Tudor Roses

Class have just finished their Tudor Roses - come in and see them!

Rise of the ROBOTS

Yes, at the moment they may look like the shoebox that's missing from your wardrobe...but soon they will transform into pneumatic marvels!

Flashback to Christmas

The children in the first picture look familiar...

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Mr Short writes: the page is being updated a lot this week, so it may not be there!

At The End Of The Assembly - featuring The Chins

ONE HUNDRED POSTS!

This is one of our favourite things this year - The Alan Taylor Crash Pod Challenge! Even a little bit of Alan is yummy!

We used this video in our Assembly but it was a bit longer then because we included personal bits. Did you like our video? We are doing more D&T with Mr Short at the moment.

Class 5

Mr Short writes: an especially big thank you to Andy Stanton for sending the children signed art from his latest book. Well done to the children for making 100 posts.

Read all about it...

Latest edition of the Lamonical Chronical!

Malaria Competition

The Malaria Webpage in case you wanted to see what the judges have selected. Not us unfortunately!

As promised...

I have added your Tudor video. You worked well as a class to make this and it looks great. Not only did you make the video but you wrote and recorded your own script!

You now have the skills to make a Photo Story 3 video and you have seen how Movie Maker works. You also know how to record your own sounds using Sound Recorder, so you are well on your way to making your own videos and becoming the next big thing in Hollywood.

Have a great holiday and stay safe!

Meet Edgar...in glorious 3-D

Personal information:
Name: Edgar Eco
Age: as old as time itself
Gender: male
Job: saving the world
Favourite colour: green
Favourite food: healthy food, especially anything green
Favourite vegetable: Green beans
Favourite drink: Gree...water! Is apple juice green?
Favourite music: Green Day
Favourite sport: everything and anything that increases his heart rate
Favourite book: Green eggs and ham & Spud goes Green
Favourite school: Gree....Northleach!
Favourite country: Greenland

How do you solve a problem like Malaria?

This afternoon Class 5 entered a competition to design a sticker for National Geographic Kids Magazine. The sticker would warn people about Malaria - hopefully we will win! Keep your fingers crossed!

Bread!

We made this...and now we're going to eat it!

A massive thanks to Mrs Ager for making it possible x

Introducing Edgar Eco!

Edgar Eco is the Northleach Eco mascot (Click on picture to see him dance)

He travels around the world saving us from pollution and he is very good at it...the best! He is helping us to win an Eco School award, so if you need him you must say, "Edgar, we need you!" He was invited to our school by a Year 5 girl.

Green Day

Food a fact of life - learn where your food came from!

Resourceful Schools Project - lots of green ideas!

Asking questions about historical artefacts

Today Class 5 asked more historical questions. We had started this with the Mary Rose.

We looked at a mystery artefact and wrote:

• What we knew for sure about it.
• What we thought we knew about it.
• What we would like to know about it.

Here are some of our guesses: salt & pepper shaker, herb grinder, flower arranging and a pattern maker for cookery.

Mr Short writes:

The artefact was borrowed from a local museum. The children thought it was magical, which is quite refreshing in an age of PlayStation 3 and Xbox. Some children guessed when they saw me filling up the sink with water, but pupils asking questions and having enquiring minds was my success criteria. So, what do you think it was used for? Click on the video above and have a guess!

At The End Of The Assembly

Mrs Football’s lot were kicked out,
Mr Crab’s class marched out,
Mr Rabbit’s class bounced out,
Miss Honey’s class walked sweetly out.

Mr Time’s class were ticked off,
Mr Show’s class came back for an encore,
Mrs Badminton’s class made a terrible racket,
Mr Flower’s class came out smelling of roses.

Mr Pancake’s class flipped out,
Mrs Light’s class outshone everyone,
Mrs Egg’s class scrambled out,
Mr Bin’s lot emptied out.

Mr Math’s class doubled up,
Mr Bullet’s class zoomed out,
Mr Tune’s class played up,
Mrs Stain’s class left their mark.

Mr Tier’s class went down,
Miss Quarrel’s lot fell out,
Mr Bump’s lot crashed out,
Miss Chicken’s class were shooed out.

Mr Jail’s class broke out,
Miss Orange’s class peeled away,
Miss Fell’s class fell out with each other,
Miss Sing’s class disappeared.

Thursday Afternoon: R.E & Easter

Thursday was a very busy day for Class 5, we didn't rest after the Tudor Assembly! In the afternoon we looked at the Last Supper and used drama and freeze framing to ask thoughtful questions. Half of the class were marking and awarding stickers for good work, then we swapped around. It was hard to match the picture and at the same time think about what we had just read! The next day we showed our work in the sharing assembly!

Mr Short writes: I think this is the best video of the children's work yet, it really is spine tingling stuff and makes me realise how much Year 4 have grown since September. If anyone would like to see this video please feel free to come in after school.

Thursday Morning: Tudor Assembly

Thank you for coming to see Class 5's 20 minute take on Tudor history! The children had this up and running in 4 hours. Not only did it demonstrate how much they had remembered, but how enthusiastic they have been towards this subject. They really brought it to life...and often at my expense I might add (see picture above) :) Practising the Tudor Pavanne in the playground in front of window cleaners can now be added to a list that includes performing the Gruffalo to Class 4 in front of builders and reading the Iron Man to an audience of plumbers...if only they knew that being a Primary Teacher is the best job in the world!

Class 2

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Explanations

We have been designing machines that do CRAZY jobs. We have been designing them to help us write explanations.

Wings

If I had wings
I would open up a wormhole
and nervously slip through.

If I had wings
I would come to school
before anyone else.

If I had wings
I would hover on the roof
and listen in on the staffroom.

If I had wings I would
ascend to the edge of life
and swoop to the centre of the Earth.

If I had wings
I would glide across the beach
letting the sand build up in my feathers.

If I had wings
I would slumber on the clouds until the
light of the morning overcomes the dark of the night.

If I had wings
I would fly over toy shops and see beautiful
stuffed toys in the gorgeously clean windows.

If I had wings
I would touch the tops of the heavens
and taste December’s breeze.

If I had wings
I would search the sea
and find the next Mary Rose.

If I had wings
I would sit on the moon
and touch it’s rocky surface.

If I had wings
I would go far and wide without anyone seeing me
to find the oldest gold in faraway places.

If I had wings
I would eat a piece of cloud pie
with blue sky cream.

If I had wings
I would glide over the houses like a boomerang
zooming across the sky on a sunny day.

If I had wings
I would stroke the tips
of the coldest crystal.

If I had wings
I would never ask how I
got these magical powers.

If I had wings
I would fly up and up to see if the sky
really does go on forever.

If I had wings
I would taste the raindrops
and feel the sun’s heat daily.

If I had wings
I would gather up guns
from the soldiers at war.

If I had wings
I would feel the top of the rainbow
and sniff the scent of the sea.

If I had wings
I would cool everyone down
if they’re hot today.

If I had wings
I would feel the comfort of clouds resting on me
and sleep until dawn when the sun comes back.

If I had wings
I would pick up worms
and take them to the birds…

If I had wings I would
gaze at the evening pink and orange colours
and feel its gentle breeze…