The Power of Imagery!

In Literacy we have been looking at poems that show the poetic device of personification. Use the Wallwisher page to generate a list of human charascteristics for one of the inanimate objects that has come to life!

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Making Bread

Last week was Design and Technology week and children in 5/6B made bread. We started by following a simple bread recipe to make a white loaf. Children were then able to plan and design their own bread. Children made hard dough bread, pitta bread, naan bread and others. Here are some pictures from the week.

The Piano

In Literacy we have been learning about Film Narrative. We started our work by watching a short animation entitled "The Piano."




Children have used Comic Life to retell the story in a comic style. Here is work by Abazz, Savannah and Azizah. 

You can also see Kashai, Frankie and Sherikah's effort.

Aston Villa Trip

On March 31st children from 5/6B had the opportunity to visit Villa Park, home of Aston Villa, and take part in an education day. The day started with all the children competing in a mini Champions League tournament inside Villa's academy. In the afternoon we were taken on a tour of the stadium. We got to see the players' lounge, the press room, the dressing rooms and finally we walked down the tunnel and out into the stadium. Here is a video about our day.

Scrapblog.com

This week at school has been Geography focus week. Children in Upper Key Stage 2 have been studying rivers. After an initial recap of the water cycle we began to look at how rivers are formed. We also examined some of the features of a river. Joshua has carried out some research on a couple of famous rivers, both at home and at school, and has presented his work using scrapblog.com. Here is the result...