Another busy week in Rowan Class, some of our festivities have begun! We have been practicing for our Nativity Story as well as our Croft Christmas Talent. This has been so lovely to watch and we can’t wait for all the parents to come in and see your children.

In PE we had been trying out and attack and defend game. This including one team trying to ‘attack’ and get the ball to hit the cone in the middle and the other team to defend the cone and to try and get the ball. Some of us found this a little tricky but it is something we will be continuing to practice.

In computing we have been on paint and created a picture, we are then going to try and recreate the picture using paint to see how similar it looks. We will be comparing the technology to the painting.

Look how amazing the pictures are! Well done Rowan Class

We have been getting very creative in Rowan class this week.

In RE we have been learning about Advent and what the different candles mean. Once we learnt about it we began creating our own wreaths.

The children loved beginning to make these, we are finishing these off next lesson.

In Art we have been looking at mono printing and Lino printing. We tried this with black ink then we tried this with colour ink. This work is inspired by William Morris who created a lot of textile work. His work often involved flowers.

Rowan class had a very exciting day! It was a trip to the cinema!

The children were so excited on the morning and we had all brought in our drink and snacks.

We got onto the school minibus and drove to the cinema which was in Gateshead. On the way there we were all having a look to see what we could see.

Everyone behaved so well on the bus. We made sure all are seatbelts were plugged in and stayed sitting for the full journey until the bus stopped.

Once we got there we went into the cinema to our seats. We got the VIP seats!!

The children were so excited. We watched the Whale and the Snail and Stick Man. They all went ‘WOW’ when the film started. They all sat so beautifully watching the films. They made Croft very proud.

It was such a lovely experience as some of the children expressed that they had not been to the cinema before so watching their reactions were great!

In Art Oak class have been learning all about sculptures, structures and natural artwork.

Today we went on a trip to Hamsterley forest to learn more about what a natural structure is, what construction materials are and to make a den using construction materials.

We enjoyed hunting for the Gruffalo and discussing what he was made out of.

We then worked as a team to construct a den (we may have had a little help).

We had a walk across pooh stick bridge and learnt why the bridge had that special name.

In Science we have been learning about the seasons. Whilst we were exploring in the forest we spoke about how we knew it was autumn time.

“Not many leaves on the trees”  “Brown and orange leaves”  “toadstools”

We then found a construction that we especially enjoyed. Did you know you could construct a play park out of natural material?

Well done Oak class, brilliant day!

In DT pupils have been working really hard on designing their very own pocket purse. We began by designing the shape that we wanted. This was drawn onto a piece of paper and cut out to give us a template for our purse. We then used the template to guide us where to cut our felt. This was a little trickier than we thought as the felt was thick. Once this was cut out we were able to get our sewing needle and string to attach and fold the shape of our purse. We had to go over some safety regulations with our needles as they were sharp! We had to stay in our seats and make sure these weren’t pointing at any of our friends. We marked out where we were stitching by putting little holes in the felt. Once this was done we began stitching. We were all SO proud of how they looked.

TAKE A LOOK….

    We worked so hard!   

We were so proud of our work, we loved them that much they went onto our class display!

WELL DONE ROWAN!