Class 3 Gedney Drove End 

We created an A to Z of words that made us think about something we’ve learned about the Victorians, and used them for inspiration to write our blog posts. Some links are more obvious than others, but all of our posts are original, interesting and the result of our hard work! Enjoy 🙂

When people go to church, they sit down at a seat and they pray, or they celebrate there. Also, they have funerals there. They celebrate for a reason because it saying they are proud of their religion. Every week they go and pray because it means they are saying thank you for what they have. They go and remember people when they die. They have funerals to remember people when they die. When they go to church, people do pray and a lot of other things.

People meet up when they go in and one person will be standing there because he is the vicar. They put holy water on the head and it drips down their face. It would be a font of water but not that hot so it burns them.

It’s World Book Day and we’ve been sharing and celebrating some of our favourite book characters. Can you guess who we are?

Which is your favourite?

 

As part of our topic, Class 3 designed, made and taste-tested space-themed chocolate treats. Can you tell by our expressions how yummy they were?

Congratulations, Callum, for your superb attitude, behaviour and courage at the Snow Centre!

As part of our Frozen Kingdom topic, we took part in a thrilling adventure at the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead.

When we arrived, we were given our ski boots and skis for our first activity. Heavy and tight, clumpy and painful, the boots were essential kit. Next, we chose a helmet and listened to our instructors. 

Skiing was fun but hard: the triangle position and walking in the skis made our legs tired and, if you angled the skis in the wrong way, you might even end up going backwards! Lewie and Jack R were naturals, but everyone did well with this new sport.

After lunch, we put on different boots because it was time to try snowboarding! The instructor showed us how to strap into the boards and slow ourselves down once we started moving. We all had a try and- apart from a few people landing on their bottoms- we picked it up quite quickly. It wasn’t long before we were riding the boards down a slope and even doing some tricks! Jack P, Callum M, Finley and Max made it look easy by mastering it straight away but Elisha, Amber, Jake and Matthew soon followed in their tracks. It was great fun!

Our final activity was sledging. This was the noisiest and busiest activity!

Everyone had a try, and it was certainly hilarious to watch! Foam snowmen were set up at the bottom of the slope for target practice and Jacob C, Jack P, Finley and Charlie took them down on their first go. Jacob R floated down the slope like a snow king; Ethan high-fived passers-by; Jack A was attacked by a gang of inflatable doughnuts and Lani span (and screamed) all the way down! Miss West was particularly amused with Johnny’s emergency exit over the barrier… Callum H tried a bobsleigh technique with Max and Callum M, ending up in a tangle of limbs against the barrier. Luckily, the only injury was aching tummies from laughing so hard!

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We all enjoyed our day at the Snow Centre, and were disappointed when it was time to leave! We tried to decide which activity was our favourite- but we had a huge amount of fun with all of them!

Ryan said, “Sledging was my favourite because we got to knock down snowmen.”

“My favorite was skiing,” said Ellie. “Even though it was challenging, I’d like to do it again.”

Chris enjoyed the sledging most. He said, “On most of my runs, I fell down and it was funny for other people to watch!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today, we looked at the difference between to, too and two, which are often confused- even by grown ups!

We learned that:

to is used with a destination or verb (I am going to the park; I want to play down the park)

too is used “as well” or to emphasise (I enjoyed it too; The food was too spicy for me)

two is a number (I had two puddings)

We wrote our own sentences using to, too or two. Did we use them correctly?

 

 

Well done to Callum, our Writer of the Week!

 

Congratulations to the winning team from Gedney Drove End!

Children from years 3 and 4 took part in a tough maths quiz- but only one team could triumph!

Held at Westmere, the Maths Mania competition saw children from five local schools using their skills to answer questions in five brain-boggling rounds.

“It was very tricky,” said Lani. “I was surprised we won but we tried hard!”

After a shaky start, the Gedney Drove End team soon equalised with Westmere and Long Sutton, before racing ahead in the tie-breaker round.

“When I saw we were tied for points, I was gutted,” said Callum M.

But the tension didn’t last long. Parents and supporters cheered and applauded as our delighted team collected their trophy and certificates.

“The moment when Mr Davies said, in the tie-breaker, “He’s got it!” was one of the best moments of the day,” said Callum H.

We at Gedney Drove End are very proud of all the children who took part- you really are superstars!

 

On Tuesday, 9th of June, Class 2 and Class 3 from Gedney Drove End and Holbeach St Marks went to the village hall to take part in a drama workshop organised by Father Johnathon and Spalding based Act II.

First, we played some games with Charlotte and Alice to help us relax and prepare for rehearsals. They were great fun and we’d like to play them again in school.

We all read through the poem to see what it was all about- and then we were ready to begin!

Together, we made up actions to go with the first two verses.

After that, we split into groups of six or seven and each group had a verse to act out. It was lots of fun making up actions to go with the words!

Then, we put it all together and watched each other’s performances. We rehearsed it a few times until we were perfect and knew when it was our turn to perform.

At the end of the acting, we had to sing a song. Elisha was chosen to perform a solo and we all joined in with her.

Soon, after lunch, we learned a dance to “Spirit in the sky” (which only the teachers, who are older, knew). It had great actions and was lots of fun to do!

We then mashed it all together from start to finish and prepared for our performance at 2:15pm.

When the time came, we were nervous but excited to be performing to such a large crowd! We loved practising- but was it enough?

Father Johnathon spoke to the audience for a while, then Charlotte and Alice introduced us. It was showtime!

The crowd went wild and really enjoyed our performance- almost as much as we did! They clapped and cheered for a long time.

All in all, we had a lovely day and would like to say thank you to the organisers and audience.

Written by Finley, Lani, Sam and Shane.

To celebrate the end of this term’s topic, the children chose to host a Roman banquet.

Years 4 and 5 planned it carefully while Year 6 were busy taking their SATs. They designed the invitations, chose the menu, made decorations, organised entertainment and created prizes and souvenirs for all the guests. They were very busy and did a fantastic job!

On the morning of the banquet, we also made bread to eat as one of the (many) courses.

 

The banquet started with some entertainment, which definitely helped us work up an appetite!

 

The food, contributed by the children and their kind parents, was stunning.

 

After all that, it was time for a little rest…

 

Everyone had a fantastic time! Class 3 would like to thank all the grown ups who provided the food and drink we enjoyed today. We really do appreciate the effort you made 🙂

Our Year 4 children were invited to take part in a special celebration of the story of Noah.

They explored the story through art, drama, dance and music- and everyone had a wonderful time!

 

Congratulations to Callum, our Star of the Week!

Callum has impressed us this week with his hard work, good behaviour and cheerful attitude. Well done, Callum!

The children were thrilled to be accepted into Gladiator School, and devised a training regime to ensure they had strength, speed and stamina in the arena.

We tested the regimes and evaluated how effective they were in making us fit, strong and ready for battle!

 

 

 

 

 

1. Ruddy is good in a way because he can save lots of goals. A goalkeeper can’t pick the ball up if a defender passes the ball back to him.

 

2. Gerard is captain of Liverpool FC, who is soon getting sold to another team so he doesn’t play for Liverpool anymore. The captain positions the players where they are supposed to be on the pitch.

 

3. Rooney is an upfront player that scores a lot of goals. He has a good pace and he can shoot with a powerful kick. An upfront player tells his team-mates where they need to be during play and gives instructions as to marking, corners and throw ons.

 

4. Gibbs is a defender of Arsenal. He has to make sure he saves the ball so they don’t have agood opportunity of scoring by kicking it away from the goal.

 

5. Lampard is midfielder for Chelsea. He has to help the defenders by not letting the other team have the ball. He can score from anywhere on the pitch.

A great big “well done” to Callum, our Writer of the Week!

This whole week, Class 3 are creating artwork and text based around the short film, The Lucky Dip. We began today by listening to the soundtrack from the film’s opening, and painting what we could hear. Then, we wrote imaginative sentences to accompany our paintings.

What do you think? Can you guess which piece of art was created by which child?

 

 

 

 

Today, the whole school took part in activities for China Day. In Class 3, we made shadow puppets and retold the story of the New Year Race.

Then we looked up the meanings for each year. We have two goats, three monkeys, six roosters and two dogs in school today!

We also had delicious Chinese food for lunch- but we ate it so quickly that there was no time to take a photo!

Class 3 said they would like more themed days like this.

Today, in guided writing, we practised writing emo, comma sentences. These use an emotion (angry, happy, worried etc) followed by a comma as the opener. Here are some of our best from today:

 

Frightened, Max and I ran away from Little Legs and Kerry. Matthew M

Startled, one of the sheep left the herd. Sam

Worried, I hid under the table, questioning who was there… Natasha

Delighted, I stroked the dolphin. Matthew C

Zonked, I lay back in my warm bubble bath. Jack

Startled, the goat scrambled away from the huntsman. Jacob C

Curious, Max looked at the thing on the stair. Shane

Surprised, Natasha opened her present- only to find second-hand socks that had had someone’s cheesy feet in before. Lani

Shocked, I gasped as loud as a lion. Callum M

Worried, I ran into my mum’s room. Johnny

Delighted, I opened my bag of Gedneys. Ellie

Delighted, Shane cut his tasty birthday cake up. Callum H

Surprised, I saw my emo, comma sentence on the wall. Jacob R