Drama – Kensuke’s Kingdom

Drama – Kensuke’s Kingdom

Kensuke’s Kingdom Across this week, we have been working on ‘Show not Tell’ strategies for writing.  On Monday, we discussed what the characters of Michael’s mum and dad would be feeling but then tried to show this through their actions and dialogue in their books...
Washing of the Feet

Washing of the Feet

‘Washing of the Feet’ This week, Class 5 learnt about the story of the ‘Washing of the Feet’ as part of their Easter unit.  The class were asked to bring in their own pair of socks to symbolise the feet that were washed by Jesus.  We laid these in a cross shape on the...
Powering the Future Project

Powering the Future Project

Powering The Future Project As part of a ‘Powering up the Future’’ project that we are doing with the Centre for Life, we investigated gears and turbines.  We discussed what renewable energy is and why we need to move towards it.  We then talked about how a wind...
Baking

Baking

Baking This week, we finished our cookery unit by baking pizza pinwheels! The class worked well in their groups and produced some delicious pizza pinwheels at the end of it! We discussed how we could alter this in the future to reflect different cultures and how we...
Finding Percentages

Finding Percentages

Finding Percentages To help us understand percentages and know that they mean ‘parts out of 100’, the class used clear hundred square grids and placed them around the school building.  They then calculated the percentage that that object took up within the grid e.g.,...