Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School

We have been enjoying designing our own mythical beasts in English this week. We have looked at the wide variety of creatures that the Ancient Greeks used in their stories, then used elements of these to create our very own. We started to bring these creatures to life today, as we began to describe their appearance, the way they move and sound, and how they make onlookers feel. There's great enthusiasm in the room for this, and I think it will be a cracking piece of writing when completed.

 In maths we have been looking at angles and circles this week. We have all learned how to claculate the radius and diameter of a circle, and also how to draw angles using a protractor. It's been tricky, but the children have coached each other through brilliantly.

On a lighter note, we are lucky to have Miss Cosavella, a specialist music teacher, with us again this term and we have been learning some Greek songs with her - it's sounding fantastic in our room each Tuesday morning!

Next week we are welcoming back Matthew from Moveable Feast productions who will be leading a drama workshop exploring the lives of the Ancient Athenians and the trials and tribulations of the Ancient Greek gods. (I tried to persuade Mrs Nott to let us go on a jolly to Athens instead, but she was having none of it!).

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Jarvis

Well done to year four after their amazing behaviour at Lineham Farm and coming back full of enthusiasm to learn about Victorian Rawdon. We have investigated changes over the era and created timelines of our favourite events of the time. We have lots of excitin* events planned, such as a trip to Abbey House Museum for a murder mystery challenge and Victorian Day. We would love children to dress up for Victorian day if possible which will be on Friday 7th June.

New PE days are Wednesday and Thursday this half term. This was a last minute change and luckily we ( Miss Kemp included) are receiving some expert coaching in orienteering skills from Aces. 

In maths we have converted money and are moving onto measure. This term our new artist will be William Morris the renowned Victorian designer. We found out a little about his life and work whis week. 

Please find our Home School link on the class page for further details about our teaching this term. Lineham Farm photos are on the gallery on the Jotter.

Have a wonderful weekend
Miss Kemp

We have spent a lot of time this week thinking about and creating our own Greek-inspired mythical beasts. I have absolutely loved seeing the class being incredibly animated when they've been describing what their beast can do; what it looks and like; and how it makes its victims feel. Having had these ideas in their heads all week, they finally got to turn them into reality today in scientific drawings of their creatures. 

In English, the beasts have been given life as the children have started to write their own Greek myths. Enthusiasm levels are high as they get to go full-on gory in their descriptions!

In maths, we have moved on to a revision of 2D and 3D shapes ready to start our work on angles next week. 

In history lessons, we have been getting to grips with how the Greek society was influenced by the geography of Greece and how it helped the civilisation become so advanced. We have our Greek Workshop next Thursday so there will be lots more facts to be learned then. 

We hope you all have a lovely weekend, 

The Blackbird Team.