Rooks Trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace

Today Rooks have had a fantastic time exploring the Roman Palace remains, at Fishbourne.

When we arrived, the children were able to participate in a Roman Activity workshop (as slaves) which included learning new skills.  Some of these included; building an arch, a roof using tiles (that didn't leak!), working as scribes (writing on wax tablets and using Roman writing implements), mosaic building and yarn spinning!  All important tasks for a Roman slave if they wished to be useful to their owners.  Some slaves even got the opportunity to work in the kitchen, supervised by one of the head slaves Mr Adams!

Throughout the workshop, we were unaware we had a Prince and Princess in our midst.  They eventually showed themselves and were dressed in expensive royal finery by their two personal slaves.

After being released from slavery, the children had the opportunity to watch a short film about the Roman Palace at Fishbourne.  Afterwards, we had the opportunity to explore the museum, mosaics and the Roman gardens.  These contained information about the history of the Palace and archaeological site, as well as some of the many artifacts that have been uncovered.  The most popular discovery with the children, was the skeleton that was uncovered during the excavation of one of the mosaics.

 

Robins love the Fairy tale role play!

Year 1 have really been enjoying dressing up, making up their own fairy tales, reading, writing and retelling stories in the role play!

Rooks Science Day

In Year 4, we have been looking at Sound.  Over the past few weeks, Rooks have been experimenting with the pitch and  amplitude.

Linking to our Roman Topic the children were set a challenge.  They had to send a message on the battle field, to the entire army to let them know it was time to GO!  We began our day discussing ways we could communicate with a large number of people over distance.  The children came up with a number of suggestions.

After much discussion the children decided to see how sound is affected by distance.  So after planning and predicting, we created our own battlefield outside (without the swords and shields).  We measured distances and tested our theories. 

Owl's "great" trip to Winchester

Owls class visited Winchester today as part of their Anglo Saxon topic. First we went to the Great Hall to see the round table inspired by the Legends of King Arthur and dressed up as the characters from the story of the sword in the stone.  We then went to the magnificent Winchester Cathedral for a guided tour of the Anglo Saxon kings and bishops that are buried there. Year 5 were beautifully behaved and showed off all the learning that we have been doing this term. Well done Owls. Once again, a big thanks to the helpers and drivers. 

Love Your Bike & Scooter Day...

We all know that children enjoy cycling and scooting so lets allow them to show their bikes and scooters how much they are loved by decorating them with their favourite items and pictures! We also want everyone to love their heart by being healthy and cycling and scooting in to school on the 10th February. When children get to school we will have a parade around the playground to show off the beautiful bikes and scooters. If they feel creative, write a short poem about how much they love cycling and scooting. There will be prizes for the best poems. Hand the poems in to class teachers.

Year 6 lung capacities!

Year 6 are learning about circulation and the role of the lungs in the circulatory system. They had great fun measuring their lung capacities by blowing into a balloon and measuring its circumference. They then applied their understanding of averages by repeating the test and calculating the mean measurement.

Collecting for Sainsbury's Active Kids!

Sainsbury's Active Kids is back and running from the 27th January. Please collect and donate your vouchers with us and remember every little helps...!