Today Year 6 ambassadors attended the Rememberance Day Service at the Monkton Cenotaph.
The children laid a Wreath and displayed some beautiful art work that they had created.
We will remember them.
Stay and Play has been SPOOKTACULAR!We had a fantastic time making bubbling potions, smashing jellied brains, bowling ghost skittles and exploring out outdoor area.
Then inside we decorated biscuits (which we had baked!), painting, decorating and glitzing up pumpkins! Again the children could show their grown ups different areas of our Nursery. We had so much fun!
A huge thank you to all of our families for coming and joining in the fun!
Today our wonderful school council met a representative from Macmillan and Cllr G Kilgour into school for tea and cake.
The lady from Macmillan thanked our school for raising money for Macmillan on 24 September when we held our annual cake sale.
The children were amazing ambassadors! Well done for showing how much our school community care.
Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their visit from an artist today. We learned how to use watercolours effectively to create rainforest plants in the style of Henri Rousseau.
Our trip to the Mosque today. The children had such a fantastic time learning more about another culture and the volunteers were impressed with their knowledge and manners.
This is the smaller room where female Muslims pray. We found out about prayer times and the call to prayer.
Maria talked us through the Qu’ran. We asked questions such as: Does it have chapters like a bible has? Who wrote the Qu’ran? Why are there no pictures in the Qu’ran?
Maria explained how the Qu’ran is is written in Classical Arabic, it is recited from right to left.
Wudhu is the ritual washing performed by Muslims before prayer. Muslims must be clean and wear good clothes before they present themselves before God. Muslims start in the name of God, and begin by washing the right, and then the left hand three times. The mouth, their face then each arm -starting with the right arm, the left arm and then the head.
Some of our children tried on a Throbe and a Hijab. They were asked how they felt while wearning them. A throbe makes it easier to kneel and bow when in the prayer sequence as no skin will be exposed. For similar modesty reasons, a hijab is worn by female Muslims. The Qur’an instructs Muslim women and men to dress modestly.
Year 6 are out of this world!
In Science this term, we have been looking at Space and how our Earth rotates. Year 6 used the outdoors for a bit of practical learning so that they could see shadows. We are loving our Space topic and next session we are looking at phases of the moon and rumour has it that Miss Sparks has some Oreos in her cupboard that we will be using as an experiment!
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Fantastic colour mixing and art skills shown as the children recreated Henri Rousseaus painting ‘Surprised’
Year 3 have been working super hard on their art skills. We have been painting, sketching, mixing colours and using water and paint to create washes. All of our art work has been based on our topic of Rainforests. The children have been working and using their skills to create a final piece of art work inspired by our artist, Henri Rousseau. We are impressed with how well the children have been working in Year 3 and cannot wait to see the final pieces of artwork that they have created!
