The Courier

Continuing their History topic on the Ancient Egyptians, on Wednesday morning Year 3 became embalming apprentices as they took on the challenge of mummifying sardines. Wisely they went outside before starting all the gory business. Everyone carefully placed a sardine in their container and then covered the sardine in salt. The children will be observing the sardines daily to watch the preservation process taking place!

Class 4C have started their topic on Bwengu this term by using their literacy and research skills to locate information about Malawi. Some top facts are that Malawi used to be called Nyasaland and one of the main industries is cement - just like Rugby!

Children worked hard on how they laid out their work using all their grammar and punctuation skills.

Class 5F have been investigating chemical reactions that are irreversible. Here are some great investigations using white wine vinegar and bicarbonate of soda!

This term we are dedicating our English studies around a book, Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief. This allows us to explore the book to greater depth and consolidate grammar knowledge in a different way.

The book involves a lot of details about Greek gods, so this was a good place to start. The children worked in pairs to create a fact page about the main gods so that they could refer to it as we meet the gods through the book.

Over recent weeks, children in Year 6 have been working together, collaboratively researching the geography of different European countries.

This all came together in a marketplace style activity earlier this week, where the children taught each other about their new area of expertise and set quiz questions to answer. It was a busy hour of speed-learning for all the children, and I was pleased to announce at the end that Harry and Finlay scored the highest points when children attempted to answer the questions on their mountain range.

Well done to them, and great learning from all involved.