"They will soar on wings like eagles" (Isaiah 40:31)
Respect / Responsibility / Courage / Trust / Perseverance / Compassion
In History we are investigating how the lives of children have changed over time. Each group learned about a child from a different era, did a presentation to the class and put their character on our giant timeline on the playground. See if you can spot Lily and Hattie in the distance – their character, Taya from the last Ice Age (15,000 years ago), could not fit on the timeline!
In Grebes, Year 4 have been learning all about Food and Digestion, this week focusing on food chains in different ecosystems. Meanwhile, Year 5 have been learning all about mixtures and separation.
Grebes also loved performing their Harvest rap at the church.
Grebes have been working hard in PE, learning to use space more effectively on the football pitch.
Grebes have learned the song ‘Animal Tracks’ by Mountain Man which has only two chords, Am and C. Year 4 have learned to strum these two chords and some are singing at the same time! We hope you enjoy this performance. The children were excited and nervous to play it in Celebration Assembly this morning. They persevered through the nerves and did brilliantly!
In History, Grebes are pondering the big question “How have children’s lives changed over time?” We began by discussing the concept of childhood: How can we define it? What is the role of the child? Here were some of the children’s ideas about the role of the child:
– To go to school
– To play and have fun
– To make friends
– To prepare for being an adult
– To get physically strong; to grow
– To find out things; investigate
– To be happy
– To figure out how to use technology
We then searched through our favourite History book, A Street Through Time, looking for all the children we could find through the different ages. We noticed there was some continuity over time: in many of the pictures, children can be seen playing and having fun, just as we expected; there are also children learning to read and write and, later in the book, going to school. But there was much change, too: through most of the book, children are working adult jobs – for example, learning blacksmith skills, skinning animals, herding animals.
We have now moved on to a related book, A Child Through Time: The Book of Children’s History. Children have each researched a child from a different time and place (e.g. ice age Ukraine, medieval Japan) and delivered a presentation to the class. Looking ahead, we will be learning about the Education Act of 1870, which required children from the ages of five to thirteen to go to school and receive a basic education.
This half-term the whole school is learning invasion games in PE, starting with football. Children have learned fundamentals of attack, defence and using space that can be used in other invasion games like basketball, netball, handball and rugby. We had our first class football tournament of the year. All children participated brilliantly and all matches were closely contested. Ultimately the blue team emerged victorious and get to keep the trophy… Until next time!
