Raising money for Australia
Last week, the School Council discussed Shaleena’s idea of having a cuddly toy animal stall to raise money for the victims (human and animal) of the Australian bush fires. If you have a cuddly toy animal that you no longer want, we’d love to have it for our stall (children must check with grown…
Street Detectives
This week, we have been street detectives! We visited the village to investigate how different buildings have changed over time, thought about what works well in Great Ayton, and what we think the village needs.
We also interviewed Mr Thompson to find out what Roseberry School was like in…
Tidy up time!
The children did a great job of tidying up our wildlife areas today. It is amazing how much litter blows in!
Very educational...
I wasn't even needed in class today! Thank you Magda for your very interesting and informative presentation on Polar bears, great topic homework!
Roseberry collages!
This week, we've worked collaboratively to create a Roseberry Topping collage. We've created a little art book of our collages for people to see. Why not come and take a look in the classroom?
Descriptive writing
We are reading 'Ice Trap! Shackleton's greatest expedition'. We looked at this picture and produced some descriptive writing. Well done William and Alex!
Shelters for survival
Today, the children got themselves into expedition groups with the challenge of constructing outdoor shelters and dens using materials such as rope, tarpaulins, plastic sheets and pegs. We talked about the idea that in order to stay warm, their shelter should be large enough for them to fit in,…
Determination and Perseverance
We have been having a go at activities that test our Determination and Perseverance.
We had to try and make the tallest stone stack using the different shaped and sized stones. This was very tricky as the stones don't fix together like lego bricks do. We had to keep trying over and over…
Fabulous problem solving
Fabulous problem solving skills today using connecting tiles. One of the children decided to make herself a crown and then decided to make Mrs Fletcher one too. Her first attempt was too small and so she decided she needed more tiles. She checked again and it was too big. "Well if we take 2…
Shelters and Dens
Today, the children got themselves into expedition groups with the challenge of constructing outdoor shelters and dens using materials such as rope, tarpaulins, plastic sheets and pegs. We talked about the idea that in order to stay warm, their shelter should be large enough for them to fit in,…
Traction Man Comic Strips!
Today we have used the I-pads to create our own Traction man comic strip.
Traction man is an superhero who saves lots of different toys! The children used their imagination to create their own stories, using Traction man as the main character and a variety of objects from in the classroom as…
Mountain Rescue featuring Oscar the dog!
We had such an amazing time with Mountain Rescue and their dog (Oscar) today. We learned all about their job and how they help rescue so many injured people. What a fabulous team of people!