'To bee, or not to bee: that is the question'

Hamlet

Hamlet' was the Shakespearean play performed to children at Stanmore Primary School on Wednesday . All the classed loved being up close to the Young Shakespeare Company as they acted their way through this classic tragic play. A huge 'well done' to the children who participated in the action - these parts included trees, gates, soldiers and an old man. The whole audience joined in with the performance - what a fabulous afternoon!

Rowan Class

This week we are focusing on how to measure capacity and volume. We used varying containers to estimate and measure volume. By reading a scale we were able to understand and measure capacity.  If a container did not have a scale on it, we quickly realised that we could pour the liquid into a container that did have a scale.

Birch

As part of the Arts Award (Discover), yr 3 and 4 and musicians in other years, were treated to an afternoon featuring two musicians from the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton, building on previous sessions, where the children learnt about the roles of others who work in the music and performance industries. Alex (saxophone) and Joe (double bass) played a selection of jazz medleys, with the children encouraged to sing and clap along. We are very much looking forward to next Monday, when we will be visiting Turner Sims for an afternoon concert of music and song. 

Sycamore

This week Sycamore Class have been involved in some amazing performances. On Wednesday afternoon we had the opportunity to watch Hamlet performed by theYoung Shakespeare Company. On Wednesday after school we performed our brilliant play ‘The Bee Musical’ the children performed confidently and we were all so proud of them! On Thursday we watched a short performance of some jazz musicians who came to perform in school to give us a sneak preview of the concert at Turner Sims Concert Hall that we are visiting on Monday. What an exciting week! 

Yr 5 6

Year 5 and 6 have been working hard this week, creating unusual animals and habitats based on our text ‘The Wonder Garden’. We have explored a range of different grammar techniques and are now looking at whether we should allow outsiders to come and visit our beautiful lands. Oak class have also been using the natural landscape to create their own art installations in the Quad - see if you can spot any.

R2L

Our target in R2L this week has been "I can talk to others politely." We continued  to sing our song "It's not what you say, but the way that you say it" to remind ourselves that even words like "excuse" me and "thankyou" need to be said with the right tone, pitch and facial expression. We thought about having an imaginary filter in our head to catch our thoughts before they left our mouths. We practised this by fishing out all of the unkind words that we said from the duck pond.  We also though carefully about the power of our words and how it might make someone else feel. Everyone agreed that kind words said with in the right way helped everyone to feel welcome, valued and happy.