Diamond Class
The teacher in Diamond class is Mrs Rounce. In the morning Mrs Smith teaches Year 2 and 3 in Sapphire Class. Mrs Glover and Miss Wollington support teaching and learning in Diamond class.
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Recent Activities
The librarians are holding a reading club every Wednesday lunchtime this term for anyone interested in reading. You can read your own book, read to a librarian or have a librarian read a book to you. Nearly the whole school signed up to book club so the librarians will be choosing groups each week so everyone has a turn. Thank you librarians!
Year 4, 5 and 6 are studying Peer Pan by J.M. Barrie and were intrigued by Mrs Darling exploring her children’s minds. Using text, they created a representation of the own minds. They are very interesting.
As part of our study of Stone Age art we looked at hand prints that have been discovered in caves and created our own. It was fun (and messy) trying to discover the best painting technique to create them.
Diamond class have been learning about the water cycle in Science so in PE we have been creating a dance based on the movement of water. Our dance motifs have been created by combing three different types of movements. We learned how to move in unison, in cannon and to act and react to another’s actions. We shared our dances with the other children in the class and would like to share them with you as well.
This week saw eleven pupils from KS2 take part in our cluster school’s cross country competition. After weeks of practice developing and maintaining their running techniques, they challenged themselves to run against other children in their year groups. This year we achieved 6th place with many children finishing in their best times and positions. Very well done to all who took part!
The first Friday of every half term is ‘Ask the Expert’ in Diamond Class. We all brought interesting items in and discussed them practicing our presentation and questioning and answering skills. We voted the adoption of cats as the best ‘Ask the Expert’ item this term as it follows our school values!
The Year 3 and 4 have been learning about mass (the weight of objects). Today we were looking at the difference between grams and kilograms. First we handle the different weights and discussed which unit of mass different objects would be weighed in and why. Then, with the help of some scales, we worked out the missing weights to make 1kg.
This week in PE, both Diamond Class and Emerald Class worked together in our circle groups. Our objective was to work as a group to design a relay race which everyone could take part in. First we sat in our groups to think up our races. Then the circle leads got together to set out the races and make sure each team knew what they had to do. We had great fun and learned how support and encouragement can help teams achieve.
We learn how to play the pbone with Mr Bell every Tuesday. This week we learned how to accompany ‘The Eye of the Tiger’ using notes D and Bflat. We also had a fun competition to see who could play the longest note. Next week we are going to learn some new notes.
Every Wednesday, we learn how to read texts and answer a range of questions about them. We enjoyed working together to analyse the text and then think about how we can use the text to help us answer the questions.
