Class 3 Coding
This term, Class 3 has stated a unit of work on coding. Each person in the class has been given their own micro bit ! The micro bit is capable of recognising sounds, temperature, speed and even magnetism. Like all computers, it will not work unless it is programmed accurately. That is where…
Stubby Lees Carol Singing
We made our annual trip to Stubby Lees care home last week to entertain the residents with our beautiful singing. Members of Class 2 and Class 3 sang a number of Christmas hymns including Away in a Manger and Silent night. I was immensely proud of the children who took part. Not only did…
Class 3 visit Stoke City
Class 3 had an action packed day when the visited the Bet 365 stadium - the home of Stoke City Football Club. The day was split into 2 parts. The morning gave the children the opportunity to play a number of different sporting games in the training dome. In the afternoon we made the short journey…
Class 3 Knitting
What a difference a couple of weeks practice can make! As the majority of us started as novice knitters we have made excellent progress on our scarves for our WW2 evacuee teddy bear. Our adult helpers have been amazing teaching us the skills of knitting and as you can see from the photographs we…
Class 3 Arboretum Visit
On Wednesday 22nd November, Class 3 visited the National Memorial Arboretum in support of our History topic on World War 2. It was cold but sunny when we arrived and were met by Mrs Howard, our expert guide. We had a wonderful morning learning about the significance of many of the memorials…
Belgrave Fire Station
On Tuesday morning, Class 3 visited Belgrave Fire station for a number of workshops. They included : fire safety, dementia awareness, CPR, citizenship and water safety. As you can see from the photographs the activities were interactive and extremely informative.
Class 3 Earth and Space
Class 3 started their new science topic this week which is EARTH AND SPACE. Our first task was to consider the size of each planet and then order them in terms of their distance from the sun. Once we had collected our data we represented it by making a 3D model of the Solar System. The finished…
Class 3 Earth and Space
Class 3 started their new science topic this week which is EARTH AND SPACE. Our first task was to consider the size of each planet and then order them in terms of their distance from the sun. Once we had collected our data we represented it by making a 3D model of the Solar System. The finished…
Class 3 Orienteering
Class 3 had an amazing day orienteering on Cannock Chase on the last day of term. The course proved challenging for all the groups and it took a great deal of perseverance from all the teams to find the 10 tricky control points. It was wonderful to see the children working as a team as each of…
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How the Whale Became
Class 3 have been using How the Whale Became as inspiration for their creative writing this term. There were many variation created such as 'How the elephant got its trunk' and 'How the snake shed its skin'.
Year 5 Level 2 Bikeability
If you were driving through Elford this week you may have seen a number of our year 5 children cycling safely through the village. They were doing their level 2 cycle training which included how to be safe on the road. Well done to those who took part and we now wait to see who passed the test.
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Virtual Biomes
Class entered the virtual world today as part of their topic on biomes and evolution. We took a virtual trip round a number of biomes and discovered lots of information about the plants and animals that live there.