We looked at ‘The Avenue in Schloss Kammer Park’ and considered how it made us feel and what we could see in the picture.
We looked at ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer’ and made our own versions.
Emerald Class Activities
Christmas Crafts
Emerald class have been getting festive doing lots of Christmas crafts leading up to the end of December.
We have made:
Puppets of Santa and Mrs Claws, reindeers, snowmen and gingerbread men.
Stand up Santa cards
Christmas village paper scenes
And Christmas cards.
KS1 Dance – Toys
This half term Emerald Class have been learning different ways to dance. We have been doing this by pretending to be different types of toys!
As Jack in the Boxes we danced a duet using act and react, with one child acting as the Jack in the Box and the other reacting to its movements. As Morph, we used our bodies to show a playdough man being made with many different changes in height and speed. And as clockwork toys, we listened to the beat and rhythm of music and moved in different ways as we pretended to be a clockwork band.
Collective Worship – Circles
In our circle assembly, we discussed ways we could save energy in school.
 Our ideas included: Â
- Opening the curtains and blinds to let light in
- Turning off lights when we leave a room
- Turning off taps
- Wearing more layers
- Only putting on the heating when we need it
Afterschool Sports Club
Miss Fairbrother takes afterschool sports club and this week we are learning how to play football and Chinese football.
Ball Skills
Miss Fairbrother teachers Emerald Class PE every Monday. We are currently learning ball skills and this week we learned how to bounce and catch a ball.
Tacon’s Farm Visit
The whole school visited Tacon’s Farm to learn how potatoes, onions and pumpkins are grown. Each pupil picked their own potato and onion and Year 6s were lucky and got to pick a pumpkin each. We will be using the produce to make pumpkin soup and potatoes cons for our Harvest Festival celebrations so keep checking the website to see what we make!
A big thank you to Emma and Tacon’s Farm for teaching us about farming and for donating all we picked!
Outdoor Learning
In outdoor learning Emerald class made autumn pictures from natural materials. Some of us used conkers, leaves, and acorns. Others used sticks and even branches to create a picture. Reindeers, butterflies and stick insects were just some of our ideas.
Sapphire Class – 3D Shapes
In Sapphire Class, we have been learning about 3D shapes. We built a range of 3D shapes using Polydron, including hexahedrons, dodecahedrons and octahedrons! We talked about how many faces, vertices and edges the shapes have.
