Class One's Marvellous Microscope

There has been so much going on in Class One this half-term that we decided to let each colour group choose something they have enjoyed and do a blog about it. All the groups will have a turn over the next few weeks. This week it was the turn of Blue Group. After looking through our memories book they decided to say something about our magical new digital microscope.


"It's very cool!" Jerram

Henry spent a long time looking at the numbers on the number line.
"I tried to find 100 but 99 is close to it." Henry



Jack enjoyed seeing the images on the monitor.
"You can see the pictures on the television thing." Jack

Niamh was one of the first ones to use the microscope and helped show her friends how to use it.

"I like looking at my hand." Niamh

Dancing, skating and stumbling on ice!

On Monday 14th February, Class 4 went on a trip to 'Ice Cube', an outdoor ice-rink at Millenium square in Leeds. After a quick lesson on the basics and the not-so-basics (including skating on one leg and doing jumps!) we were ready for a free skate. The instructor amazed us with his skills.....but it wasn't as easy as it looked....

Well done Class 4! Everyone had a go and seemed to improve their skating skills throughout the course of the morning. Maybe we'll try out some pirouettes next year!!

Mad Science!

On Wednesday 9th February 2011 a mad scientist came in to school. He showed us a magic trick where he picked a random pupil to help with the trick. It was really cool except some pupils including me can't be fooled by the trick! He let the student pick a card and then tear it up once he showed it to the school (Queen of Diamonds).The student put the torn up pieces into a bowl then he pulled it back out into one piece.The scientist also showed us flash paper; you set it alight and drop it, the fire makes the paper burn out and nothing is left (no ash) - the fire just goes out! He also showed us dry ice; he explained to us that it was solid carbon dioxide. The scientist really showed the difference between magic and Science well. In science you always find out what happened but in magic a magician never reveals his tricks! What a inspiring assembly!

by Saville Gorebooth

Traditional and not so Traditional Tales

We worked in pairs to create dialogue with

traditional characters in alternate settings.

E.g. The Big Bad Wolf at the supermarket.

"I'm going to blow this supermarket down with my really

hard tail and I will eat you up with my sharp teeth!"

Bobby and Billie.

The wicked queen at the supermarket.

"Obey me or I'll turn you into a burger!"

Eva and Elliott.

Snow White at the beach.

"Dwarves come into the water. It's nice and cool!"

Zoe and Chessie.

Using puppets to re-tell traditional tales.

Flat Stanley is on his way!

Watch out El Salvador - here comes Flat Stanley! This year we have made some new friends at the ABC school in El Salvador. We talked in class about how great it would be to visit our friends and see what life is like in their country. After some discussion, we decided the best (and cheapest) representative would be Flat Stanley!

This week Flat Stanley has been enjoying life at Harewood, here he is checking out our collection of Moshi monster cards at break time. He also had time for a game of football and a quick climbing session on the adventure playground.

During Literacy lessons we decided what we would like Stanley to find out about life in El Salvador. We wrote our questions in letters to our friends in 3rd Aviles. We are hoping they will keep a scrap book of his visit, as well as sending us e-mails and video clips of his adventures.

Finally, it was time to send Stanley on his way. We popped him in his special box, along with our letters and took him to see Norman in the village post office.

Norman didn't think he'd ever posted anything to El Salvador before! He put Stanley in a special envelope and sent him on his way.

Keep checking the blog for updates on Stanley's progress. We should also be hosting the Salvadorian Stanley very soon - so watch out for him in and around Harewood. You can also see some of the other Stanleys we created in the gallery.