Category: Active

BATTLE SHIELD DANCE

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The beginning of this week saw Phase 3 pupils take to the field – the battle field – for a duel between each other and the houses: Water house took the spoils in the end, but it was a close battle!

Last week, the classes learnt how to draw Celtic knots (click here), a symbol of unity and love – these were something that the Celts, from the period before Christ and the Roman invasion of Britain, decorated their battle shields with. This week, the pupils took their designs and added them to shields, measuring up their braces (the handle of the shield) to fit their hand – before entering into a battle with a difference.

The battle itself was a silent and non-contact one, with pupils performing a dance: changing levels and speed to add drama without noise – silence is, after all, a menacing thing. The faces pulled were enough to fill their opponents with fear.

Fab job everyone.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IN HISTORY RELATES TO THE CELTS?

LET’S LEARN CONTINUOUSLY

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This week has also seen Phase 3 very busy engaging in their continuous provision activities – These are learning activities that the pupils engage in independently, choosing what to learn/do at each station. The stations are dotted around the classrooms and school, and offer pupils the chance to explore different curriculum subjects: Can you work out the subject areas on offer here?

This week has seen pupils involved in piano play, Hit The Button, jigsaw building, building with blocks, taking a bike ride and writing prayers – to name a few.

The pupils prayer, which was added to the class prayer book, can be seen below.

FAMILY AND LIFE

Thank you for protecting our family

Thank you that we are alive in this World

Thank you our God – We will learn to serve you

Thank you for the lovely people in this World

We will worship you and love, and sacrifice ourselves in your need

Amen

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Active Angles in Chalk

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As Phase 3 continued their learning all about angles, we went ACTIVE and took our learning outside. Pupils draw angles and draw around angles, estimating the size of them, based on their angle name knowledge, before that named and labelled them. It is amazing how many angles you can find, as you run around the playground: angles in buildings, in playground markings, or just around other objects.

We left the playground covered in angle names and measurements, for the rest of the school to learn from when they took their break – Did you spot any when you were in the playground?

Phase 3 really were great artists with their chalk in hand – Great job everyone!

Egg Hunting Ahead of Maths Match: How many did you find?

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What a fantastic way to stay fit and active: an egg hunt in the school playground.

The whole of Phase 3 took the opportunity to hunt for eggs (printed ones) to help them win the chance to answer questions in end-of-term Maths Match challenge: a challenge before the challenge. Earth and Water classes were split into Maths Match teams before entering the playground to find the hidden eggs – the more they found in the ten minutes, the more chance they had of winning back in the classroom. If they found an egg, they won the ‘right’ to try answering that question in the match. Fun was had by all, and many teams found all 16 numbered eggs. Well done everyone!

Are you planning an egg hunt of your own?

Active Angles

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Last week saw the whole of Phase 3, start their learning all about angles – we did it in an active way, with Mrs MacPherson leading the way: the activities had us all on a ‘Mission Impossible.’ Searching for clues, we developed our understanding of angles, making angles with our bodies and cones – taking instructions from our mission cards.

Fun was had by all and now we all know the names of the key angles – Do you?

Complete the words below to show the main names of angles:

  • St_______________
  • Re_______x
  • Ri_______ angle
  • Ob__________
  • Full Rev__________
  • Ac__________