Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies

The year 3 and 4 children produced a fantastic performance of Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies at the end of last term, We were so proud of them all. Well Done!!!

Cadburys World Trip Year 3 and 4

Topaz's Cake Sale

Thank you for all the kind donations for our cake sale. We managed to raise £90 for the class.  Fantastic!!!
Thank you all very much!

Multiskills Festival

Topaz had a fantastic afternoon at the Multi skills festival participating in lots of  different activities and working with children from different schools. They were a real credit to themselves!!!

Roman Wow Day

We're writing Instructions!

Topaz have been looking at instructions this week.  We began by looking at the features of the text and then following instructions to make our scary skeleton skull cakes. Delicious!

 

 

Today, we made slime and tomorrow we will write the instructions so that other classes can make it too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Topaz 2015

Trip to Tesco

We really enjoyed our trip to Tesco last week. We got to taste different cheeses and breads. Most of the kids loved the cheddar and Red Leicester but they weren't so sure about the goat's cheese or stilton! We were shown around the bakery and got to see how the bread was made. Scot the baker even gave us a doughnut and chocolate chip cookie to take home. Yummmy!

Golf

Topaz spent Wednesday afternoon at Ashby School playing golf. We had a great time learning new skills.

Forest School

On Friday, Mr Boardman took the class outside. We navigated our way through bushes, brambles and gorse and enjoyed some beautiful views in the sunshine. We then worked in small groups to make 'rope'.  Although we worked with wool, we used the original methods that would have been used to make rope in the past.

 

Time Lord

 

What a performance!! Mega show by Years 4 and 3 - Well done.

Solar Eclipse

The Solar Eclipse on Friday was amazing ... and we got to see it through our special glasses!

Fantastic experience!!

World Book Day

We have just finished reading Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl.  Have a look at the fantastic fox masks we made for assembly today.....

Snow!!

We only had a little bit.... but we made the most of it!

Superhero Day for Children in Need - November 2014

Have a look at us performing some poetry!

As part of our rainforest topic, we've been reading and performing poetry. We've even written our own poems.

 

 

 

Egyptian Day

The children looked amazing, all dressed up for our Egyptian Day. We're looking forward to getting started on the topic!

Diwali

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Our first week back this half term was all about Diwali. We learnt about why the Hindus and Sikhs celebrate it.  We made our own diva lamps from clay and decorated them.  We designed mendi rangoli patterns.  We investigated lines of symmetry in rangoli patterns and drew our own outside on the ground as well as designing them on paper.  We made sweets and wrote poems. All in all an action packed week!

First half-term

Last half-term, we weren't very good at keeping you updated but here are a few of our highlights.....
As part of our electricity topic, we made lots of circuits, making bulbs light and buzzers buzz. We constructed our own switches. We painted pictures and then added an electrical component with a switch - lighthouses that light up, houses with lights that turn on when you open the door, clowns with noses that light up etc.
Our switches were made from paper clips and pins or foil and wire.

We followed instructions to bake muffins and we made pizzas as part of a maths lesson. We drew charts showing the class's favourite pizza toppings and then made the pizzas.

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Have a look at the amazing scarecrows we made for the harvest assembly.

Co-operative Art

The children have worked in groups to produce a piece of artwork.  Each child painted their own section but as a group, they worked together to ensure that the individual sections came together to make a complete piece of art. I think they did a fantastic job, don't you?