3/4! 

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Image of Mythical creatures complete!
3 March 2020

Mythical creatures complete!

The children could choose whether they wanted to design and make a minotaur, medusa, griffin or cyclops. 

Take a look at our painted creatures. Don’t they look super? 

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3 March 2020

Mythical creatures part 2

We had a great time this afternoon painting our creatures.... 

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Image of Mythical creatures part 1
2 March 2020

Mythical creatures part 1

Using a variety of materials and Modroc, we’ve constructed a range of mythical creatures. We can’t wait to paint them when they are dry! Watch this space...

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2 March 2020

Inspirational Women in Science day: Jane Goodall

We had a great time learning about Jane Goodall....

Jane studies animal behaviours (ethologist), and is known for her research on chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. She discovered that chimpanzees make tools, eat and hunt for meat, and have similar social behaviour to…

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28 February 2020

English: Arthur and the Golden Rope

We’ve started our new class text ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’, which ties in so well with our topic, ‘Gods and Mortals’. We have: predicted what we think the text is going to be about; responded to illustrations used in the book by using expanded noun phrases; written a small poem and made…

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28 February 2020

Progress with our school garden

Members of Global Council wrote to Raft wondering if they could raise money to fund a school garden. Raft kindly offered to fund this activity, and look at the resources we now have! In a few weeks, children will be planting vegetables ready for them to be harvested later on in the year.

What a…

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28 February 2020

Rishi Sunak writes back...

Before the holidays, we wrote letters to our local MP, Rishi Sunak about the devastating effects of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. This week, we have received a letter back. We are looking forward to him visiting Roseberry very soon - hopefully he will be answering some more of our…

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14 February 2020

We’re excited!!

We are REALLY excited about our new topic starting after half term. Take a look at this immersive space that has been created. Gods and Mortals here we come.....! 

 

A big thank you to Miss Pearson (our Year 3/4 student teacher) who helped make this…

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14 February 2020

Culture Week: Himalayan culture and Buddhism

I am so proud of the beautiful work that has been created this week. We have really enjoyed learning about Himalayan culture and Buddhism! 

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