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Today, we started our new unit on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. We were posed the questions ‘Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain?’ We had to use our deduction skills by looking at various clues to work out the reasons.

Our class novel is called ‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz.  Today, we read a chapter where the main character is asked to become a spy. We discussed all the pros and cons that he would face making his decision. We then took part in a ‘conscience alley’. The children had to whisper reasons for…

Today, we met up with our buddies and gave them a gift we had made and a Christmas card. We played together and then watch the pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. What a lovely morning it was! 
 

Everyone in school came together this afternoon for our end of term awards and carol service, led by Year 6 and our staff music group.

Happy Christmas from everyone in Year 3. Have a great holiday everyone!

We had a great time at our Christmas party. We played lots of games and had treats too.

Our finished boxes are all ready for our Christmas biscuits! Here are some of the finished products.

In DT, we have been practising cutting, scoring, folding and using templates. We’ve also investigated Christmas colour schemes and tried different fonts. Today we were able to use all these skills to make our Christmas packages for some tasty Christmas biscuits. We all had to really focus to make…

This morning, Year 4 cooked their own Welsh Rarebit as part of their Design and Technology topic. They chopped the bread into festive shapes, grated the cheese, mixed the ingredients and spread it onto their bread. After a few minutes under the grill, it was ready for tasting. Yum!
 

For a second time this week, Year 6 have been sharing some festive joy with the elderly residents of Scotforth. This afternoon, we visited Ashton Manor, where we sang lots of carols for the residents, then had time for a snack and a chat with many of them. The residents loved our singing and some…

After several weeks of work, Year 6 have finally finished their multi-layer printing project, just in time to turn them into their Christmas cards.

In DT we have been exploring different Christmas colour schemes and fonts for our packaging. Here are some of our designs. Next we will chose our favourite scheme and decorate our cardboard nets. Watch this space!