Today Class 5 walked down to the war memorial in Shotton. We laid a wreath and said prayers to remember the brave people who have fought for us. We also walked to a local shop to see a remembrance display. It was great to take time out of our day to say thanks to those who made sacrifices for us.

Today we had a visit from firefighters from Peterlee Fire Station. The firefighters came to tell us all about safety with fireworks and bonfires. The talk was full of information and very interesting. We all enjoyed learning about fire safety. 

As a part of our English learning we staged a debate today in class. Our debate was linked to our Ancient Greece topic, as we debated whether we should preserve old buildings. We worked in teams to put our ideas across to each other. It was interesting to hear both sides of view about this important issue. 

Today Class 5 and Class 6 started their Greek vase models. We blew up balloons and made paper mache. We then started to cover the balloons with the mixture of flour and water to create a vase shape. We will update the blog with our progress as we make the vases over the next few weeks.

Today Class 5 and Class 6 had some special visitors! The team from Wicked Workshops came to work with us and teach us all about Ancient Greece. We took part in games, learnt about myths and legends and held Ancient Greek weaponry. It was a fun-filled afternoon of learning!

Today we tried to solve an Ancient Greek crime. An Athenian warrior was murdered after winning an Olympic event. We looked at clues to draw conclusions and try to catch the killer! 

Today Class 5 celebrated World Mental Health Day. We looked together at what mental health is and how we can look after our mental health. We discussed emotions as a class and created abstract artwork based on the emotions we talked about. 

Today we had a visitor in our class. We had the chance to hold an study a Giant African Land Snail. Whilst some of us thought that it felt a bit slimy it was interesting to work with such a cool creature! 

Today was our Fun Run and, despite the weather, we carried on regardless. Our class completed 10 laps of the school playground. We were sponsored for our run and we would like to say thank you to anyone who sponsored us to complete our run. 

In Class 5 we celebrated National Poetry Day. We took part in a live lesson with hundreds of primary schools across the U.K.  We wrote our own similes and phrases using  alliteration. We also took part in an acitivty to show emotions with our faces. We then read a poem called “On the Ning Nang Nong” by Spike Milligan. We created illustrations of what we think the Ning Nang Nong looks like. All of ideas were very different and very creative!