As part of multi faith week, we have been exploring different scripture from the Torah. Today we read and discussed scripture from The Book of Genesis: Rebecca at the Well (Genesis 24:10-20) and The Book of Exodus: The Call of Moses (Exodus 3:1-12), explaining how they show God’s care for the people.
Today the children were visited by Sister Ann and Ann who did a wonderful assembly followed by a workshop with the children centred around Advent. We participated in a prayerful reflection and thought about our hopes for Advent.
Skie, Eva and Alex led us in our Celebration of the Word today, where we celebrated the start of Advent. Advent is a special time when we get ready for the birth of Jesus. In the first week of Advent, we light the first purple candle. This candle reminds us of hope and of the
Today we tested 4 different methods of melting chocolate. We made predictions about which would be the quickest and slowest methods and why. We also discussed how we could make it a fair test. We timed each method using a stopwatch, observing the changes to the chocolate after 1 minute and then continuing to time
Today we observed the effects of foam-bursting shower gel and what happened when we put blackcurrants in lemonade. Then we discussed what we observed using the words solid, liquid and gas. We were given some cards with the particle and material properties of solids, liquids and gases. In pairs, we had to decide which state
As part of our cultural celebrations, we learned about Syrian art with Mrs Noctor. First we explored and identified the different features of some traditional Syrian mosaics. Then we created our own beautiful mosaics by cutting out different shapes with coloured card and adding them to our final design.
As part of cultural week, we had the opportunity to learn about Bhangra drumming and dancing. We learned lots of different Bhangra dance moves and we got to play the Bhangra drums. We all had lots of fun!
In our science lesson, we investigated which types of materials are electrical conductors or insulators. We studied fabric, a metal spool, a tin can, wood and plastic. We found that a metal spool and a tin can are electrical conductors and fabric, wood and plastic are electrical insulators.
In Music, we are learning the words and creating actions to the song from High School Musical – “We’re All in This Together” We are all so excited to perform and sing this song in assembly at the end of term.
