Blog by Miss D Ellison

Today we have been getting sporty for Sport Relief. 

We have been given lots of challenges from Mrs Parkinson to complete today including:

- The Trainer Toss where Dylan was able to throw one of Mrs Parkinson's trainers the furthest. 

- Jog/run around school for 15 minutes with Mrs…

Bronze class top 5 moments of the week.

-In English we have been reading a book called George and the Dragon it was a Legend. We were reading another book called the beast with thousand teeth.

-We were making some pink cupcakes for the beast because he only liked the pink…

Here are our Friday Fab Five moments of the week!

1) Yesterday with Mrs Bradley we painted the wood for our picture frames in DT. Mine was white. - Casey

2) In English we are solving riddles - Ela

3) In Mathematics we are learning how to use column subtraction. I am getting better at…

Bronze Class Top 5 Moments of the Week:

1) Writing our non-chronological reports about where we would like to live in the world.

2) Learning about equivalent fractions (and eating biscuits!)

3) Creating sequences in gymnastics and performing then to the class - see our gallery for some…

This week in English we have been researching a country we would like to live in because next week we will be writing our own non-chronological report about this country. 

"I would like to live in France because I want to go up the Eiffel Tower." - Indy

"The capital city of China is…

This week in Bronze class we have been learning about different places to live in our English topic of 'Where would you like to live?' 

"We made brigadeiros which are little chocolate treats from Brazil." - Charley

"In Brazil, because it is so hot, they finish school at 11am and go home for…

Welcome back everyone!

This week we've been discussing how we are now in a new decade! Miss Ellison also explained that she has now lived in 4 different decades (just!) so the children helped me to feel very old this week!!! But we are certainly raring to go this half term. 

Our new English…

This week in Bronze class we have been starting to get ready for Christmas!

"We have written letters to Santa." - Casey

"I asked for an air track because I have been helpful and kind this year." - Alara

"We have been doing some Christmas crafts, colouring and making Rudolph." -…

"In science we were learning about how exercise keeps us healthy." - Nevaeh

Why is exercise important?

"It keeps our body strong" - Charley

"Its good to keep your bloody pumping around your body." - Joey

"It makes your muscles stronger." - Ela

"It makes your brain work better." -…

Today we have been creating our own cocktails as part of our mathematics lesson on capacity.

The children had to follow the recipe and accurately measure the ingredients in ml. 

"1000ml = 1 litre" - Indy

"I made a cocktail with lemonade, orange juice and apple juice." - Emily

We also…

Today we have been raising money for Children in Need. 

"Today we dressed in yellow or wore spots." - Cassidy

"We decorated biscuits like Pudsey."- Charley

"We had a design Pudsey's new hair competition." - Bobbi

The winner of this competition was Joey.

"In science we have been…

"This week in Bronze class we made a volcano (model) erupt." - Emily

"We discussed whether we would like to live near a volcano. I would like to because then I can take people to the volcano and make money as an attraction." - Nevaeh 

"We have been learning about the tectonic plates." -…