Welcome to our Willow Class page
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Class Teacher: Miss Lauren Grantham Linked Teaching Assistants: Mrs Shelli Williams & Mrs Anne Downes Our Notice Board
Our theme this term is 'I am Warrior' Please click on the image below for a quick slideshow linked to our topic |
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I am warrior!
I am strong, brave and powerful. Meet me in battle! Draw your sword, wield your axe and challenge me if your dare! Invade & attack, Romans versus the Celts, the fight is on… This term we be will learning about the Romans. Our Class theme is linked to the Roman invasion and the relevant period of history. |
Home learning: What will you choose to do?
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Our class book this term is:
'The Thieves of Ostia' In literacy, we will use our text to create Soliloquies, Instructions, Invitations and Letters to Queen Boudicca!
In maths this term we are learning about the following areas:
Roman Numerals Data and statistics Time |
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Please click on the icon below for generic information about homework expectations for each year group.
| homework_guidance_2019.pdf |
Please click on the link below to see our daily routines and changes in Willow Class.
| ks2_class_letter_for_parents_term_3.docx |
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Our Class Photo Gallery
Martial Arts Workshop, Sports Week 2020
Marine Biologists come to visit!
We were lucky enough to have three 'Marine Biologists' in to visit Willow Class. We were so excited to hear about their studies and adventures. They shared photos, videos and stories about their 'plastic pollution clean up' in the Indian Ocean! We completed three wonderful activities: What plastics can be recycled? The arts of the sea Sea creature artefacts We had a fantastic morning full of stories, information and facts! |
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VOLCANO DAY
We are really enjoying our topic on Tremors and have found out all sorts of things about volcanoes. As part of this, we had an amazing Volcano Day. We had worked with a partner to design and plan our model volcanoes, thinking about the materials we would need and how we would structure it. On Volcano Day, we came to school in old clothes ready for busy, messy learning. It was such great fun!
Once we had made our volcanoes, we went outside to construct our 'ring of fire'. Out came the cola and the baking powder and we stood back to watch the 'eruptions'. Fantastic!
Once we had made our volcanoes, we went outside to construct our 'ring of fire'. Out came the cola and the baking powder and we stood back to watch the 'eruptions'. Fantastic!
Victorian Day
As part of their topic on The Victorians, Willow Class held a Victorian School Day. Miss Grantham and her class dressed in Victorian clothes, the children sat in rows and worked on chalk boards. And no Victorian school room is complete without a cane and that big cap with a D on it! Everyone had great fun.
We found out about all the different types of penguin that may be found in Antarctica. We painted some of them and they look lovely displayed in our classroom.
Cooking with a purpose
As part of their continuing work on our bodies - how they work and how to be healthy - a group of children from Willow Class cooked a meal to keep our bones healthy. Their authentic cannelloni contained calcium in the form of milk in the béchamel sauce and two kinds of cheese - ricotta and parmesan, with additional vitamins from spinach, and energy from the pasta. The children worked brilliantly together to cook a complex dish. The finished product was really delicious and professional enough to serve at a dinner party. Well done, Willow !
Busy baking cakes for the Macmillan Coffee morning. Fundraising can be great fun!
Topic work in Willow Class
Creating our own cave paintings. What would cave people have used to create images on the walls?
What is in the images? What do they tell us? What colours would they be? How did they last so long?
What is in the images? What do they tell us? What colours would they be? How did they last so long?
Weaving in Willow - exploring warp and weft. Can you work methodically to weave neatly and correctly?
Exploring text types
The children in Willow Class discovered the success criteria for effective instructions in a very practical way. They were given instructions to make a King Bog Baby and worked with a partner to see if their set of instructions was a WAGOLL (What a good one looks like) or a WABOLL (What a bad one looks like). They then worked out what they needed to add to make their instructions work.
