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Lantern making with willow and rush

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Lantern making with willow and rush

Another wonderful week in Birch class! This week Year 6 have…

• Had a fantastic time learning to weave the frame of a lantern with willow and rush. We were guided by expert and local craftsperson Linda Lemieux. We’re hoping to use the lanterns in our Christmas performance.
• Completed their end of unit assessment on the Four Operations ( x - / + ). These hard working children managed to triple their average class score from the start of the unit! Amazing!
• We’ve started writing our independent stories based on Kensuke’s Kingdom – they’ve planned them well, so that they are as exciting and engaging as possible. I’m looking forward to reading the finished result
• Discovered the Hindu story of ‘the man in the well’… let’s put it this way, he had a very bad day!
• Been sketching trees and leaves like botanists in Science –we’ll be using our detailed sketches to classify the trees on our grounds next week.
• Been finding all of the UKs counties and learning about the UKs physical features in our Geography lesson
• Drummed to our hearts content in Music with Miss Rowe…
• And trying to wrap our minds around M.C Escher’s ascending and descending staircases - no small task – with Mr Dray in Art.

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Lantern making with willow and rush