MrJennings

In addition to our normal activities, this week had two very special highlights. On Thursday we had a class visit to Southwell Minster on their Time Travelling programme. This was an excellent day in which we all had a go at six different activities which ranged from learning about prayer and communion through looking at the architecture and stained glass windows to drama and singing. The session opened and closed with an "assembly" involving all the children from the different schools which were represented when we sang the songs that we had practiced.

Friday was Red Nose Day. All the classes in the school came together to have a sale to raise money for the charity appeal. Lots of members of the class made and brought in things (ranging from crafts to biscuits and cakes) and we also had the chance to make things for the sale in one of the morning lessons. Our class made two things. We made marshmallow-face sweets (by icing facial features on to white and pink marshmallows and sticking on a red sweet for the nose). We also made place-name labels for the Red Nose Day tea table. These were made of a piece of folded card (with a line on where someones name could be written) and a large "red nose" formed from a piece of red paper and a white dot highlight (to give a 3D effect). We made these place-name labels using a "factory method" so, rather than making two or three each, different children did different jobs at which they quickly became skilled and were then able to accomplish quickly. Consequently we were able to make almost 300 place-name labels in about 40 minutes.