Today, we have visited Weston Park Museum in Sheffield to learn more about Ancient Egypt. We first looked at the Bronze Age to see how they lived. We then linked this with Ancient Egypt as this happened during the same time period so it made it easier for us to compare topics. When looking at Ancient Egypt, we looked at different artefacts from the time and we even saw two sarcophaguses with mummies inside. We then tried to use evidence from the artefacts to look at how they lived. Later on, we looked more closely at the mummification process and tried to make our own Ancient Egypt artefacts to take home. The children have really enjoyed the day out to Weston Park and have learnt loads about Ancient Egypt. Have a look below to see what they got up to.
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Last week, we had another visitor from the local church talking to us about the local historic missionary called James Hudson Taylor. He explained his story and why he was significant to Barnsley.
Yesterday, the Y1s, 3s and 5s took part in a den building challenge. For this, the children were put in mixed aged groups and they had to work together to make the best den. When they all had finished, their dens were put up to the ultimate test by seeing if they were waterproof. All the children had a great time doing this especially when they got soaked by the buckets of water. Have a look below to see the pictures. In maths last week, we started looking at making amounts of money in different ways. For this, the children could only use a certain amount of coins / notes to make the amount of money. The children had to think carefully about which way they could do it. Have a look below to look at the pictures from the lesson. This half term in guided reading, we have been focussing on texts with a theme of football. This week, we have been looking at a poem called 'The Goalie with Expanding Hands'. Within the lessons, children looked at key vocabulary within the text and answered retrieval and inference questions. Each day, the children have read the poem and today, we have performed them. Have a look to watch some of the children read the poem.
In P.E this half term, the children have been looking at the skills needed to play cricket. This included batting, bowling and fielding. Today, we have played a mini game of cricket to showcase all the skills we have learnt. The children were grouped into teams and played against each other to see if which team could score the most runs. The children were able to follow the rules of the game and they played really well. Have a look at the games below. In R.E last week, we have been talking about bullying. In this week's lesson, we have wrote some bullying poems and a few of us felt confident to read theirs out to the class. Have a look below to see Y3's work. Last half term, we looked at writing and reading diary entries with a focus on Hansel and Gretel. Within this, the children read examples of diary entries within guided reading to support their learning on the format of a diary. Then, the children wrote two diary entries in the perspective of the mean step mother. This was a guided piece of writing which focussed on using fronted adverbials. After a couple of weeks of learning about diaries, the children were given an opportunity to write their own diary entry as a different character within Hansel and Gretel. The children were given options of what they could write about but ultimately, the piece of work was written and edited without any support. When they had finished, I was completely amazed at what they came up with so the children have finally written their diaries into their masterpiece books. Have a look below at Y3's masterpiece writing. Last term, we completed a sewing project. For the project, the children had to create a fruit picture. For this project, the child learnt plenty of new skills such as:
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