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September 21, 2016
September 21, 2016

New Starter Books

We recently enjoyed visiting class 1 to hand out the new starter books. Every child in reception received their own personally named book funded by the PTA. There was a lovely selection of books distributed and we discovered that Jo Sawyer had a particular soft spot for Tiddler of which she then delighted us all...
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September 21, 2016

What makes a good School Council representative?

As part of our PSHCE work this week, we have been considering the qualities needed to be a good school council representative.  We thought carefully and discussed what each of us could bring to the school council and whether we would like to be considered for the role of Class 7 rep.
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September 21, 2016

Fantastical Instructions

As part of our continuing work on ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ we have been writing instructions for fantastical quests.  Highlights from our writing have included ‘Once you’ve passed the cat (whatever colour it may be) pull out your torch, for the darkest part of the forest is just in front of you..’ and ‘If an...
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September 21, 2016

Marvellous Music!

In our music lesson this week we’ve been finding out about cyclic patterns.  We have been rehearsing and performing a range of rhythms and patterns on African drums and other percussion instruments.  Over the next few weeks we will be building up to composing our own drumming patterns and performing in small groups.
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September 21, 2016

Pedestrian Training 

On Wednesday we participated in our second session of pedestrian training. We walked down to monk gate and learnt about different types of crossings such as zebra crossings and pedestrian crossings. We are now confident at crossing roads safely but we know we can still ask an adult for help. 
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September 21, 2016

Exploring Ali Baba…

As part of our topic exploring the world this term, in English we delved into stories from other cultures, starting with the tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. In groups, we explored the story and identified the features that told us it was set at a different time and in a different culture....
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September 21, 2016

Drama workshop

We were lucky enough to have a visit from the director and actors of the upcoming performance of ‘Under the Magical Moon’, soon to be performed at the York Theatre Royal! We spent a full hour with them joining in with all sorts of different activities including becoming the characters such as Peter Pan, Tinkerbell...
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