William Morris printing #2

Today we have been printing our William Morris wallpaper designs onto A3 card. We have used different colours such as dark blue,  yellow, purple and black. We had lots of fun and everyone had a great time. Here are some of the designs we did. By Jacob C and Joseph

Year 4 visit Fishborne Roman Palace

Year 4 really enjoyed their day at Fishborne. During the Celt and Roman workshop, it was fun trying out all the activities and working out which was Roman and which Celt! After watching a film about how the Palace was accidently discoverd in 1960, we had a chance to study the mosaics and go round the museum too.

One of the guides was in costume. Do you recognise two more people in costume too?

 

 

 

 

 

 Thank you to all our helpers for your support on the trip!

 

 

Florence Nightingale Homework Projects

Well done to Year 2 who have produced some excellent ideas for their Florence Nightingale home learning projects. Fantastic work!

Making our pictograms

Year 1 have had fun making pictograms of their hair colour!

Year 5 William Morris Printing

This is year 5,  making William Morris inspired prints. We started off by designing our pictures by hand and computer, we used the program dazzle to design our pictures on the computer. Then we wrote about what we thought they were . Now we are copying our designs using string on to card. Stay tuned for more, on Friday 7th Febuary 2014.

RE workshop for years 3 and 4

It was great to welcome Chris and his team back to school for another workshop. This time the theme was 'creation'. We learnt about THE MIGHTY ONE and made a comic strip of the creation story:

We made 'something out of nothing' too. First with clay then with junk modelling. An exciting afternoon trading in tokens for craft junk, with fabulous results.

Y4's Time Team topic

This term year 4 have been learning about the Roman invasion of Britain and what the Celts thought of that!

In Maths the class have been problem solving, Roman style. How many boats are needed to carry soldiers across the river? Design a camp to hold x amount of soldiers. And even, given a budget, design a new town! Caesar was pleased with all our efforts.

As part of our homework project, all things Roman have been created including the most amazing shields and swords. Well done.

In Art, the children studied Roman pottery and designed their own pots. On our visit to Fishbourne, we'll be looking out for pottery and other artefacts found at the site - especially the mosaics.

Next week, we're looking forward to Roman Day. Have you decided what to wear yet? We are still hoping to discover Clausentum (Roman Southampton) once there's a break in the weather. Our local archaeologist is ready and waiting...