The Native Americans

Our last unusual building this term was Teepees or WigWams.

Linked to this we have been learning about Native American music, art and culture. In literacy we watched Pocahontas, and used the film to think about characters' thoughts, feelings and behaviour. We have really enjoyed this work.

Here we are standing in front of our native American display, in the hall, wearing the headdresses we made in art yesterday!

 

India

Last week our Unusual Building was the Taj Mahal, in India.

In our topic lessons, we spent lots of time finding out about the Taj Mahal, and the country of India (We even had a Taj Mahal building competition! We also had an art lesson focusing on lots of Indian art, and learnt our own Indian dance routin in PE!

In literacy we used the computers to write non-fiction pages about India, to show what we had learnt.

Here are some photos of our finished India display board...

...And here are some links to our writing, so you can read it at home!
Isabella
Elaina
Amy
Kane
Izzy
William
Francesca
Georgia
Milli
Keira
Tristan
Bradley DW
Zane
Kieran
Lochlan
Bradley H 

The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch

Last week in literacy we focused on the story of  The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch. As part of our work we acted out the story in different ways.Some groups performed the story themselves, while another group planned and performed a puppet show. 

Please watch our performances and leave a comment about them, or about the story itself!

Lighthouses

This week our Unusual Building has been Lighthouses.

In literacy today we wrote our own lighthouse poems, we came up with some fabulous descriptions!

We decided to share some of our poems with our blog readers.

Please read the coments to see our poems. You can also add your own poem, or give us some feedback on our work!

The Eiffel Tower

Our unusual building this week is the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France.

We would love to have a class trip to visit it in person, but instead we have been exploring the website, and learning some interesting facts about the Tower. We especially enjoyed the virtual tour, and watching the video of the Millenium Fireworks!

Here is the link to the website so you can explore it yourself at home...

http://www.eiffel-tower.com/

Please leave a comment about the Eiffel Tower, and our topic work this week.

Red Hen Interviews

After telling the story of The Little Red Hen, we decided to find out more about the characters' thoughts, feelings and behaviour. We decided to create our own chat show and staged some interviews!

The Little Red Hen

Last week, in topic work,  our unusual building was Windmills. So in literacy we did the story of The Little Red Hen.

We started the week by learning how to tll the story, using a story map. We then planned how to add extra details to make the story more exciting. Here we are telling the basic story...

Tamworth Castle

On Thursday we finished off our work on castles with a visit to Tamworth Castle.

We had been really looking forward to the trip, and it definitely lived up to expectations, as you can see...

Please leave a comment sharing your memories of the trip. What did you learn? What was your favourite part of the day and why?

St.George's Tea Party

Today was St. George's Day, and after all our hard work learning about him we thought we should celebrate the day itself! 

After lunch we joined up with the Year 6 children to prepare for our St. George's tea party. We made sandwiches (cucumber or jam), decorated cakes and made decorations. Once all the preparations were complete we went back to our own classsroom to enjoy the tea party. 

We finished the afternoon by doing some St. George art activities, to add to our classroom display. It was a fabulous afternoon!

Please leave a comment about St. George's Day

Saint George

This week in literacy we have been learning about Saint George, the patron Saint of England.

First we researched the true story of St. George, and why he is our Saint. Then we found out about The Legend of St. George and the Dragon. We have read different versions of the story, and compared them. 

Yesterday we looked at a fabulous poem, that tells the story in a different way. We worked in groups to learn a verse each, and came up with our own actions to make the poem even more exciting! Then we worked together, as a whole class to perform the poem. we really brought it to life, as you can see...

Tomorrow we will write our own versions of the legend, using ideas from all our work this week. 

Finally, we will celebrate St. George's day on Monday 23rd April with a tea party! Expect photos to appear on the blog soon after.

Please leave a comment about St. George.