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In PE this week we have been practising our football skills. We have really improved since the autumn term!

In Geography we are learning about 'Seasonal changes'. We are comparing extreme weathers across the globe to the weather we have here in England. This week we learnt what a 'drought' is. We looked at how a drought in Somalia can be life threatening compared to a drought in the UK, which would…

We have been to visit Lichfield Cathedral today. We loved learning about the building and having a look around. We have learnt lots of facts and we loved looking at the stain glass windows. We even got to sing our Easter song in the Cathedral!

Our new topic in History is 'Stories about the past'. We have recently learnt about Robert the Bruce and the spider. 

We listened the story and discussed it and then we re-enacted it by freeze framing.

We have been learning about the Easter story in RE. We are reenacting the different parts of Easter ready for our Easter Show at the end of March. Here we have just learnt about 'Palm Sunday'. 

In our science lesson we have been exploring how sounds are heard through different mediums. We have also been researching how whales and dolphins communicate underwater. 

This week, we have been exploring our new non-fiction text about doctors. We have turned our non-fiction text into a story. In our story, we have identified the characters, who are Doctor Mani and Toney. We have looked at where the story is set and what the problem and solution are. The children…

In Forest School we have been developing our confidence in using a range of apparatus to develop our core strength and Gross Motor Skills. We had so much fun climing. 

This week in our art session we have been exploring how to draw using tone to create a 3D effect. We have been taking the time to choose which sketching pencils to use to create shadows.

Team Badgers are continuing to become fabulous at French! The children have been practising their numbers and we have used these in games of bingo in class as well as using them in other lessons.

The children were super impressed that when they were given a letter to read (all in French)…

In Team Badgers, our English unit this half-term has been based on the famous palaeontologist, Mary Anning! This was a fiction text but based on the true story of her life. We have practised using a greater range of adverbs for different cause, a wider range of conjunctions and lots of other…

Please take a look at our AMAZING pavilions that we have planned and constructed during our DT lessons this half term.