How Healthy Are You?

On Tuesday, we had a theatre group visit us.  They performed a two man show that taught us all about the importance of exercise, healthy eating and reading packaging on our food to check for hidden salt and sugar.

                                  

 During the show, they even got a few of us up to help demonstrate the circulatory system.

                                             

This got us thinking...how much sugar do we consume without even knowing it?

Time to do some research!

Comedy vs Tragedy

As part of our Ancient Greek topic, we have been researching the origins of the comedy and tragedy masks.  We learned how they help the actors portray feelings and project their voices.  

We decided to design our own version and began by looking at our own facial expressions using mirrors.  Miss Mapp had a lot of fun making us pull funny faces! 

 We then planned two different designs.

Before getting some feedback from a peer.

Then we decided on our final design and began to create our own mask using card and tissue paper.  We will finally add Modroc then paint next week.

Watch this space for our final masterpieces! 

Measuring

During our maths session this week, we have been estimating and measuring capacity.

What a Drama!

In literacy, we have begun to study the Shakespeare play, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.  To get to know the very complicated plot we have been immersing ourselves in the characters through lots of drama and role play.

We became Hermia and discovered the anguish of having to marry someone we didn't love.

Before deciding to run away with our one true love, Lysander.

Demetrius, Hermia's betrothed, was not happy and gave chase, followed closely by Helena, into the woods... 

Where the fairies started to play havoc with the quartet of lover's lives.

Will everything turn out alright?  Or will this comedy turn into a tragedy?

Our New Topic

We started our new topic this week - the Ancient Greeks.  So far, we have investigated: their place in history; how Alexander the Great helped to build the empire; also the fascinating lives of the Athenians and Spartans.  

                                                

We even had an open morning on Wednesday, which invited our parents to come into the classroom to see what we're getting up to.