Olympic Torch Visit

Fauns were super lucky today. Val Everett, olympic torchbearer, came to visit our class and show the children the torch and tell her story. She was nominated for the honour by her daughter, Abie Everett, who is currently on work experience in our class. It's been such a pleasure to meet Val this afternoon and we'd like to thank her again for making the effort to come in and give the children such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Have a look at some of the Fauns holding the photos here.

African Mask-Making

A wonderful day was had in Fauns on Friday. Ali and Kaitlin, 2 artists from a company called Tinhouse, came to help us create giant African masks from willow.

The children spent the first part of the day looking at a wide variety of traditional masks and then having a go at designing their own. They then shared their ideas with their group to come up with a joint final design.

They then spent the rest of the day using willow of different thicknesses and LOTS of masking tape to create their masks. They were huge!

The skill and teamwork that the children demonstrated was amazing and we're looking forward to finishing them off this week and getting to see the finished product.

Thank you to our parent helpers, Kate, Sandy, Dean, Lisa and Rebecca, who came to help and really supported the children throughout the day.

Next week, we're finishing them off and then moving onto papering (tissue paper and lots of glue) and decorating. I can't wait!

Have a look at the photos below to see some of the things we got up to. Thank you to Andrew for his great photography and well done everyone for all your hard work.

Miss O

Archetypes

Hello, If you write your poem in Word or any other word processing program and then save it, you can click on the 'Poems' folder in 'English' on Year 3's part of the VLE and upload it for us all to read. I hope this helps. Feel free to email me on cothacehe7cr8@nsix.org.uk if you would like more clarification. Miss O

Stop The Clock

This morning, despite some slightly impeding technical issues, Fauns have been using everything they know about time to play Stop The Clock. Here they are working really hard...

Lovely quote: I'm really challenging myself today but I can do analogue after all! - From Marceli













Miss Othacehe

We are adventurers - Africa

I am so excited! I've been in (a very quiet!) school for the past few days moving our classroom around a bit and, with Miss Peck's help, building up our Africa display ready for our 'We are adventurers' learning after the Easter break. 


I've got a couple of hours' worth of work left but have a look at the results so far... 

I'm so excited and hope the children are feeling the same about our brilliant summer term.


See you all in a couple of weeks!

Miss Othacehe

Digital Leader Vacancy

We are appointing new Digital Leaders!!

To find out more about the post and apply, please visit this page on our website.


*Perks* include:


- trying out the new ICT things that come into school like Macs, iPads, animation software and internet programs
- ICT access at lunchtimes
- Invitation to ICT events to showcase your skills
- and more!


Hope to see lots of you at the interview!

Miss O

Mystery Surprise

NOT FOR PARENTS!!!


Fauns - Click on the mystery box below to get through to our super secret Easter surprise. Off you go!


Parents/Carers - NO ENTRY!!! Or you will be eaten by giant, furry, pink spiders with jelly legs!

Miss O

North Walsham Trip

On Thursday, as part of our learning about our local area, we went for a walk around North Walsham to learn that map-reading skills help us to find our location. 


I was so impressed with Fauns! Their behaviour was outstanding and meant that they were able to make great learning choices and have extra opportunities like some time in the market to look at the features of the buildings and the town. They also asked some really interesting questions, which I've now got to find the answer to:


When was the North Walsham Market Clock built?
How long did it take to build?
Why was were market clocks built?


If you have any suggestions please let us know!


I'd also like to say a HUGE thank you to the parent helpers who were able to accompany us. Thanks to their support, we were able to learn in groups of 3 or 4, which really helped to give the children the opportunity to take their time and get the support they needed. It also let me take more of a leading role and really get across the key learning messages that I wanted to. Thank you!


Here are some photos of them having their extra time in the market admiring the market clock and pondering the world's mysteries...

Miss O