Class 4 finished Term 2 with a Norse Mythology main lesson based around poetry.  The children learnt about rhythm in poems, alliteration, using images to inspire poetry and learnt how to use a dictionary and thesaurus.  We ended the term with the story of Ragnarok – the final destiny of the Gods before receiving the script for our play and their role.  The children were offered two choices for our play – one much simpler than the other and they have courageously chosen the more complex, which is twice as long, with twice as many characters and does not rhyme, making it much harder to remember lines.  The children have stepped up to this challenge and will be ready to perform on Wednesday the 28^th of August at 5pm in the hall.  All are welcome!

This term, the children have been learning to read music with Mary Lou and we have also started our second Human and Animal main lesson.  In particular, the horse, the bear, the lion and the elephant.  Whilst we learn scientific facts about the animals, more importantly we learn about the true nature of the animal which is expressed through painting, drawing, clay and wax modelling and poetry.  We also learn about their part in the world, how humans have imitated their specific strengths, and the affect humans have had on the animals – positive and negative.  The children will also get to choose an animal to study and compose an information report in class, whilst completing a diorama of the animal in its habitation at home.  I can’t wait to see how their final project turns out!