Hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter. The sun ☀️ is shining and spring is definitely here! In the last week of term we enjoyed Easter and spring activities. We always enjoy craft activities. We spent time in the art room with Dan, for some of our crafts and invited our family in to join us. Thank you for joining our craft workshop. Then we made spring baskets in the classroom and enjoyed Easter treats.
On World Book Day back in March the theme for our class was the brilliant story The Very Hungry Caterpillar written by Eric Carle. Since then we have been writing our own version of the story. Each week we have looked at a different part of the story. We hen wrote our own version of that section. By the end of term we wrote a whole story and designed a front cover to turn it in to a book. We shared the books with our friends and then took them home to our family.
At the end of term we enjoyed a brilliant disco for secondary pupils. It was lovely to spend time with our friends, signing, dancing and eating. We had so much fun! Thank you to Ruth for organising and all of the other staff that stayed and helped make it happen.
Recently we have been for a walk in Pelsall. The weather has been glorious and it was nice to see all of the signs that spring is here. We had a tick sheet of things to look out for. We particularly liked spotting the birds nests.
We were lucky to have A* stars in school again this week. You may recognise them from previous years when we have been for a walk in the local area as part of road safety. This time they brought in a bike and showed us how to check it’s in working order. We brought home the sheets so that we can check our own bikes and scooters at home.
We have continued with our rock band unit this week. We have focussed on singing and playing percussion to accompany the singers. We have picked our favourite rock bands and songs to sing and play to. Video clips will be on EfL (evidence for learning app) for you to see your child’s work.
For our PE sessions this term we are working in the gym playing tennis and badminton. We have been working on skills of dropping the ball or shuttlecock and hitting it to your partner. This is a challenging skill so we have been persevering with this each session but having fun at the same time.
Each week we do first aid as part of our life skills sessions. We have been learning basic skills like calling for an ambulance, keeping the injured person calm and how to deal with injuries like cuts. (Disclaimer- no pupils or adults were injured in the making of this blog!!!)
Another fun filled week was had in willows class. The glorious sunshine meant it was good to get outdoors. We had fun in our forest and field area and enjoyed spending time with our friends.
We also cared for our school environment by collecting the little that has blown on site. We walked around the school and collected everything along the way. We went out for a couple of sessions to complete the whole area. Our school drive now looks so much better for our visitors.
