Nicolas and Adam taught us about the history of fast food.  They said that the first fast food diner was called “White Castle” in North America. They also talked about the effects of having too much fast food.

Humza taught us about Pakistan.  They have the 10th biggest army in the world and they are part of the “Iron Brothers” with China. Pakistan has the best cricket team in the world. and that the Prime Minster is Imran Khan, who used to be captain of the team. Imran Khan built a hospital after his mum died from cancer.

Charlotte taught us how to draw anime. the character had a big head and large eyes. We used guidelines first to place the noise, eyes and mouth correctly.  We have added some examples to our mini lesson wall display.

Noor, Hibba and Zainab taught us about the history of art and talked about different famous artists and the tools you would use to create art. They told us about Leonardo di Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso.  There was a quiz at the end to test what we had learned.

Hirah and Abbie taught us about musicals and how they began.  The talked about famous musical and how much money they had made. Hirah’s favourite musical is “Mamma Mia!” because the songs are by ABBA. The Lion King is the most popular musical in the world, making over £1 billion (and 24p).

Elise, Ruby and Eilidh taught us some British Sign Language.  They told us letters, days of the week and useful words (like good luck and my name is…) (which most of us can still remember). We learned how to spell our names using BSL and we can still remember how, four days later.

Thomas and Viraj taught us about the history of gaming and the different types of consoles.  We had a quiz at the end to check what we had learned, such as how many consoles were sold.

 

We used a program called Tinkercad which is a 3D shape website.  We had to make a sleigh that was

a more sustainable version

aesthetically pleasing

aerodynamic

 

It was fun and easy to use.  As well as being able to add and combine shapes, you could add figures too.

 

We had our party on Monday.  We played musical bumps, corners, pass the parcel and a balloon/snowball race.

 

We made Christmas craft on Friday.  We used scrabble letters to make a Christmassy word or a name.  First we cut the ribbon to the size of the word and then we used hot glue guns to stick the letters to the ribbon and then attached string, a bell and a decoration of our choice.  It can be a bookmark or a decoration.