Blog Author: Sue Wardell

The theme for this year's anti-bullying week was 'Choose Respect'. Rauf Class spent time discussing what respect looks like,  whether at school, in the community or at home. We also discussed the effects of bullying and how we can all 'Choose Respect'.

Bonfire Night and why it is celebrated. We made our own firework pictures and even built a bonfire in the outside area.

Antony Class have been learning about different celebrations. We explored some of the ways Diwali is celebrated, made diyas using playdough, and worked together to create a rangoli pattern outside our classroom door.

In Autumn 2, children in Larwood Class learned how musical instruments can represent natural sounds. Inspired by mountains, children used percussion instruments to create the sense of a stormy ascent. 

This week, Sid the Cygnet remembered...

...and supported our Head Pupils to sell poppies, too!

In Larwood Class this week, we have been looking at old maps, reports and aerial photographs to observe how Earith has changed over time. It has been incredible to see how much the village has grown, and nice to link the name of our school houses to the Geography curriculum.

In Art this half-term, we have been looking at how light and shadow can be used to create drama and depth in our artwork. Here, the children have been practising using acrylic paint to layer tones of colour, showing how light hits our still life subjects.

A creepy collection of literature to wet the appetites of our ghastly mob!

This week, Sid The Cygnet had a fright – lucky he was surrounded by some great books to take the edge off it!

As part of our studies of Jewish traditions, children learned about the festivals of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Children discovered how Jewish people celebrate these holidays, and even sampled some Challah bread (thank you Mrs Watson!)

Children in Larwood have been using knowledge of bridging 100 and 1000 to work out the heights of their classmates using only a meter stick. Some where able to convert their results between cm, m and mm!

Once again, this week,  Sid the Cygnet has been proving himself useful.  This time,  with Challah bread (Larwood: Judaism).