Freshwater Theatre Company - John Lennon

Year 6 were very lucky to receive a visit from the one and only John Lennon! Well, an actor pretending to be John Lennon really, but he was very good.

He came to tell the children all about John Lennon's life and how influential the Beatles have been on the pop culture. The children are currently researching about The Beatles as part of our history topic; The 1960's.

All children had a great time finding out information, singing song and having a dance!

The children having a little dance.

Ruth, learning how to play the 'Washboard'.

Jordan getting ready to play the drums.

Watch out... it's Beatlemania!!!

John Lennon and the new memebers of The Beatles!

John Lennon!

Discovery Week at Manford

The week of the 22nd of March was Discovery week at Manford.

We decided to take this opportunity to allow the children to revise their knowledge of Science and develop their thinking and team working skills. We gave the children a scenario; Imagine you are travelling on an aeroplane when suddenly, your plane crashes. You try to swim to safety and find yourself stranded on a desert island.

The children needed to work together to solve a variety of problems while staying on the island.

The problems included: Building a bridge to cross the raging waters, Building a tall structure to pick the fruit from the trees, Make a boat strong enough to carry one person and nice water pots.

The children had great fun and have even asked if they can do it again!

Life Exhibition at St Paul's Church

On Thursday, 11th of March 2010, Year 6 went to St Paul's Church in Hainault for a Life Exhibition.

The children learnt about the birth and death of Jesus and stories from the Bible. They also had to answer questions using a PDA, which all the children enjoyed using.

All children found it very interesting and most enjoyable.

Day 2 of the Art Workshop

Day 2 - Today the children were able to help Sharon continue working on the sculpture and making their own little masks. Once again the children enjoyed and are very excited to see the finished product on display in the school.

Art Workshop with Sharon Drew

On Monday, 1st March and Wednesday, 3rd of March, Year 6 were very fortunate to work with the Artist Sharon Drew and her husband Mark on a piece of sculpture that would become a permenant fixture in the school.

The topic of the sculpture linked in with the History topic covered in Year 6: World War II. We decided to focus on the theme of Evacuation. As you can see, Sharon and Mark had began preparing the main sculptures beforehand as we only had two days with them. The children helped add facial features, clothes and evacuation tags to the sculptures.

They also made their own mask from clay and mod-roc. The children have thoroughly enjoyed working with Sharon and Mark and are very excited about seeing the final product.... Watch this space!

The sculptures at the beginning of the session.

Christopher and Keeley working on their mask

Sharon Drew, the artist, helping the children create their own mask.

Junior helping to add features to the sculpture.

Elesia and Sara adding clothing to the little boy

Danielle helping Sharon to add features to the sculpture.

Mark showing the childre how to create their masks.