Justice For All

 Kestrels have just completed their latest concept in RE, 'Justice'.  Today they created posters or slide shows about a person who has famously fought for justice.  Here is some of their fabulous work:

City Mission visit Kestrels

Year 6 have had a great morning with Charis from City Mission.  She came in and ran lots of activities with us based around transition and the move to Secondary School.  We had fun playing games; writing letters to the future Year Rs; thinking about our hopes and dreams; making thank you flags for members of staff who have helped us on our journey; taking part in quizzes and putting positive comment sticky notes on each other other!

Year 3 English WOW Day!

In English over the past week, Year 3 have been looking at the story of Moses, (linked to Ancient Egypt). This week we are going to retell the story in our own words, and to help us with this we have been creating a 3D story mountain!

We separated the story into 10 different parts and worked in groups of 3 to create a diorama in a box.

We are then planning to retell the story using microphones, and then eventually get together with Year 4 and tell the story really well, before writing our own version.

Here are just some photos of how they look so far!

Kathakali Artists visit Bitterne Manor!

We were very lucky to have very special visitors come to our school and perform! As part of Year 3 and 4's study of Hinduism we welcomed a company of world-class artists from south India, (actors, drummers, singers and make-up artists) to highlight the rich heritage created and nurtured by the remarkable people of Kerala. 

They led a drumming workshop with Year 3 in the morning and then they performed a Kathakali routine to KS2 in the afternoon. Kathakali is the male classical dance drama of Kerala, originated in the temples in the 17^th century to bring the Hindu epic stories to the local people through storytelling.

The whole school enjoyed looking at the very striking costumes and make-up and we had the chance to see the make-up process and ask lots of questions.

                                      

Year 4 Kathakali Workshop

Hello everyone, we are Natasha and Hannah - this term’s editors for the class blog. Welcome to Year 4’s section of the blog.

 

 

We have been learning about Kathakali traditions and made some masks. 

 

 

We made lots of fun and colourful masks and concentrated very hard on them.

 

 

 

 

The teacher was called VJ, he taught us some sign language. We learnt one sentence it was ‘I am angry because the strong wind destroyed my flowers.’

Once we came back from the workshop, Victoria and Natasha showed us a presentation they had made about Jehovah witnesses.       By Natasha & Hannah

 

 

Year 3 and 4 experience Kathakali!

As part of their study of Hinduism, Year 3 and 4 were very lucky to take part in a Kathakali dance workshop. Kathakali is a traditional dance drama from the South Indian state of Kerala and is made up of elaborate make-up and costumes. The children also had the chance to learn about these costumes and they made their own mask in the style of Kathakali!

Year 6 showing mutual respect of different faiths

Year 6 were really lucky to have had a brief introduction to the Islamic faith today.  Our visitors talked to the children about their beliefs and the importance of their religion to them.  The children asked some wonderful questions and had the opportunity to look at the books that were brought in.  

We all learnt a lot about Islamic festivals and traditions and will be creating our own artwork next week based on Islamic patterns.

We all wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to Mrs Yas for introducing us to her friend and giving us the chance to talk about Islam.

A fantastic Harvest Festival at Bitterne Manor!

A very BIG thank you to everyone for your very kind donations! We were amazed at how many donations kept coming in, we lost count after 400!

We enjoyed an assembly led by Chris from Southampton City Mission, he was so pleased to be able to take the donations to Basics Bank which will help many people.

Thank you!