Roman Day

Last week in topic we had a Roman day. We did lots of fun activities and it was very fun. First of all we did Roman society. We split up into groups from Roman society. We had to pretend to be people such as the senators, the women, the slaves, the rich landowners and lots more. Next we went to see a lady called Nina and a man called Scott. They showed us some shields and some swords and we had to practice sword fighting. At the end of the day we did a murder mystery. We watched a film which was very good and then we had to Question the characters.
By AP

On Friday the 24th of February we had a Roman day. We did lots of different interesting activities. First of all we learned about the roman society. We got put into lots of different groups including the senators, the slaves, the rich landowners and lots more. Ms Turner (Emperor Augustus) had to ask us why we should get paid 100 pounds.
Next we learned about the Roman army. Two people called Nina and Scott came in and taught us about it. We learned that after you are in the army for 20 years then you get a piece of land.
By LE

Samba Drums

This week on Monday we learned about Samba and a man called Chris showed us the instruments used to make samba music in Brazil. He showed us some drums and a cowbell that had two on them and it was called a go go. He taught us tunes to play then he let all of us have an instrument and we played the tune he gave us. We ended up playing a good Samba tune although it took a while to get it all together.
By S.L

This week on Monday we had a man who came in and taught us how to do Samba [as in the drum not the dancing thankfully]. We each had an instalment. I had a go go bell, which was like a cow bell. We each had a rhythm to play. My group’s rhythm was ‘I like potatoes’. Then at the end we all played all our rhythms together. It sounded really good. The different instruments were a base drum, a tambourine, a go go bell, and another sort of drum.
By LH

The Finished Busts

In art, we have been making clay busts of ourselves then we painted them. After we evaluated our clay busts and thought about what we liked and what we would like to change. I was proud of mine and all the rest looked great too. Everyone spent so much time on them.
By T.A

In art we have been making our own busts. My teacher told us to do this thing where you fill in this sheet about what we like and what we would change about the bust. I like my top because it was bright and pretty. I would change my lips because they are funny and fat. We were meant to make it look like yourself but my went a bit wrong but I still like it.
By A.D

In art today we have done an evaluation sheet on our clay busts asking us what we would change about it and what you liked about it. Before the lesson the teacher took a picture of all the clay busts so we could stick it in with our evaluation in our art books.
By A.M

Last week we were making busts and trying to make them look like us. What I liked best about my bust is the flower on my head. I think it is good and it is bright. What I would change would be the neck and the shoulders because they are a bit wonky and I would change the nose for the same reason. But I am really proud of my bust.
BY D.S

Reading with year 1

During book week children from the infant school came to read with our class. We listened to part of Zog by Julia Donaldson. Then we had to create a storyboard of what we thought would happen next. We worked together to help the younger children.