Class Teacher: Miss Lauren Grantham Linked Teaching Assistant: Mrs Shelli Williams |
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Our class email address is willow@sibford-gower.oxon.sch.uk
Please use this address to submit homework projects when school is open Willow Class Reminders
Tuesday and Fridays - Children to come into school wearing their PE kit.
There is no Forest School this term. Willow Class will be doing this again after May half term (A letter will be sent out nearer the time) Our theme this term is
'Mighty Metals' You’re an engineer, a scientist, a maker of men (iron men, of course). Explore the scientific world of forces and magnetism, metals and materials. Expand your mind as you test and trial, build and move.
Which force is at play as you slide down a slide or swing on a swing? Can you explain why magnets repel and attract? Can you make a penny look shiny and new or build a steel band from pots and pans? Then, meet Hogarth the Iron Man’s companion. The Iron Man wants a friend. Can you build him one? You must make him strong, sturdy and ready to rumble. If you were a metal, which one would you be? Gold, a shimmering, precious and costly mineral? Or steel, that strong and useful alloy? Maybe you’re iron, malleable and easy to shape, but ready to rust. Maybe you’re not a metal at all, but a force to be reckoned with. Please click on the icon below for generic information about homework expectations for each year group.
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Gods & Mortals
As part of our topic exploring Greek myths and legends, we made this amazing mixed-media masks of characters from the tales that we read.
We thought it would be helpful to share some photos of your 'new' classroom before you return to school so you can see how friendly and welcoming it looks and know what to expect. We even have our own rainbow quiet room!
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Our Class Photo Gallery
Martial Arts Workshop, Sports Week 2020
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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.
