Halloween Disco
Published 21/10/21, by Admin
Tomorrow there is a Halloween disco. KS 2 will run from 4:15 t0 5:30. See the attached flyer for full details.
Team Gunson (Yr 4)
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Read MoreSuspense Narratives
Published 20/10/21, by AdminWe have now completed our own suspense narratives, detailing escaping from Pompeii in 79AD during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Attached are a couple of examples. Why not have a read of them and see if you can spot some of the devices the children used to create suspense and tension, such as: ellipsis, short-shocking sentences, showing how a character is feeling rather than just telling the audience, and the character thinking everything is fine when the audience know that it won't be...
Read MoreThe 'Big Draw' Festival
Published 19/10/21, by AdminPlease come and join us on Friday 5th of November 3-4pm in the hall for 'The Big Draw Festival'
'The Big Draw Festival' Is a worldwide visual literacy festival dedicated to raising the profile of drawing and making as a tool for well-being, creativity and social engagement throughout society.
This year's theme is #MakeTheChange. Ms Vost will be inviting you to draw a forest with eco tape in the hall, raising awareness of how trees and tree growth can make a positive change to our lives and our world.
Read MoreEscape from Pompeii!
Published 18/10/21, by AdminThis term we have moved on from writing a book review and creating rhyming poems and haikus inspired by 'The Pebble in my Pocket' to writing our own suspense narratives. We used the brilliant book 'Escape from Pompeii' as our inspiration and have used techniques to build suspense, such as ellipsis, short shocking sentences and show-not-tell. The results have been great and we look forward to sharing them with you soon.
Read MoreSpellings w/c 18.10.2021
Published 18/10/21, by AdminThis week's spellings are: pompous, mountainous, hazardous, tremendous, fabulous, dangerous and enormous. Jumping Orange Words for the week are: particular, ordinary and opposite.
Read MoreShake, rattle and roll!
Published 18/10/21, by AdminEarthquake hits RAPS, read on to discover more...
Read MoreVolcanic Viscosity!
Published 12/10/21, by AdminAre all volcanoes the same? Read on to find out more...
Read MoreEarthquake Resistant Buildings
Published 11/10/21, by AdminWow! The earthquake resistant buildings are starting to arrive in class, ready for testing on Friday. They really are amazing! Some super examples of base isolation in the pictures, check them out...
Read MoreSpellings w/c 11.10.2021
Published 11/10/21, by AdminThis week we are moving on to words ending in _ous. Your words to learn are: nervous, perilous, ridiculous, poisonous, generous, jealous and venomous. Our jumping orange words are: bicycle, breath and century.
Why not see if you can use them in a sentence as well as learning to spell them?
Read MoreLove to Learn
Published 04/10/21, by AdminEarthquake resistant buildings. Read on to find out more...
Read MoreSpellings w/c 04.10.2021
Published 04/10/21, by AdminThis week our spellings continue to look at prefixes which turn a word into its opposite. The word we will test on Friday are: impatient, impossible, imperfect, unlock, infrequent, actual, actually, business, busy and build.
Please note that spellings are handed out to the children every Friday and we have plenty of spares in class if they are lost.
Read MoreLive at RAPS
Published 04/10/21, by AdminLocal musician, Luke Burgess, visited us to perform in assembly last Tuesday. He brought his guitar and loop pedal and showed us how you can make a lot of different sounds using only one instrument and your voice. Thank you so much for performing for us Luke! It was awesome!