In our RE lesson, we interviewed Miss Fatima to find out how, when and to whom Muslims pray. We asked her about how many times Muslims pray in a day, what it is like to pray in a crowd, her favourite place to pray and...
In Writing we explored the text 'Malaika's costume about a little girl in Trinidad who is getting ready for carnival.We were excited to receive a letter from Malaika and we are going to write back! We are going to tell her all about the carnival...
We have been learning about carnivals. We designed our own carnival outfits inspired by animals....
In History we have been examining photo evidence to prompt questions about the life of Notting Hill Carnival founder Claudia Jones. Some of the questions that we brainstormed were 'What did she do that was amazing?', 'What is racism?' and 'Where is Trinidad?'...
This week at the Curve Garden, we got to do some live drawing of mini beasts. We had a selection of worms, wood lice, snails and slugs to sketch....
This term in RE we are learning about Islam. This week we thought about why the Qur'an is special to Muslims. First we played a game in which we had to guess what was behind the keyhole. We guessed what it was and what it...
At Dalston curve garden we learnt about seeds and seed dispersal. We made our very own flying seeds....
In design technology this week, 1T learnt the skill of etching. First we designed a patterned snail shell, we then moulding clay into a snail and etched in our designed pattern using tools. Here are some picture of the process....
Our first class text this term is 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and whilst at the Curve Garden this week we were lucky enough to handle and plant some big, brown beans just like the ones that Jack was given. We are wondering whether ours will...
We had the first of our twelve sessions at Dalston Curve Garden. We explored the garden using our senses. We used magnifying glasses to study the plants trees and collected some petals and sticks from the floor. [gallery ids="6093,6092"]...