Here's our Topic Web for Term 3, available to download below.
We have had a really exciting workshop about parliamentary democracy.
We held a division vote, just like MPs do in Parliament
We explained why we had made our choices
Some of us changed our votes after hearing what others had to say
In small groups, we formed our own political parties
We came up with a name for our party
and, democratically, decided on the key item in our manifesto
And here are the working documents developing our manifestos
Each party presented their top manifesto pledge to the rest
Then we held a secret ballot... one person, one vote
The results were in, every party had seats in our parliament but there was no overall majority
In order to form a government, the leading party invited other parties to form a coalition
We're working hard on developing our group gymnastic routines...
Building up exciting textures on our woodland collages
Cooking with Reading Champion, Mrs Price. Incorporating reading and writing into an activity you really enjoy can make literacy purposeful and relevant.
A couple of the gorgeous Natural World collages we've been working on in our Art sessions with Mrs Bonner and Ms Sharples. Don't miss the exhibition at Paintworks!
Raph came to talk to us about what it was like for him growing up in Totterdown. He came to this school when he was a boy. He had lots of stories to tell about his aunty, who has lots of memories of the area. We were amazed when he told us how little houses used to cost!
Mrs Fleming told us about an elderly neighbour who used to live on Hawthorne Street. Her father's family were the first people to move into her house when it was brand new in 1896. Her father came to this school when it cost twopence ha'penny a week to attend. He came to school early each day because it was his job to ring the bell (still on the roof of the KS1 wing) to call the children to school.
Local History investigation