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February 15, 2018
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Learning about Auschwitz

Our project this term is War and Conflict. Mrs Burns came in to teach us about Auschwitz. She has been there so she was able to answer our questions.

She showed us a power point to give us the facts and she also told us a poem about Jews in World War 2. They were taken to concentration camps and told that they were going somewhere different for a while so that they would come quietly and calmly.

They were taken there as if they were prisoners but they were just people with different beliefs so Hitler took them as they had done something wrong. Their belongings were taken and sold for the war effort in Germany and instead they were given a pair of wooden clogs (if they didn’t fit, tough) a pair of woolly socks (if they were different sizes, tough)a dirty bowl (you could clean it with snow) a spoon (at least it doesn’t break) and a bit of bread (sorry this one’s a bit mouldy). Each person in Auschwitz was given a triangle of a different colour, each colour meant why you were in Auschwitz. these were how the guards knew who you were.

She brought in some of her things for the classroom. I really enjoyed it and I learned loads.

February 8, 2018
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Anderson Shelters

Our project this term is War and Conflict. We are learning about WW2 at the minute. This week we have been researching and planning Anderson Shelters and today we have been busy turning our plans into models. A small group have been working on building a much bigger shelter for the classroom. We have all had very different ideas. Some of us have come across some problems along the way and some have stuck to their plans.

  • Some of the resources we wanted to use were a bit too fancy so we have covered them in cloth to make them look better.
  • I tried to stick muscovado sugar onto the roof but it didn’t stick so we decided to put brown paper underneath and see if that works.
  •  We joined with a group to help each other.
  • Ours has gone a bit lop sided but we are trying to find a way to make it stay up.
  • Our back wall wouldn’t stick so we used masking tape to tape over it. It stays up now.
  • Our base is taking longer to dry than we thought.
  • With our one the lollipop sticks kept breaking because we put them in water to soften them up. so we are trying to think about what to do.
  • When we were painting the big Anderson shelter it wouldn’t stay up. We got metre sticks and duct tape to support it. Jack suggested that we put chairs inside to help hold it up.

We have had to problem solve, use our time usefully, use creativity and work well as a team.

We have had a look at all of the finished shelters and think that we would feel safest and comfiest in Jules and Ruby’s shelter.

The big shelter needs a bit more work so the whole class will add parts to it over the next few weeks.

February 1, 2018
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Galley Comprehension

Today we were making viking boats out of paper. There were tabs all over it and we had to stick the tabs to different sides of the paper.

We learned that paper is hard to work with! It is really important to read the questions carefully and follow the instructions step by step. It is comprehension because we are reading, understanding and following instructions. If we missed out a step, it  didn’t work right and if we didn’t fold (like the instructions said) it didn’t glue properly.

January 26, 2018
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Up Helly Aa

We are having a go at creating a mixed media piece of artwork for Up Helly Aa. The children are using a range of techniques and materials. There are lots of different elements to the picture so we will update the blog with the finished work next week. They look super so far!

January 26, 2018
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Scottish dancing

Today we did Scottish dancing. The dance we did was called the Canadian barn dance. We got partnered into pairs and then got taught how to do the dance. After that we had a go of a different dance that we tried before (the waltz). I enjoyed it because it is something different and interesting and can be very useful when at parties.

January 25, 2018
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Ordering decimals!

This morning our class did an activity in the multi court. Our class got split into three groups. We all had to write a decimal number on a whiteboard and order them smallest to largest. After that we wrote another number and sorted ourselves out as a class. It was fun. We did a run every time we wrote a number.

January 22, 2018
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Sharing Wonder with the School

On Friday our class did a Wonder activity. We split in to four groups for four classes. We read a book for each class and planned an activity. It had to be related with the book. This included drama, craft and listening. We were trying to teach them to be kind and everyone is special.

 

 

January 21, 2018
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Happy New Year!

This week we have been thinking about the book Wonder and we read a short story called We are all Wonders.

Today, we all did the St Bernard’s Waltz. I think most people made quite a lot of progress because some people, like me, didn’t know how to do a traditional dance. We all enjoyed it!

 

 

Soon after that, our teacher handed out some mixed up cards and she handed them out randomly to each person. We had to follow the instructions on the card, act out what it said and listen to what each other were doing so we knew when it was our turn. We got better at it each time and we would like to do it again to see if we can improve even more.

 

January 21, 2018
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Winning Micro-Tyco

On 30th November we finished Micro-Tyco by inviting all the other classes and our parents. The entire class raised £1876.76 and came first in all primary school that took part! There were over 3300 participants. I felt very proud to win.

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