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We had a great morning looking at the English game of Crown Green Bowling. We definitely improved our technique and became more confident with the rolling skill. 
We enjoyed trying to beat Coach Dan! 

We then looked at English landmarks. We were excited to look at the Eden Project in…

We have made our passports and boarded our flight. First stop … Hong Kong. Mrs Law told us all about life in Hong Kong and we learnt some Cantonese! 
Next destination … Honduras. We looked at lots of photos, tasted Plantain crisps (fried bananas) , made our own fruit salad and looked at stories…

It was lovely to have Isabella's mum come into school today to teach us some Chinese words and tell us the story behind the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac.  We found out that all the children in the class were either born in the year of the rooster or the year of the monkey.  We then had a go at…

Reception had an enjoyable day learning about cultural diversity within our class. We looked at where places were on the map and the children spoke about their countries. 

To help decorate our school for multicultural week we researched flags from around the world and chose one to draw ourselves.

As part of multicultural week we had a look at Mexico. 
We spoke about culture, food and music. 
We made guacamole to eat with tortilla chips. It was a bigger hit than the Greek salad!

We tried following an African dancing video as well as finding out more about the continent of Africa. 
In groups we then chose countries to research, we chose: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Madagascar and Ghana. 
We created posters and presented them to the rest of the class. 
 

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Year 6 had a busy but enjoyable day learning about cultural diversity within our class. Several children gave presentations about the countries they originate from, and their experiences of living in those countries. We discovered several differences but also many similarities between the various…

To start Multicultural week we looked at Greece. 
We made Greek salad (with mixed reviews!) and looked at the evil eye tradition, by making our own evil eye charms out of salt dough.

We had a fantastic day today, visiting Williamson Park. We visited the Butterfly House where we learned about the life cycle of butterflies and also different habitats. It was a chance to experience the conditions in a rainforest, which is our current geography topic.  We also handled some of the…

In our geography lessons we have been looking at the UK and our local area. 
 

After a very warm walk to Williamson’s Park, we did some sketch drawings from the Ashton Memorial and spoke about human and physical features of Lancaster. 
We then had a walk around Friend’s Garden and had our…

This week we have been using knives to chop food. We have talked about safety and tried the bridge method to keep our fingers safe.