Today Class3/4 became qualified pizza chef’s – Pizzaiola’s – after visiting Pizza Express for a pizza-making masterclass. All 32 children were treated to a fantastic morning where they got to spread their ball of pizza dough into the correct shape. Harder than it looks! Some ended up looking like rectangles, rather than circles (Mrs Burr’s!) … Read more
Class 3/4 designed their own pizza companies, logos and boxes and then filled them with…you guessed it – pizza! As part of their unit on packaging, Class 3/4 designed their own pizza boxes which they had to carefully cut out and fold – quite a challenge for some! The final results looked great and then … Read more
Children in Class 3/4 had a really special afternoon when they visited Ramgarhia Gurdwara in Bearton Avenue today. The first excitement of the afternoon was that everyone had to cover their heads as a sign of respect in the Gurdwara and apparently on the walk into town as well! The children were asked to take … Read more
After making a number of prototypes, today class 3/4 finished making torches of their own design. Some were designed to be worn on their heads, others were lanterns or bottle torches. First the children thought about the design specifications of their torch. Would it be for a climber, dog walker, camper or policeman? Does it … Read more
This morning Class 3/4 donned their ‘rapper’ outfits and hosted an assembly showcasing their own poems and some poems they have been studying. Our class assembly (in rhyme – mostly!): Recently in literacy we have been looking at poetry. We’ve looked at poems with a shape – like thin or wide. And written poems with … Read more
Today Class 3/4 made topographical models of Antarctica using a contour map to help them. They discovered that Antarctica, which is a landmass, is quite mountainous with the steepest inclines at the edges of the land. It also has a number of peaks in its centre which surround the South Pole, making it had to … Read more
Can you drum to the beat of wild animals and dinner? Class 3/4 can and were impressive in just their second djembe drumming session. Led by specialist drumming teacher, Mr White, the children were able to keep a steady pulse and follow different drumming rhythms. The class were also able to play in two halves … Read more
Class 3/4 is reading the Spiderwick Chronicles and today acted out freeze frames. Mallory, Jared and Simon are tentatively entering the kitchen, having heard noises coming from it. Earlier Jared sprinkled flour on the floor to try and prove the boggart’s existence, but when they enter, the kitchen has been trashed! (It’s written in American … Read more
Today in Design and Technology, Class 3/4 completed their first working circuits with a cell, two wires and a bulb. With little guidance from Mrs Burr, the children had to work out where the wires needed to go in order to complete the circuit. They found it incredibly exciting to see their bulbs come on … Read more
Last Wednesday Class 3 / 4 skipped for Compassion. We had a wonderful experience skipping. It was a lot of fun! We first did forward skipping and then backwards skipping. We did our skipping for 10 minutes (it was tiring) but we all enjoyed it. We had a great time and even Mrs Burr joined … Read more
