pão de queijo
This half term Cherry Class designed and baked a traditional Brazilian Bread, pão de queijo, as part of our D&T project. The children enjoyed shaping their bread and even tasting the finished product!
Brazilian Carnival
This half term, the children in Cherry class have been learning about Brazil! As part of our wow day, the children designed their own masks and headdresses to wear on our carnival parade through the school. The children danced along to some Brazilian music, and even performed some samba moves!
Making Iron Man board games with magnets!
This half term, the children in Cherry class have been learning about the book ‘Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. We undertook a D&T project, where the children evaluated different board games, created a design brief for a board game, and designed their own game, before eventually making, playing and evaluating their own game! In science we have been learning about forces and magnets, and after investigating which types of materials are magnetic, all the children incorporated magnets into their own board games.
Ancient Egypt
Cherry class had fun on our Ancient Egypt wow day! We made Ancient Egypt style headdresses and necklaces, learned to write our names in hieroglyphics and paid a visit to an animal worshipped by Ancient Egyptians... our school cat, Thierry! Cherry Class were also visited by Cleopatra, they asked her questions about her life as a pharaoh and learnt some very interesting facts!
The Lost City of Atlantis
Cherry class have been learning about the Legend of the lost city of Atlantis. After reading the story ‘Dougal’s Deep Sea Diary’, we designed, built, and evaluated our own model submarines.
Ancient Egypt
In year 3 we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. We had a visitor come into school to teach us all about life in Ancient Egypt. Cherry Class were also visited by Cleopatra, they asked her questions about her life as a pharaoh and learnt some very interesting facts!
History and Art- Making Clay Pinch Pots
Cherry Class made clay pinch pots to understand how our Stone Age ancestors lived. We learned that everything in the Stone Age had to be created or collected by individuals. Life was tough!
Stay Bright!
The children wore their brightest outfits to show their understanding of road safety. The children also designed their own posters offering advice to others about how to remain safe and be seen.
