To celebrate Burns Day we explored The Gruffalo in Scots. We translated the Scot’s words using the original version of the gruffalo to help us. After, we learned how to draw the Gruffalo! 🌲 🐭 🐍 

We have been enjoying learning how to speak Mandarin in the Mandarin Classroom with our mandarin teacher from China 🇨🇳  We are learning how to explore a culture which is different to our own.  We have been celebrating the year of the house for Chinese New Year. 🐴  🐉 🇨🇳  ✨ 

In Science we are learning how to investigate sound. So far, we have researched the human ear and can name the main parts of the ear. We also experimented sound vibrations using rice and instruments. When we made the loud noises we could see the rice jumping up with the vibrations.  It was fun making so much noise!! 🥁 🍚 🎶  

Children in Need 🐻 💛

We had so much fun celebrating and fundraising for Children in Need!

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Art 🎨

In Art we have been learning how to apply colour and pattern. We have been working really hard in art to create work which explore specific artist elements. We enjoyed listening to the story ‘My Mum and Dad make me Laugh’ by Nick Sharratt to inspire us with how to use spots and stripes in our art work. We also enjoyed ‘Fish Patterns’ to help us learn about creating different types of patterns. We love using the watercolours to create beautiful art work.

Religious and Moral Education 💟

In RME we have been learning how to deepen our understanding of belief. We have also been learning how to explore religions around the world. We have been researching Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Judaism and Hinduism.  Some children were brilliant leaders of learning by sharing what they know about their own religions and what they do to practise their belief.

Happy 60th Birthday Cross Arthurlie 🎂

We had so much fun swinging back to the 60s to celebrate 60 years of Cross Arthurlie Primary School.
we enjoyed learning about life in the 60s and taking part in a House Quiz all about the 60s. We learned that:

• Toys started being made of plastic in the 60s
• The Beetles ruled the music world!
• Fashion was a big deal and people started exploring fashion in new ways!
• Lego and the original etch-e-sketch were the most popular Christmas toys in 1965.
• The first colour tv was invented