Welcome to France class! Mrs. Ellice is our teacher every Monday and Tuesday and Mrs. Harding is our teacher from Wednesday to Friday. Our teaching assistant is Mrs. Philpott.
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We loved our DT unit about mechanisms! We were exploring the question “Are bigger wheels always better?” We learnt about fixed and rotating axles and how the positioning and size of wheels affects movement. We worked really hard with our partners and we were super proud of the vehicles we created!
France Class had a wonderful time at forest school. It was a little chilly and it even decided to snow a little one afternoon but that didn’t deter us! We wrapped up warm and got stuck into den building, tree climbing and many more exciting activities. Everyone had a fantastic time exploring the space and getting creative.
We had a brilliant time at Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life. We got involved with lots of hands-on experiences to deepen our understanding of The Great Fire of London. Everyone really emersed themselves in the experience! A highlight was trying to write with a quill, like Thomas Farriner, which turned out to be tricker than it looked. It was also fun getting to make our own burnt wine. We found out about lots of different spices which would have been used when cooking in 1666.
We were very excited today in France Class as we had a mysterious delivery from the office! A postcard arrived from Bob who had been on his holidays. He asked us to guess where he had been on his holidays. The children created some imaginative letters, artwork and models to send back to him. We thought he had visited the jungle, Africa, a city, the beach and the mountains. I wonder if we will receive a reply!
We had lots of fun being creative with black paint today! We painted using various brush strokes and on different textures. Well done France Class!
We have been loving the autumnal sunshine in our PE lessons as we have been able to use the outdoor space to practise our footwork skills. We have been enjoying playing rock, paper, scissors but using our whole bodies to create each part to make the game even more fun! We have then been having a go at some footwork skills. We have found side stepping with a turn a little tricky, but we have shown great determination and have even been spotted spending our breaktimes practising this skill. Keep up the super effort France class!
We have been learning how to throw for distance.
This afternoon we went to visit Start Art Studio. Each child was given a tile and Sarah modelled how to create a slip to join two pieces of clay. Once we made our tile we were able to paint it.
Today we practised tallying. We creating a tally for the different coloured cars that passed school.
