As part of our World World Two project we looked at a range of artwork created in war time. The images were quite dark and disturbing. t recreate the effect we practiced our shading skills using a range of media; most of use preferred the drawing pencils but some likes the charcoal and permanent markers. The quality of our pictures was fantastic as you can see in the slideshow.
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WCET (Whole Class Ensemble Teaching), the organisation which delivers the music program at East Harling, invited all of the Juniors to a day of workshops and a performance at Open, London St, Norwich. Here are my observations from the day. 'We are on our way, three coaches of excited children and maracas, it promises to be a great day. The first workshop was fast and furious; fortunately we had been taught the two rifts needed for The Nights by Avici in our music lessons in school. However, with 300 instruments it sounded quite different. The time flew by so much so everyone thought break-time was lunch-time! The rest of the day went so quickly and we are now headed back to school. Thankfully a video was made of the performance which will help us remember the all the fun we had singing Tina Singu, The Nights and Crackers Maracas. we are extremely grateful to Mrs Shaw for this occasion and for teaching us the ukulele this year.' Here are some pupils comments: 'It was a good opportunity to listen to music performed by musicians.' Portia (the WCET teachers played a piece from Toy Story and the theme tune from the Simpsons). 'I liked that people volunteered for solos.' Niamh 'From the balcony you could see everyone and they were all playing.' Jamie H As expected, this term has been jam-packed and these blog updates have too frequently been pushed to the bottom of my todo list. I've added a few photos here of some events and a few notes about them. SATs week seems a dim memory now but I think all of Chestnut Class will remember the breakfasts, it was a lovely way to start each day and ensured eve arrived in class smiling throughout the week everyone arrived in class smiling. The cricket was a welcome treat especially as it meant double PE for a while as Mrs Hemsall needed to teach the athletics before the session. The explanation homework was fantastic, one of the most enjoyable afternoons I've ever had in school. I learnt so much about what the pupils are passionate about, and I'm still getting updates. The walk around East Harling with Mrs Kelly was the prefect way to start our inquiry about life here in the Second World War. The visitors, Mrs Partridge and Mr Lake, gave us fascinating personal accounts which are far more meaningful than using books and we were extremely grateful that they took the time to come and talk to us. Last Thursday, we had a wonderful visit from Miss A Partridge, author of 'Name on a Stone East and West Harling 1914-1918' Not only did she share how a historian can use public records to find out about the stories behind the names on the war memorial, she also shared some amazing first hand accounts of life as an evacuee in the Second World War. We are extremely grateful to Miss partridge for not only giving up her time but sharing some unique historical facts.
This week we are focusing on life in 1939 -1941, the mass evacuations and the Blitz. Any stories your family may have of this time would be greatly appreciated. The inquiry topic is about the villages around East Harling as well as East Harling. Below is a link to the BBC timeline which we will use to put the time in context. |
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