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This afternoon we have been continuing to learn about the Maya.

First, Mrs Clayton, who is a frequent visitor to Mexico, spoke to the class about her visit to a Maya temple at Coba and the 120 steps she climbed up to reach the top. Children learnt about the ‘stelae’, a rock with pictures and…

WWBBA: Sound and Hearing

S.C: I can tell you how sound can travel to my ear. 

Yesterday we started our new topic in Science. 

We discussed what we already know about sound and what we want to find out. We then listened to different types of sounds and we had to record them in our…

WWBBA: Reading

SC: To be able to retrieve, record and present information from a range of non-fiction texts.

CSI – Murder Mystery

After discovering a crime scene, the children were given evidence found by the CSI team to help them solve a murder investigation. Looking carefully at each…

I have been so impressed by the kind words that have been written by our children about other children in school.

We have been reading them out in each assembly and every time we do this in school it makes everyone smile.

I know that all the children at Gillibrand are such kind and caring…

Well done to Alexia and Kai.

They have both shown determination and a willingness to succeed this week, even when they found things more challenging.

I am very proud of you both.

This week Year 3 have been taking inspiration from the Maya and been making instruments. First children designed their instruments using the materials they brought in from home and then they made them! Children either made a drum, a flute or a shaker.

In year 4 this week we have had a focus on poetry. 

The children looked at a Kenning poem. Yesterday they wrote their own poem about the Maya which is our current history topic. 

Then today the children performed their poems in groups or to the rest of the class using the correct intonation,…

This half term Year Two have been looking at Judaism and the festivals of Hanukkah and Sukkot. As a class we thought that we would look at what foods the Jewish people would have to celebrate the end of Hanukkah. We decided to make potato latkes as part of our DT curriculum: To use a wide…

Year 5's science topic is properties and changes of materials.  This week we have been looking at irreversible changes.  To help the children understand this a little better, they made pancakes.  They looked at the ingredients needed, mixed them to form a batter then heated it through frying to…

We have had a fantastic week celebrating Chinese New Year in Reception Class. The children have been trying on traditional Chinese clothing.

The children have heard the story of how the years got their names. We have been learning about how Chinese New Year is celebrated and also making Chinese…

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In RE, we have been learning all about the Passover and the special food that is eaten during the Passover meal to remind the Jews of their escape into the Wilderness.  At the celebratory meal, flat bread is eaten.  It remained flat as the Jews did not have time to wait for the bread to rise,…