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U3 Fantastic Places Project
In Geography we have done many interesting things. Recently, we have used boxes to re-create our favourite places on the globe. We used Play-Doh to re-create volcanoes, cardboard for buildings, sand for beaches and glitter for the effect of a starry night. All throughout the classroom there was a beautiful array of boxes. We have…
A Level Artists make an Impression
A level artists had the opportunity to develop their skills by undertaking a one-day workshop with contemporary printmaker Paul Hipkiss at the RBSA Gallery. Paul Hipkiss is member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Hon Curator at the Gallery, which promotes a range of contemporary visual arts such as ceramics, painting and printmaking….
J2 Recreate the Great Fire of London
J2 have been learning all about the great fire of London. They all found it really interesting. Samuel Pepys came to visit and told us all about the diary he kept during the great fire. This enabled historians to learn all about the fire. In art J2 built houses out of boxes and made their…
Sponsored Maths Event
All children in the Junior department at the Abbey took part in a sponsored maths event on Friday 4th March. J3 did questions on their five, six, seven and eight times tables, J4 concentrated their minds on multiplication and division problems, J5 were tested on square numbers while J6 worked out lots percentage, decimal and…
J3 Competition Winners
J3P entered a competition celebrating Quentin Blake's birthday. The brief was to design bunting. Everyone chose a letter of Quentin Blake's name and designed with that as the theme. We sent it off along with letters to Quentin Blake. We quickly received a reply from the illustrator and author but heard nothing about the competition….
U3 Visit Tamworth Castle
The U3rds have recently visited Tamworth Castle to learn more about medieval life and warfare. We took part in two workshops during which we had the chance to try on medieval clothes and hold some very scary looking medieval weapons. Max and Connie got dressed up as medieval soldiers complete with armour, helmets and swords….
SPARKS!
SPARKS (Erdington Fire Station) visited Highclare School Juniors at the Abbey site. They watched a video of a burning bedroom, discussed hoax calls and what preventative measures we could take, in our homes, to prevent fires. Once all the talking had finished, J5’s Form Teacher asked the firemen if the children could have their pictures taken in…
J1 Getting in to Character
J1 have been learning how to describe a character. This week they looked at the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and in particular, the giant. Some of the children got into character by role playing the story, to get a better insight into the giant. They then brainstormed wow words describing the giant, to…
Chinese New Year in Transition
The children in Transition celebrated the Chinese New Year in lots of different ways. They tried to use chopsticks to eat noodles and prawn crackers. They also made good luck money envelopes, cards and coloured in snakes. In their PE lesson they listened to Chinese music, did a dragon dance and played instruments. Everyone had…
Highclare’s Hit Musical
Year 3 and Year 4 pupils at Highclare School, Woodfield, took to the stage this week to perform the hit musical ‘ Oliver’ Many weeks of joining the after-school Junior Drama Club ensured that all the children were well rehearsed and prepared for their roles which they portrayed with enthusiasm and gusto. The all-inclusive performances…
