Shriving at Sherington
North Crawley School
Lets go green
espite the appalling inclement weather the DUK is currently experiencing , the children at North Crawley CE School have been busily
celebrating, not the storms , but the Chinese New Year. The 15-day celebration of Chinese New Year started on Friday 31st January, with the first new moon of the calendar year. The day marked the end of the year of the water snake and welcomed the start of the year of the wooden horse. In school, the children have enjoyed learning about this festival by cooking and tasting Chinese food . During a special assembly the children were treated to a display of Chinese dragon dancing by our youngest children who had specially choreographed their moves to oriental music.
Our focus upon 'culture ' has also provided the opportunity to study artists and the Early Years children have been taking inspiration from the painting 'Bathers at Asnieres ' (1884) by Georges Seurat which shows a group of young workmen taking their leisure by the river. The children have produced some fantastic art work based on the painting , were inspired to collect together various hats after spying the ones in the picture and stayed motivated to study science work connected to reflections.
Meanwhile in the KS1 classroom , the children have been focusing upon investigations. In science the children have been exploring 'Forces' using the strength of magnets, experimenting with bubbles and investigating with ramps and inclines . Explorat ions continued in mathemati cs with special maths mornings for parents and a whole weeks project entitled 'What a Sweet Week ' where the children were engaged in problem solving activities involving a selection of confections! The inspired children focused upon making patterns or arrays with sweets, examining 3D shaped sweets and taking part in a 'Smartie ' competition .
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