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This week we have been busy competing in the official Stoke-on-Trent TTRockstars competition against other schools in the city. We have been playing during our arithmetic time and some of us have been extra busy at home too. Winners will be announced next week!

This week we have illustrated our jabberwocky poems using the medium of charcoal. We have thoroughly enjoyed experimenting with charcoal and have produced some fantastic pieces of art. Well done Year 4!

We have been exploring different ways to make sounds with our bodies! We cam up with tapping, stomping, clapping, patting and much more! 

We have loved making the sounds together and exploring loud, quiet, fast and slow. 

We then used a steady beat to create movement to the music, we used…

Today we enjoyed using the charcoal to create 3D shapes and shadows. We drew the outline of the shapes and used smudging to create shading. We got very messy but we were so proud of the end results!

Today in maths we have looked at finding the common multiples of numbers, as you can see even when we get things wrong we don’t give up, we try again until we figure it out. We’ve also introduced the idea of the ‘lowest common multiple’ and how we can find patterns in sequences to help us find the…

We looked at images of Hanley in the past and present and compared the similarities and differences. We then sorted the images into groups based on our knowledge of how Hanley has changed over time.

We have been reading the story 'the Family Book' which has led to great discussions about who is in our family, and how they are different to our friends families. 

We completed a jigsaw on the table as a group and then discussed how each of the families in the picture were different. We looked…

Today we have created autumn leaves, we have used wax crayons to create a line drawing. Then using paint we have added colour creating a wax resistant leaves. 

Year six have completed their Geography topic by presenting everything they have learnt to the class, including how we can help slow down climate change!

In PE we have been focusing on listening and following instructions. The children have loved going into the hall and taking part in their PE lessons. We have spoke about the importance of listening and following instruction for our own safety and enjoyment. This week we played 'Sticky Kids…

We used a range of natural materials to make a variety of creative items, we had fun creating them, we hope you like them!