Bringing Colour and Creativity to the Playground: Chalk Mandalas For Outdoor Art Skills Academy, we’re finding new ways to bring joy, mindfulness, and creativity to our school playground—and one of the most exciting activities has been creating chalk mandalas. What Are Mandalas? Mandalas are circular designs made up of repeating patterns and shapes. Across many cultures, they represent unity, balance,
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Our first couple of weeks have been busy! We have spent time getting to know the children and making new friends! The children are getting used to their new environments and new routines. We have read books such as The Colour Monster, The Colour Monster starts School, A letter from Your Teacher, Super Duper You,
3SE enjoyed a trip to Ryton Pools on Monday as part of their history unit. During the day children learnt about how the local landscape had changed since the Stone Age, were able to handle artefacts dating back 500,000 years and travelled back in time by building shelters and lighting fires.
Year 5 shared the non-chronological reports they had written about being in year 4 with us. Then we read our non-chronological reports to the children in year 3.
This week we have written non-chronological reports about Year 3. We went into the learning hubs to gather ideas before we planned and wrote our reports. We looked at the blogs from last year to help us. We are looking forward to sharing our writing with the children who are in year 3 now.
Thank you to all the children for making our year 4 Sports Day so much fun. Thank you also to all the adults who came to support us, the children loved having you all there cheering them on!
In complete contrast to the glorious weather we had yesterday, today’s images are noticeably more Dol-y-Moch-esque! This, however, did not impact on the fun that was had by all. Morning Routines As well as our morning tasks, like setting up for breakfast, presenting the weather and getting ready for room inspections, some did get a little time for playing games.