Our topic this term is China.

Tolkien Class

P.E.

Please have your P.E. kit in school all week.  Our dedicated P.E. session is Tuesday.  Don't forget your swimming kit every Friday this term!

Spellings 

Test 1st March                             Test 8th March                         Test 15th March
(RWI - Unit 6 - eigh, ei & ey)              (TOW)                                                      (RWI - Unit 7. -ous)
eight                                                                 thought                                                    dangerous
neighbour                                                     through                                                    courageous
sleigh                                                               various                                                      outrageous
weigh                                                               weight                                                       mountainous
vein                                                                   woman                                                      humorous
veil                                                                     women                                                     serious
reign                                                                 accommodate                                      curious
obey                                                                 accompany                                             hideous
they                                                                  according                                                anxious
grey                                                                  achieve                                                     obvious
prey                                                                                                            

Chinese Tea Ceremony

Andy, a friend of Mrs Hartley, visited Tolkien to share in a Chinese tea ceremony.  He brought his special crockery and all the children shared in the rituals.  Andy brought a variety of tea and the children chose which one they wanted to try; one group were even brave enough to try the strong pu-erh tea! He also made Chinese dumplings for the whole class.  Andy steamed them in a bamboo steamer.

P.H.S.E.

In our P.H.S.E. sessions this term, we are exploring emotions.  We wrote down as many emotions that we could think of... but not before an impromptu dance to Pharrell Williams' track, Happy​!

Decoration Day

To begin our festivities at Christmas, we enjoy decoration day.  Parents and friends of school come in and help us get the festivities started with lots of crafts and fun!

DT

This half term we are making toys featuring a cam.  We have explored moving toys and we have made a prototype with different shaped cams.

Science

In science this term we have been exploring forces.  We have been learning about different types of forces and have been testing our predictions through experiments.  We have been thinking scientifically and writing up our experiments under the following headings: Apparatus (with diagram), Method, Results and Conclusion.

This week we have been continuing our topic by experimenting with levers, gears and pulleys.  We had fun playing tug of war and understood the difference in resistance once a pulley was introduced.  Below are pictures of our tug of war experiment - we had to be careful not to catch our fingers in the ropes!