Skipping for Compassion

Class 3/4 today undertook their sponsored skip, raising money for the children the school sponsors through Compassion UK. During breaktime, the whole class skipped continuously (as continuously as possible with a rope wrapped around your legs!) for ten minutes. Some children chose to skip standing still, with a combination of forward and backward skipping. Others … Read more

Class 3/4’s Assembly

On Wednesday 16th October Class 3/4 presented an assembly about bones to the whole school. First we all read out a script and then sang a song. We also made up some dance moves to go along with it. We were very lucky that a parent had leant us a skeleton, who we named Bob, … Read more

Class 3/4 visits the Natural History Museum in Tring

Class 3/4 visited the Natural History Museum in Tring on Tuesday to take part in a bones workshop and look at their collection of over 4,000 animals. The animals were collected from around the world by Walter Rothschild in the 19th Century. In the bones workshop the class got to see up close the skeletons … Read more

Class Cards Moving Along Well

Class 3/4’s Design Technology project is moving cards. The class are currently learning how to make different mechanisms. So far we have made clown face sliders. They were very successful and effective. Then we made lift up flaps and lift up flaps with springs. In order to make them the children had to use Stanley … Read more

New pupil in Class 3/4

A new pupil has joined Class 3/4. He is currently a little underweight and is not a great conversationalist, but we’re enjoying his company nonetheless. The skeleton has joined us for a few weeks to help with our Science topic, Moving and Growing. Today the Class were able to get up close and feel the … Read more

Helping Grassheads Grow Well

When we made grass heads we got a yoghurt pot and decorated it. Then we made the grass heads, we put the grass seeds in a pop sock first then we put the sawdust in. The open end was tied up and the spare tight cut off. After that we took them back to our … Read more

Class 3/4 visit Pizza Express

The school trip to Pizza Express was exciting. We walked to the town centre to play some games while we were waiting for them to get ready. Then we went to the library because we had 15 minutes left. We walked back to Pizza Express and after being given a Pizza Express hat, the chef … Read more

Making Easter Egg Boxes

Class 34 have been looking at packaging. We have now made pizza boxes and easter egg boxes too! When we started to make them we drew them on paper and planed it in rough. When I made my easter egg box for real I had to fold the lines really hard as we were then … Read more

Class 3/4 visit a Gurdwara in their own classroom

To make it as authentic as possible the children had to follow a set of rituals during the visit. Firstly they had to wash their hands then take off their shoes and socks. Boys had to cover their heads with hats (of the wooly variety, rather than turbans!) as a sign of respect. All of … Read more