Classes
Herons Church Visit
To complete our RE unit on the Big Question “What does it mean if God is loving and holy?”, Herons walked up to All Saints Church to explore and reflect.
We began this unit thinking about the staggering number of people in the world today who have a religious faith – 2.6 billion Christians and 2 billion Muslims. Then we zoomed in on the Christian religion and looked briefly at the huge variety of beliefs and practices all within the same religion. We noted that, despite all of their differences, one key concept that unites all Christians is the idea of a God who is both holy (divine; perfect; separate from and ‘above’ us) and loving. And if God is both holy and loving, then Christians feel a duty to worship. This beautiful church in our village, with its magnificent architecture, is itself an act of worship designed to glory in a holy and loving God. We finished our visit with a rehearsal of Silent Night/Stille Nacht to hear the beautiful acoustics in the church.
Summer 2024
We have had a busy summer term with lots of fun and engaging learning opportunities. We learnt all about ‘people who help us’, and to support this topic we were lucky enough to have a visit from the police, paramedics, a vet and the fire brigade! The children listened and took part in activities with the professionals, learning all about their important jobs and responsibilities. The children even got to use the fire hose!
We have also been learning about sea creatures and the beach! The children have had the chance to experiment with salt painting, working as a team to make their own jellyfish. Â We have also been taking part in lots of sensory activities focused on the beach, and objects we may find at the beach.
As well as learning about our focused topics, we plan in the moment alongside the children’s interests. A few of our children went camping, therefore we got our camping role-play equipment and the children enjoyed recreating their experiences, building a fire and ‘toasting marshmallows!’
The children have also been enjoying making ice creams out of sand, and to further this interest we got out our market stall and shopping till to create ‘Fledglings ice-cream parlour!’ The children loved buying and serving ice creams to each other.
Green Green Grass (Grebes Ukulele)
Grebes have been learning Green, Green Grass by George Ezra on ukulele and after just four rehearsals were ready to perform it to the whole school!
Salhouse School Salsa Band
Our amazing Salsa Band is back with several members making their debut in this performance.
