Blog by Miss D Ellison

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." -…

Welcome back to our second half term of the year. Its been a short week in school but we have certainly packed a lot of learning in. 

"We made chocolate apples with Mrs Bradley." - Ellie

"We have started reading a new book in English called 'Storm'." - Alara

"We have been pretending to be…

This week in Bronze class we have been having very busy!!

“In computing, Mrs Bradley has been teaching us how to programme using Scratch.” – Alara

“In Music, Mrs Bennett has been teaching us how to play hot cross buns on the recorder.” – Ela

“This week we have been learning about poetry…

This week we have concluded our English unit on 'Was Tutankhamun killed?'

We have been building our evidence on our evidence board and finally deciding what we happened to King Tut. 

"I think he had a broken leg and it might have been infected which killed him." - Alara

"I think he might…

This week we have been learning all about Ancient Egypt and continuing to try and work out how Tutankhamun died. Many of the class have been part of our ACS (Ancient Crime Squad) helping us to investigate and collect key evidence.

In history we have been mummifying each other (with toilet…

Welcome to our first Bronze class blog! 

Our first week in Juniors and we have survived! The children have really impressed me this week with how grown up they have been. Everyone has settled very well - well done!

We began our week by getting used to our new classroom, playing some games…