December 2021 This Christmas we decided to create a Christmas village as our Christmas project. In order to stick to our pods, we decided that the safest plan would be to create 5 different areas which could then be brought together at the end.  Linking in with our maths lesson looking at shapes that tessellate, we decided to use hexagons as they would fit nicely together.        The first job was to come up with an overall design that worke...

November 2021 As part of our history lesson on the Renaissance, we learned about Michelangelo. He was a very famous painter and sculptor who created some of the greatest artworks ever. One of his most famous paintings was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. To complete this work, he had to lie on his back on scaffolding and paint directly over his face. This was very difficult and would have caused a lot of problems for Michelangelo. To try to imagine how tough Michelangelo had it, we decid...

October 2021 On the last day of term, most people dressed up for Halloween. Here are our costumes.    

October 2021 In October, we began to work with Chromebooks and Lego We Do.  After going through a few lessons, Mr O’Leary gave us a challenge. He wanted us in our groups to design and create a vehicle capable of taking part in a race. There were several tutorials available to help us and we all tried to create the vehicle which would give us the best chance of winning. Once we had built the model, we then had to use a programme on the Chromebooks to tell the Lego what to do. We ha...

October 2021 In May when we were in fifth class with Mr Roughan, we planted some potatoes in the school garden. Although Mr Roughan has now left the school, we felt we should make sure that these potatoes didn’t go to waste and so in October, Kathy got a spade and we went digging! At first we didn’t have too much success but as we kept trying, we eventually found quite a few potatoes. We filled a bucket full and Jack was the lucky one who got to take them home!       &nbs...