Shaduf Making
Today in Year 3 we created our large scale Shadufs. A shaduf is an Egyptian farming tool to raise water from the river to irrigate their crops. We had some fantastic collaboration and problem solving throughout the morning.
Music morning
Today Year 3 spent the morning creating some music linked to our theme Egypt. We listened (and sang!) the Walk like an Egyptian and worked out all the musical instruments in the song. We then created our own sounds for various hieroglyphs and put them together to create out own performance. We had a fantastic…
Well Done Willow!
A big well done to Willow for their class assembly this morning, you were fab! Miss Hollis and Mrs Reid are very proud of you and everyone who watched said how amazing you were.
Museum Trip
Today Willow visited the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to enhance our learning. We explored the Ancient Egyptians as this is our current theme. Also, we walked through time to discover the History of Birmingham from our previous theme Birmingham and Beyond. We had an amazing time and discovered many amazing facts!
Frank Chapman May 15th -17th 2019
Year 3 and 4 children experienced outdoor learning in style last week – staying two nights in glamping pods! Everyone participated with enthusiasm and for many this was their first time away from home. Staff were so impressed with their resilience and positive approach to new challenges. These included climbing, archery, team building and orienteering….
Mummified!
We are currently learning all about Egypt. Yesterday we became embalmers and learnt how the Ancient Egyptians mummified their pharaohs. Did you know they pull their brains out through their nose? We then had a go at mummifying our friends! Which ‘mummy’ do you think is the best?
Maypole Dancing
We were very lucky to have the opportunity to try maypole dancing on May 1st. We all had a fantastic time, skipping and dancing around the pole. Some of us enjoyed it so much we danced our feet off!
Egg-citing Easter Biscuits!
Today in maths we have been preparing and cooking biscuits! We have very carefully measured and weighed the ingredients and mixed them altogether! Then we carefully shaped them and popped them in the oven. Although we have used our maths and BLP skills, such as patience and collaboration, our favourite part was decorating and of…
Sewing morning.
In theme we have been looking at Birmingham and Beyond and have researched about football clubs and designed our own football badges. Today we made our badges! We have all worked very hard with our sewing, it took a lot of patience and perseverance but we have created some fantastic designs. Take a look! We…