World Book Day!

We had a great time on World Book Day - what super costumes! As well as doing book-themed activities during the day, we had a special assembly with Charlotte, the Library Lead from Grantham Library, who shared with us all of the exciting activities available at the library. She also explained how to borrow books for free - we hope to see many of our children join!

RAF Youth STEM Workshop

Our class, along with Taruca, took part in the RAF Youth STEM program during the spring term - the glider challenge workshop. This gave the children the opportunity to think like engineers to try and create a glider that could travel as far as possible. The children had to draw 3 designs and then make the 3 designs following their plan as closely as possible. The children then had the opportunity to test and measure their glider to see how far it could travel, the furthest in the class was 7.5m! They finished the session reviewing their designs and were able to think about why one design went further than another or reasons why some were more successful than others. The children were enthusiastic throughout the whole session and really enjoyed taking part.

The Natural History Museum & Houses of Parliament Trip

We had a truly fantastic time when we visited the The Natural History Museum and Houses of Parliament in London with Taruca Class. After a wonderful tour of the museum, the visit to the Houses of Parliament included watching two live debates, one in the House of Commons and one in the House of Lords! Afterwards, we took part in a workshop all about Parliament and campaigning. We even voted for their own leaders! An unforgettable day! 

Cooking!

We had a great time when we tried and tasted Mexican food and some ingredients and then made our own Tzatziki dip! We have also cooked some Greek chicken gyros. The children decided on their own flavours, what vegetable to include and which seasonings. They then had the option to add Halloumi if they wanted.

A Special Christmas Song!

We had a fantastic Autumn term and even better end with lots of Christmas fun. Below you can see a special Christmas song!

Planetarium!

We had a space-tastic time when we were visited by the StarLincs mobile planetarium, an inflatable dome that allowed us to learn more about the solar system! We found out about the manned missions to the moon and planned our own mission to Mars!

Super Writing!

The children are developing some super writing skills!  Using the structure of The Canal that we learnt through story telling and our reading of The Nowhere Emporium, they have written some amazing imitations of a warning tale. You can hear two wonderful examples below.

World Cup Penalty Shootout!

We had a great time taking part in the World Cup Penalty Shootout with Premier Sports! We represented Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and our class winner was England! The enthusiasm, team spirit and encouragement the children showed each other was brilliant and all showed the main focus, resilience!

Using Numicon

Learning about number can be challenging so to aid understanding, at Belmont we use Numicon which is a multisensory way of learning, meaning children learn by seeing, feeling and doing. Numicon are a system of flat, plastic shapes with holes in them. Each shape represents a number from one to 10 and each number has its own colour. When they're arranged in order, children can easily see connections between numbers. In class, we have been using them to help round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.

The Kraken

We have made a wonderful start to the year in English! We have been studying 'The Kraken' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and the children have developed a great understanding of the poem. They used an image of the Kraken and an OSIE grid which helped them use powerful descriptive language when creating their own versions of the poem. You can read a super example below.