What a wonderful finale to our STEM week! It was lovely to see so many parents and families attend to see the children’s work.
Reading Event
This afternoon, we enjoyed reading to our loved ones. Thank you for sharing World Book Day with us in school!
Hungry bookmarks
For world book day, we decided to get our arts and crafts fingers on the go and make some very hungry bookmarks. We use our origami skills and folded up a ravenous treat! Then, we decorated it with items like felt, googly eyes and feathers. all in all, a very creative (and messy) afternoon. All… Read more »
English: the 5 senses
In our English learning, we incorporated our 5 senses into our writing. We went outside to truly put our 5 senses to the test and to make notes for our writing. Our current class book, ‘Where our wellies take us’, inspired this learning and we are planning to use our descriptive writing and turn it… Read more »
Science: electricity and circuits
We have carried out some very exciting learning this week in Class 3, on electricity and circuits!In science, we investigated the different components needed to make an electrical circuit and learnt about the scientific symbols used for these too.
World Book Day 2023
Today at D’Arcy School it’s World Book Day. This meant that lots of us came to school dressed as our favourite story characters. We all looked absolutely amazing!
Truthful
Today we continued our theme of being truthful in Collective Worship. We thought about times when it is difficult to tell the truth and why. We then went on to talk about people we can trust to talk to at home, in school and via helplines.
Xylophones!
Today in class 3 we have been practising playing the xylophone! We have learnt how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. If you would like to have a go at home, just go to https://playxylo.com/ to get your own virtual xylophone. You don’t need to sign up and it’s completely free! Well done to everyone… Read more »
Storytelling
On Wednesday, we were visited by Simon, a storyteller who regaled us with stories. Our children listened fantastically and learned a lot. Some of us even impressed him with our own storytelling! It was a fantastic day and we look forward to doing more of the same in the future.
English/History: Viking stories
This afternoon, we looked into some old Viking stories (sagas if you may). First, we educated ourselves on Odin, the God who created the the world in the Vikings eyes and then moved onto a Goddess called Freya. After learning about Freya and her story with the goblins, we took the opportunity to plan a… Read more »