We watched an NSPCC video called 'Lucy & The Boy' in which a young girl shares a photo of herself on social media and starts messaging someone she doesn't know who likes the picture. The 'boy' turns out to be a grown man and tries to meet up with Lucy in person. NSPCC Share Aware Lucy & The Boy... - VideoLink We took notes as we watched the video and discussed stranger danger. We then discussed as a class rules for staying safe online.
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After our Mantle of the Expert session, meeting Henry Tudor, we imagined ourselves as Henry the night before the battle of Bosworth. We considered what Henry may have been feeling and thinking and wrote a diary entry as if we were Henry Tudor on the eve of the battle. Ameeka's Diary Entry Jess' Diary Entry
In Spring 1 Shamrocks travelled back in time to the Tudor era, right back to The Battle of Bosworth in 1485. A young Henry Tudor had arrived in Wales from his exile in France and trekked across Wales, into England to challenge Richard of York for the throne of England. On his way to Bosworth battlefield Henry VII passed through Shrewsbury and stayed at The Henry Tudor Inn. In our Mantle of the Expert session we witnessed Henry (Mrs Griffiths as adult in role), approaching a door in Shrewsbury and waiting to be let in. We considered Henry's body language and actions and thought of questions we would like to ask Henry Tudor. Henry then thought out loud so we could hear what was going through his mind at the time. We discussed why he might be feeling nervous and what might happen to him if a loyal supporter of King Richard answered the door to him! Luckily the person who answered the door (Mrs Edwards as adult in role) was a supporter of Henry, a friend not a foe! Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and are ready to learn in the Spring term. History This term we will be learning about Tudor Shrewsbury. Through our Mantle of the Expert we will be discovering when and why Henry VII visited Shrewsbury and learning more about the Battle of Bosworth. We will be finding out more about how Tudor buildings were made and exploring what life was like for everyday people in Tudor Shrewsbury. Geography In the second half of the term we will be studying Mountains of the World where, as part of our Mantle of the Expert, we will become a Mountain Rescue Team, studying how mountains are formed and the dangers of the mountains. Art In the first half of the Spring term we will be researching Tudor portraits, finishing portraits of Tudor Monarchs and creating our own self-portraits. Design Technology In the second half of the Spring term we will be creating a Mechanical Pop Up Book which uses a mixture of structures and mechanisms (using sliders, pivots and folds). Science During the first half of the term we will be discovering all about Inheritance and Evolution, including the work of Charles Darwin. In the second half of the term will be learning about light. Literacy In Literacy we will cover a range of fiction and non-fiction reading and writing genres which will be inspired by our History and Geography topics, including diary writing, balanced arguments, recounts, and suspense writing. HOMEWORK READING Regular reading at home is incredibly important for your child. Your child will be asked to read and talk about their book with an adult at home regularly. This will be your child’s weekly homework. A reading record will be sent home for the children to sign and make comments about the book they are reading when they have read independently. Adults can also sign the reading record and make comments when you have read with your child. We encourage you to ask questions about the book as this helps your child with their understanding. TT ROCKS Your child will continue with weekly times table practise homework on TT Rocks - this helps with the recall and fluency of multiplication and divisional facts. PE Our timetabled PE sessions will be alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning on Thursday 11th January and Tuesday 16th January. Children are to bring their PE kit (shorts, t-shirt, trainers and jogging bottoms) to school and change in school, before PE every week. We are looking forward to a fantastic term. If you have any concerns, please know that my door is always open for a chat. Kind Regards, Mrs Holmes
After our visit from Doodle Deb and practising on cardboard we were ready to complete our final window designs! Shamrocks classroom has been brought to life by the children's winter themed art!
The hard work, effort and determination from all of you has blown me away and I think you'll agree that Shamrocks looks wonderful! Shamrocks have worked hard to create an Advent calendar for the school hall (one window to open on each of the whole school assemblies in December).
We broke the Nativity story down into eight parts and each group chose one part of the story to illustrate. We then copied sections of the Nativity story (told through poetry) in our neatest handwriting to accompany each scene. As each scene is revealed in assembly, we read out the accompanying poem for that part of the Nativity and so the story of Jesus' birth is recounted throughout the month of December, piece by piece, like a jigsaw. As we reveal each section of the story I will update the blog! Keep watching! Shamrocks had a fantastic morning working with the extremely talented local artist, Doodle Deb, who was incredibly kind enough to give up some of her time over the busy festive period to answer our questions, give us a workshop and even give us each a creative gift!
DoodleDeb is responsible for many of the local window art displays, which make the town look so festive at this time of the year, inspiring us to reach out to her. We spent the morning unleashing our creativity and I was blown away with the final pieces of artwork Shamrocks created using Posca pens on brown cardboard/paper. I think many of us have been inspired to follow our dreams and to be whatever we dream of being (and doing whatever brings us joy) when we leave school! The 2023 Christmas celebrations are well and truly underway! Shamrocks represented Morda amazingly at Theatre Severn when we went to watch Jack and the Beanstalk (Oh no we didn't! Oh yes we did!) It was wonderful to see everyone joining in and dancing away to the awesome music. What a way to kick off the Christmas Celebrations The following day was Christmas Jumper day and we headed straight back out to The Orthopaedic Hospital to sing at their Christmas Bazaar alongside Whittington's Year 6s. What a festive choir we formed. I couldn't have been prouder of our children, for their effort, their beautiful singing, their teamwork, and their spectacular smiles as they performed! To top it off we were extremely lucky to each receive a Build a Bear as a Christmas gift for singing in the concert. This week we have continued our festivities by visiting Aico to watch Home Alone on the big screen in their auditorium. Many giggles could be heard and again we were lucky to each receive a selection box from Aico. We are now looking forward to the Christmas Nativity Service at St Oswald's Church this Wednesday afternoon afternoon (13th December - 2.30pm). Parents and carers are warmly invited to join us and to watch Year 6 take on their lead roles in the performance. We received a letter from PCC John Campion inviting us to participate in his mini police officer poster competition. We discussed what key messages would need to be shared and the children got busy creating their best designs...
Wednesday 16th November was Positive Noticing Day where we all made a special effort to notice and recognise something positive about the people around us. This involved adults handing out brown tags saying what positive actions they noticed each child carrying out. We then encouraged pupils in Shamrocks class to notice the positive actions of their peers and to write and give out positive notes themselves! There was a huge buzz of positivity in Shamrocks class and children were proud of all of the positive recognition they received from adults and peers alike. It was amazing to see how many brown tags each and every child went home from school with and I hope that the children shared these with you with pride! |
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