Aboriginal dancing

We had a wonderful morning learning some Aboriginal dancing. This is also one of our 100 memorable events - exploring other cultures. The children listened well and created a fantastic dance that they performed to Mr King.

Diwali

We have been continuing our work on Diwali and made diva lamps from clay. This had great links to our recent science work on materials as we had to do lots of squashing, rolling and sculpting with the clay. The children are looking forward to painting them soon.

Black History Day

Today we remembered Black History week. We worked with every class in mixed year groups. It was lovely to see everyone helping each other during our morning activities. 

Our focus was on Nelson Mandela and we looked at some of his very inspiring quotes. 

We learnt that, in the past, black people had to live a life of slavery and were not treated equally. 

In Hedgehog and Rabbit class we learned about Freedom Quilts that were used to send secret messages about planning a journey to freedom. 

We made a whole school quilt using various materials including felt sewing, printing and colouring. 

We got together at the end of the day and shared our exciting work and sang all together 'Free Nelson Mandela'. 

Rangoli patterns

We have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. Last week the children produced some excellent mendhi patterns and today in groups they created some outstanding Rangoli patterns. Do take a look...

Harvest Festival

Today the whole school went to Bressingham Church to celebrate Harvest time. 

We sang hymns and heard some interesting parables being read. 

Then it was our turn to sing 'The farmer plants the seeds' and 'I dig my garden'. We sounded great! 

Many food donations were collected for the Diss food bank. Thank you!