Blog by Tag: Understanding the World

8R have been so so busy this week! 
We started off the week by focusing on newspapers and the features of them. Next week we are going to write a short newspaper report all about World War 2 and include some exciting facts which we used our iPads to research.

On our Monday teams call we had a…

This week 9R have taken over the blog. We have learned about WW2, read some of our class read “A medal for Leroy” by Michael Morpurgo. We have used our iPads to learn about Well-being and Social Media and taken part in the 6 star challenge.

Over to 9R

This week is mental health week and…

This week Willow class have loved looking at more animals.. wild ones this time! We have enjoyed learning about all different animals that we might find in a zoo then finding out important facts like what habitats the zoos need to build for them and how they survive. We practiced our spellings,…

Hello everyone, please enjoy this blog to help you learn about the religion of Judaism. Joseph in Willow class helped Miss Riley to create this blog by reminding of key words and choosing which pictures to add. I hope you enjoy learning about this religion.

What is Judaism?

Judaism is a…

This week 8R have done some super work looking at Buddhism for world religion week.

We discussed the story of Buddha and how he had helped people change into better people and looked at what beliefs the religion has.

After this we listened to the story of Angulimala and discussed the advice…

Another busy, busy week in 9R, we’ve had lots of fun and learnt lots of new things. We’ve listened to a story called One Boy’s War read by Mrs Cobham, a true story about a young boy called Sydney who went to war and never returned. The story is on the school you tube channel for you to watch. We…

What a busy week for Willow class!

This week was world religion week and our religion to explore was Hinduism! We looked at two Hindu celebrations- Divali and Holi. In class we learnt about the story behind Divali, the story  of Rama and Sita. We learnt why it is called the festival of light…

Hello everyone, please enjoy this blog to help you learn about the religion of Buddhism. This blog has been researched and written by Sonny in Willow class. I hope you enjoy learning about this religion.- Miss Riley, Willow Class

What is Buddhism?

Buddhism started in India over 2,500…

Hello everyone, please enjoy this blog to help you learn about the religion of Hinduism. This blog has been researched and written by Grace in Willow class. I hope you enjoy learning about this religion.- Miss Riley, Willow Class

What is Hinduism?

Hinduism is a religion practiced by…

Hello everyone, please enjoy this blog to help you learn about the religion of Islam. This blog has been researched and written by Hasan in Willow class. I hope you enjoy learning about this religion.- Miss Riley, Willow Class

What is Islam?

Islam is a religion practiced by Muslims.
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This afternoon 8R have done some very important work all about Islam.

First of all we listened to some information all about Islam and talked about why it is important that we know about other religions.

After this we discussed Sadaqah. We learnt that this is all about charity and being kind…

WOW! 8R have had such a busy week this week.

This week started off with something exciting. It was Jakes birthday on the weekend so he was very kind and brought in some yummy sweets to share with us all, thanks Jake!

We have finished off our letters to Santa this week and have all done some…