We started the week with some creative writing inspired by the story of the Gunpowder plot – we produced some poems, some short pieces of narrative, some diary entries and play scripts. It was a very interesting and enjoyable lesson. As part of this lesson, we read the traditional bonfire night poem: ‘Remember, Remember the Fifth of November.’ I was very impressed with the children’s intonation and expression – particular Jace’s. Jace impressed me again, later in the week, reading our ‘Tiger in a zoo’ poem. Jace has, unsurprisingly and very deservedly, been awarded the reading certificate this week.
This week, we have also attended a live musical performance, which was VERY enjoyable and, today, we had an assembly led by a representative from Shropshire Air Ambulance.
In Science, with Dr. Roberts, the children recreated a scale model of our solar system in the school grounds. They used an array of different sized fruits to represent relative sizes of the planets. Is that a grape or is it Venus?
Code Club met on Monday to organise their lunch time club, which will start next week. They delivered a short presentation in assembly on Wednesday and, by lunchtime, all the places were booked! Textile club started thinking about their Christmas project and made some initial designs and listed the resources they would need. They are keen to begin applying their textile skills to this project next week.
Our red certificate this week was awarded to Frankie for his enthusiastic approach to all of his work. Frankie has consistently approached his work with a really positive attitude. He shows great resilience and the ability to review his work critically and learn from his mistakes. Keep it up, Frankie!
Our homework this week is to develop our understanding of time zones (which we started looking at in geography this week) and to consolidate our ability to recognise equivalent fractions. More about this can be found in the homework section on Darwin’s class page.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. E.