Today we visited Armley Mills as part of our topic work on the Victorians. We had such a fab day! In the morning, we took part in a Victorian Schoolroom Workshop where we had to pay our penny to enter the classroom, before being separated into boys and girls. We had a very strict teacher who we had to call Ma'am! It was great fun be able to write on slates and use dip pens to fill in our handwriting books. In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to explore the museum and learn all about life as a mill worker.

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Fancy a challenge?! Why not pick something from our homework menu and bring it into school (or a photo). A Homework champion will be chosen at the end of the half term!

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We had so much fun during our Science week! First, we built our own Worm World using layers of soil and sand. Then, we got to venture out into the nature garden to collect lots of worms! Over the week, we observed the worms to see if they caused the layers to mix up. During our Science Week investigation, we learnt all about the different types of rocks and soils that make up the Earth. Using strawberry sauce, biscuits and chocolate moose, we got to build our own 'Mud Pudding'. Finally, Mrs Clayton then let us eat them! Yummy!

Fancy a challenge?! Why not pick something from our homework menu and bring it into school (or a photo). A Homework champion will be chosen at the end of the half term!

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For our DT this half term, we designed and made our own chocolate boxes inspired by our topic on 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.'

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Exploring materials - Today's Science lesson was so much fun! We were investigating which materials were the most reflective. We used a torch, shone it on each type of material and observed which one reflected the most light back. From our investigation, we learnt that the CD and foil were the most reflective materials because they were smooth and shiny!

In Topic lessons this half term, we have been exploring how the Egyptians lived and comparing it to how we live today. We learn about the shaduf and how the Egyptians would used these to transport water from the River Nile to the land. In DT, we then created our very own shadufs.

We have been working really hard to learn our whole model text about Osiris. This week, we have been practicing it in small groups and in pairs with all the actions so that can use it to help us later with our own writing.

A mysterious object appeared in our classroom this week. We weren't sure what it was but the strangest thing kept happening. Books kept falling off the tables, things were going missing and we could hear voices on walkie talkies. On Wednesday afternoon, we were locked in our classroom! We found the mysterious object with a note. An Egyptian curse was cast upon us! As a class, we had to work together to solve clues such as cracking hieroglyphics, finding all the Egyptian figure heads and dressing up as mummies before finally the curse was lifted and we were free! It was very scary!

This half term, our model text is all about Osiris, Egyptian God of the Underworld.

As part of our class Hook, Mrs Clayton decided to give out chocolate to the class. However, she only gave the girls the chocolate! We then discussed as a class the arguments for and against this. We agreed that it wasn't fair to only give the girls chocolate, especially if they hadn't earnt it.

In Autumn 1, we are learning a discussion about whether children should have to wear school uniform.