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This morning we made beautiful stained ‘paper’ windows with a Christmassy theme! The children drew their own silhouettes of a candle, star or the Bethlehem Nativity scene. They then used different coloured tissue paper to create a lovely background.
This afternoon, they made their own Christmas tree decoration which they will put on the tree thing our Elf-zheimer’s coffee morning. Reception and KS1 made beautiful angels and KS2 used quilling to create paper snowflakes to name but a few designs!
We had lots of fun, dancing and singing along to Christmas songs whilst being creative! Well done House Teams!
What an absolutely fantastic morning we've had! All the children's Tudor Houses were set on fire just like the real Great Fire of London! The children listened to the fire fighters carefully and then watched in awe as they set their houses on fire. They were amazingly sensible throughout the fire and enjoyed every minute (as you can see from the pictures).
The winners of the competition will be announced tomorrow!
May I take this time to say a HUGE thank you to families for getting stuck in and making these amazing houses! They blew all the staff at St John's away! Thank you for your continued support.
This was a wonderful day to help the children to explore Christianity and what God's plan is for us. We looked at 'The big frieze' which is important in helping pupils to understand the big story (God’s salvation plan) and the big ideas in Christianity (the concepts). The big frieze has areas to explore that help to explain God's Plan.
God
Creation
Fall
People of God
Incarnation
Gospel
Salvation
Kingdom of God
The children created their own pictures to represent each of the parts of God's Plan.
An African band came into our school to preform for us. They were amazing!
The children loved learning all the new songs and moves!
After the performance, Y1 and Y2 were lucky enough to be involved in a workshop with the band. The children had the opportunity to play the instruments and join in with the band.
On Friday we visited Spaceport as the opening hook to our Earthlings topic. The children were taken to outer space in a space shuttle and onto the space station. They were able to practise moving robots in animated games as well as reading lots of information about our solar system. The children completed quizzes and learnt through interactive games. They were able to move models around to understand how day and night work and how the earth spins on its own axis whilst rotating around the sun.
We also enjoyed exploring Liverpool on the Mersey Ferry! 🌟
On Thursday we were delighted to greet BBC radio Manchester into school today with a very special LSJ ‘styleeeeee’ welcome.
We had a fabulous afternoon of dance and laughter raising money for Children in Need. A big thanks to the Y5 boys who have been great choreographers teaching the rest of school how to groove jam, hype and floss as well as a few other adventurous moves. The team from ‘Pound the Street for Pudsey’ said it was an unbelievable welcome.
Robson, Carla and Isabel were interviewed live on radio and did a truly superb job! If you would like to listen to the interview, it is currently on the BBC radio Manchester website on the Phil Trew show at 16:50 minutes into the show.
On Friday the children continued the spotty theme by coming to school in something spotty. They also help raise money with a toy sale. All proceeds were donated to Children in Need with a fantastic £398.72 raised.
Thank you boys and girls, your teachers beamed with pride again today 😘😘😘
Today we visited the ‘No Man’s Land’ art exhibition at the Turnpike. We discussed what no mans land was and how it was also an interesting title as the art work was all about or by women (not men).
The children were shown a range of photographs from the War and discussed how it made them feel and what they could see.
They were also split into groups and they needed to use the information provided and the art work to learn as much as they could about their chosen artist. The children then presented their findings to the rest of the group.
They then looked at some photographs of women in war and imagined what their ‘story’ would be. They told the story and it was great to see what information they had figured out simply by looking at the art work.
The exhibition is free and is in the Turnpike until the new year so there’s plenty time for you to go and visit!
Well done Y5 🌟
We also visited the apprentice house and learnt about their daily routine, diet and medicines. We found out about an apprentice called Thomas, who tried to run away. We loved all of the facts brought to life through stories, hands on activities and particularly dressing up! We listened beautifully to the leaders and were fantastically behaved. Many of the leaders commented on how the children were a real credit to the teachers and our school and we were very proud. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻