Firstly, I would like to start this week’s blog post with a thank you to all the parents and guardians who came to parents evening this week. It was a real pleasure to share the children’s work and achievements with you.

This week, we have focused a lot of our time and energy into making Celtic shields. We learnt that the Celts were a group of tribes that lived across northern Europe and Britain. We started the week by looking at different Celt shields and talked about the difference between them and Roman shields. We then created three designs drawing from our inspiration. We noticed that some of our designs were a little too intricate so we had a go at redesigning our shields in preparation for building them. 

The building stage saw us draw out the outline of our shields and cut them out using scissors. We then created shield bosses (the middle part of a shield) by stacking cardboard and glueing it on – which made a relief. Next week, we will complete the painting of our shields. 

On Thursday, we also welcomed Reverend Dave into our class. He spoke to us all about the life of a reverend and what he does in his working life. The children asked some incredibly thoughtful but most importantly respectful questions. 

Our TTrockstar of the week is Ayra and our Lexia legend is Rahand. Book club this week was hosted by Eesa and Ayra. They chose ‘Demon Dentist’ by David Williams and ‘Rotten Romans’ by Terry Deary.