Astounding Artwork
Year Six have been given the challenge to produce a piece of group art with the title Rich.
I rather think they’ve succeeded!
A winter warmer…
…made by Year 6.
The class worked safely to prepare the ingredients for our soup, using some new chopping techniques – claw grip and bridge hold. Mrs Sherriff and I were very impressed to see how quickly the children picked up these new skills. Wonder if they might start using them at home?
Using the Eat Well Plate and other resources, we analysed the recipe to work out:
- cost per portion
- nutrient content
- what to have alongside the soup to create a healthy packed lunch
Here is the recipe if you’d like to try it at home:
Lentil and Tomato Soup
These are the ingredients:
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 medium potato
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 x 15 ml spoon oil
- 1 x 5 ml spoon ground cumin
- 1 can tomatoes (400g)
- 100g red or brown lentils (or a tin of lentils to speed up the cooking)
- 500ml water
- 1 x vegetable stock cube or 1x 5ml spoon bouillon powder
- 1 lemon
- Ground black pepper to season
Method:
Peel and dice the onion.
Top, tail and peel the carrots.
Dice the carrot.
Peel and dice the potato.
Peel and crush the garlic.
Fry the onion and garlic in the oil, gently, for 5 minutes.
Add the carrot, potato and the cumin.
Add the lentils and canned tomatoes.
Dissolve the stock cube in the boiling water to make the stock.
Add the stock to the sauce pan, stir and bring to the boil.
Reduce the heat, cover the sauce pan with a lid and a simmer for 40min.
Squeeze the juice from one lemon.
Just before serving, add 1 x 15 ml spoons lemon juice and some freshly ground black pepper.
Top Tips:
- Try using different vegetables, such as courgettes and peppers.
- Make some toasted croutons to decorate on top.
- Change the potato for pasta as an alternative carbohydrate.
- Add a swirl of yogurt to the soup when served.
What a busy week!
Year Six have made a great start to this half term with some awesome artwork, splendid spelling games and winning the Cool Class Cup!
Well done and keep it up!
New SEAL theme – Getting on
The SEAL theme Getting On covers four main aspects:
- developing the social skills of friendship
- working well together in a group
- managing anger
- resolving conflict
Group work takes place across all lessons and even at lunchtime and playtimes. Some questions for children to consider are:
- Did everyone take turns?
- Did everyone listen to what other people thought?
- Did each person have chance to tell the group what they thought?
- If people had different ideas could the group reach a compromise?
The key areas of learning throughout this theme are empathy, managing feelings and social skills.
Within this theme is Antibullying Week, 19 November – 23 November.
Hobby Half Day
What a great way to finish a very long half term. All the children from Year 1 to Year 6 were mixed up into new groups and they went off to do one of many activities for the afternoon on Friday. There were all sorts going on: iJamming, drumming, candle making and glass painting to name just a few. As I went round, there was a great atmosphere and all the children were chatting and learning together. Thanks to Mrs Maver for organising it and thanks to all the staff who led a workshop.
Have a great half term!
Let’s play dress up
Having found a few outfits, some of the children decided to dress up as Victorian servants. They really look the part.
iPad Art
Year Six spent the afternoon combining observational art and art using our new iPads. They created a drawing of a Victorian artefact – a gentleman’s hat in this case. Next, they took a photo and imported it to an art drawing app. Finally, they added to their original drawing by using colours, shades and tones from the app.
I have to say, they did an exceptionally good job.
Shared Writing
Year Six completed some sensational shared writing about our class novel, Street Child. They say that working with a partner, and using the net books, allows them to think hard about their word choices, mood and speech.
They did a great job.
Outstanding homework
This is an example of some clear, detailed and well-presented homework from Zakib. Well done! This gives everyone the idea of how homework could be presented.
PE links with Allerton Grange
We work closely with Allerton Grange to arrange PE activities for each class.
Throughout the year, Year 1 to Year 6 will be taking part in sessions led by the Sports and Dance leaders at Allerton Grange.
The visits take place during the school day and teachers will inform their class nearer to the time.