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We have been discussing the pros and cons for living in the Greek city-states of Athens or Sparta. We sorted a variety of statements into hoops to make a Venn diagram and decided which city-state we would have preferred to live in.

In English, we are reading the book "The Lost Words" which is full of poems about nature nouns like bluebells and conkers.  Today we investigated Dorrington Woods to find some nature nouns of our own.  Even on the walk there we were amazed by the way that plants and animals can thrive in really…

We love our concertina doors. We can use the outdoors all through the day whatever the weather.

We had an amazing day at the zoo. We fed the giraffes, monkeys and touched the snake. We learnt all about the animal groups and also discussed the animal diets.

Today we went outside to work in small groups. We took turns to be the Sun, Earth or Moon and orbited and spun to show how the 3 spherical bodies work together. This was a great introduction to our new science topic, even if it did leave us feeling a little dizzy. 

We had a great time at South Lakes Safari Zoo! We stroked a snake, fed the monkeys and giraffes and saw lots of other animals.

Today, Year 4 started learning to play the recorder. We learnt how to hold the recorder, how to blow softly and the fingering for the notes b and a. We haven’t quite mastered blowing softly yet so we decided to make this into an outdoor lesson so it wasn’t quite so loud. We have managed to learn a…

We have enjoyed making some clay flowers. We cannot wait to paint them. We also discussed the parts of the plants when we were designing them with playdough. 

In Year 3 we have been writing our own stories based on the class reader, Stone Age Boy.  After showing them our Stone Age dance, we read our stories to the Year One children.  They seemed to really enjoy them!

We have been developing a dance based on our topic of the Stone Age.  Today we showed it to Mrs Boyle and the Y1 class.  They really enjoyed it and we hope you will too.

We learnt all about how vets help animals and what we can do to help look after animals. We also got to meet Shelly. 

Today, we enjoyed playing Crown Green Bowling at school. We could show off our rolling skills!