Week three and it is officially autumn as of yesterday. It has helped a tiny bit with our sweltering room.


Our science and English merged this week when we used our knowledge of the natural world to write about the changing seasons and the different strategies plants and animals use to manage changes in weather. We then imagined ourselves shrunk down to the size of an ant and figured out what we would want to eat, where we would sleep, and how we would deal with encounters with mini-beasts like wood lice and worms. We even interviewed Miss Roberts (the TA), who spent much of her summer shrunk to the size of an ant, and we found out how she coped with it. We then used all of that knowledge and imagination to write a story about our adventures when we were ant-sized.


In PE we made up our own Haka moves with a partner, working especially on doing work in unison and action/reaction moves. They also went out to work with Mr Clark playing football, although we are behind because many of our class are having trouble following directions sometimes.


In art we are finishing some lovely tortoises for the harvest festival based on the Roald Dahl story 'Esio Trot'. The children are enjoying the story and making some good tortoise parts using paint and textures. We will put them together next week when everything is dry.


And finally, this week we explored how Ancient Egyptian people lived their lives, investigating the roles of women in that society, and looking at how the rich and poor live. We compared the Ancient Egyptians to the people of modern day Britain and saw that many things were probably quite similar.


Next week will be half way to half term already! Where does the time go?