Woodpecker Class @WHPWoodpeckers

In our RE work this half term, we are learning about the Jewish ritual of Shabbat. We have learnt about the different activities and symbols that form part of Shabbat and the Shabbat meal, and even got to try some challah bread 🥖and grape juice 🍇 for ourselves. 😋

We had lots of fun in the sun today☀️ with Sam from Shape who helped us to put our hockey skills to the test. We practiced keeping control of the ball as we dribbled round our partner and then took the ball for a walk to find them!

In our English lessons, we are enjoying this wonderful book by Mini Grey @Bonzetta1. We’ve produced some fabulous writing inspired by this twist on a much loved fairy tale, including character descriptions, a notice for what will be found in the woods, and rules for wolf hunting!

This half term, our diversity focus is mental health. We will be sharing some wonderful books to help us to understand that having a healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body! We will be exploring lots of ‘big feelings’ and thinking about how we can manage them. ☺️

In our new computing unit, Grouping data, we have been learning about the importance of labels to name objects, and have used our knowledge to match objects to their labels.

We were so excited to start our new History topic! We have been introduced to the six incredible women we will be learning about this half term. Can you work out from these clues who they were and how they might have helped to change the world?

We are very proud of the ferris wheels we have produced in our design and technology unit this half term. With lots of team work and problem solving, we have made a moving model using a wheel and axle mechanism. 🎡🌟😁

In RE, we have been learning about Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We have thought about how the welcome he was given is similar to the way royalty or celebrities might be welcomed today, and discussed why he was treated in this way. ✝️🌴🫏

We have thoroughly enjoyed developing our design and engineering skills to build our own models for a ferris wheel. We have completed our wheels with axle holders. Watch this space to see the finished models! 🎡

In week 3 of our orienteering unit, we have been following our maps to create numbers using the apparatus. This has been a great test of team work, problem solving and logic. ☺️

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Our English text this week is the wonderful @OliverJeffers book, The Great Paper Caper. We have loved being detectives as we have uncovered the clues to discover who was up to no good in the forest!🌳 🐻 🪓

Look at this amazing artwork we created using the drawing and shape tools on the Seesaw app! We added squares, rectangles and lines in black and primary colours to produce abstract art inspired by the artist, Piet Mondrian. 🖼️🎨

We had a wonderful sports session with our amazing Bronze ambassadors this afternoon. 🏃🏃‍♀️🏆 They did a fabulous job devising and delivering the session. The Woodpeckers had a great time and showed fantastic speed, skills and stamina. 🌟👏

We have been learning about measuring in metres in Maths this week. We watched Greg Rutherford win gold by jumping a bigger distance than the width of our classroom! We then tried some of our own sporting challenges and measured our own distances.

Today, we have started our new Geography unit “Why is on world wonderful?”. We learned that the UK has lots of interesting geographical features and sorted them into human and physical features. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⛰️🏰

Look at these wonderful books we have shared this half term for our diversity focus to celebrate people with special needs or disabilities. We have learnt that any obstacle can be overcome and that we should always see past a disability to know what makes each of us special.

We have enjoyed another wonderful afternoon of storytelling with @bethguiver. We absolutely loved hearing the traditional tales from around the British Isles. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪

In Science, we have been learning about different groups of animals and their characteristics. Today, we have explored the similarities and differences between animals in each group.

Woodpeckers have been making this beautiful display of “stretchy flowers” in PSHE this week. Not only have they brightened up the classroom, they have also helped the children to think about the importance of challenging themselves to learn a new skill. 🌼🌸🌺💐

In our computing unit this half term, we have been learning how to give commands to our bee bots. We know how to program sequences of commands to move and turn our robots to get them to a given finish point. 🐝 🤖