Hello again and welcome to another blog by Adam and Caleb. The other week, we celebrated World Book Day in school. We had lots of fun doing lots of different World Book Day themed lessons and had a really nice day. We came in as lots of different characters or in some comfortable clothes that we wear when we’re reading. We loved seeing the rest of the school in assembly!

Tuesday 3^rd of March was ‘Mars Day’, when people around the world thought about Mars. Mars is a rocky, red planet that is the closest to us and 4 from the sun. It’s about half the size of Earth and people might be going to Mars in 30 years. Since it was Mars day, we did some Mars maths, Mars writing and for DT, we planned and built Mars ‘habitats’ out of cardboard, bubble wrap and some lolly sticks. 

On the same day, we had a science workshop and we learned more about the solar system and all the different planets in it. Afterwards, we made mini-rockets that popped into the air and came back down. We had a lot of fun. 

Each class enjoyed a sponsored bounce which was organised to raise money for the Friends of Browick. We took turns to bounce while our partner counted. Between us all, we bounced over 10,000 times! Not only that, we had a lot of fun and raised lots of money between us.

As part of our topic on Ancient Greece, we did a little Classroom Olympics which involved: plate discus, paper straw javelin, bean bag long jump & horse chariot (mini toy cars). Did you know that in the Ancient Olympics they used weights to propel themselves in the long jump?

BONUS: Dress as your emotion day

Last week was Children’s Mental Health Week and the theme was belonging so we made a map of where we belonged and what makes us happy.

Written and photographed by Adam & Caleb

Last Friday, we had 2 sports coaches teach us a sport called ‘Kin Ball’. Kin ball is a game played with a HUGE ball and 4 teams. One team has the ball and 5 people crouch down to hold the ball and then one person (the pusher) calls out a colour and smashes the ball. The chosen coloured team then has to work as a team to try and stop the ball hitting the floor. If they manage it, they get a point. If they don’t, the other team gets a point. 

We really enjoyed it and will see you on the blog again soon!

Adam & Caleb

We have been learning about the Ancient Greeks in our history topic this year and, most recently, we were learning about the Battle of Marathon. Here are some of the highlights:

The Persians were going to invade Athens so they asked the Spartans for help. Pheidippides ran for two days and two nights to Sparta but the Spartans were busy with a religious ceremony so wouldn’t help until they finished. So Pheidippides ran all the way back to tell them the response. The Athenians had to fight the Persians alone. General Militiades used the phalanx formation and shocks the Persians with his tactic. They then go to the coast to try and suprise the Athenians but Pheidippides warned the Athenians so they were ready for the attack. After fighting, Pheidippides ran all the way into central Athens and said, “Well done to you, we’ve won.” Then he died of exhaustion.

Welcome back to Spain class in 2026! Lets look at what we are doing in computing.

In computing this week, we have been exploring and playing with Micro:bits. Micro:bits are small computer’s that have 25 LEDs that can display pixelated words, pictures and more! If you connect it via Bluetooth to an iPad (which is what we have done) you can code using block coding on the Micro:bit app. We coded our own name badges and animations. Once correctly coded, you download them to the device and after a quick sec and with the right input, it appears!

Blog written by Adam & Caleb

We all took a trip to Norwich. It was a sensational experience which we all enjoyed and won’t forget! After we sat down in the auditorium and found out about the day, we took on our first activity which was learning about how they used to farm in ancient civilisations. We learnt about how ancient people developed their farms, the figuring out of irrigation, and using tools such as the sickle and quern stone. Next, we learnt about writing. We practised an ancient writing technique called ‘cuneiform’, which was developed in the ancient Sumerian civilisation. It was fun and interesting! 

After lunch, we learnt about philosophy where we were presented with different situations. One of the situations was Theseus’s rocket ship. When he crashed, he changed some of the pieces and we had to philosophise over where the rocket was still his. Finally, we did building. We built cities in groups out of wooden blocks which was fun! We all had a great time. Thank you teachers for taking us on this lovely school trip. 

By Seth and Amelia

In DT, we made flatbread. We loved making and working with our own groups. We also loved eating it at the end. It wasn’t all perfect though – some groups added a little too much salt. It was also amusing grating the butter because some groups thought it was a sticky situation and it took them a while to conquer. We got there in the end and we all enjoyed the lesson! The recipe is down below! We hope you enjoy it if you make it home. 

We were also visited by a professional dancer who taught us a Diwali dance to celebrate the Hindu festival of lights. 

By Amelia & Seth