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Well, what a great trip we had on Friday.  I’m sure you’ll agree it was worth the journey.  I was really impressed by the way you all responded to the theatre and to the gallery – you seemed so open-minded, inquisitive and interested in all that you saw and heard.

Click on the picture to see the ideas that you came up with for work to build on the trip and let me know which you’d like to pursue in class or for homework.

So, two questions:  what was the most surprising  / most interesting thing about the day?  what would you like to do in class to follow-up on the trip?

Let me know in the comments…

Here’s Friday’s recording, which I hope you’ll enjoy.  Two of you sent a copy to Karen G and she said she was really impressed by how much you’ve improved over the year!  This version does have some support singing from singup, but you can hardly hear it on this – it’s mostly you, so well done!

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We’ll do another one next week, with Abbie, Luca and Gabriella playing recorders in harmony with us, and a backing track with not even these quiet vocals to guide us.  Keep practising!

Ain’t no mountain high enough – I wish I knew how it would feel to be free – I can see clearly now – The Ken and Barbie warm-up

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We’re going to Tate Modern and The Globe next Friday. We’ve looked at Shakespeare and heard the Macbeth story in class. What did you think of the characters?  Get ready to act some parts on Friday…. In the gallery, we’re going to learn how to start making sense of modern art in a really cool gallery.  It’s going to be fantastic.

I’m looking around there this afternoon and finding the most interesting things for us to see next week.  Callum tells me there’s a huge empty black box to explore inside and a room with a table and chairs that are simply huge.  Sounds interesting! I’d like to you take a look at the tate kids website (the link is on the right) and find a piece of art that you get excited about. Be prepared to show and tell us about it in class next week.

If your parents are happy for you to do it, you could try making a soap sculpture by carving a block of white soap into an interesting shape. Use a lollipop stick, but nothing sharp!

So, we’ve got a week off school.  I hope that you’ll all enjoy the chance to relax.  Maybe you’ll have a go at one of Mrs Lear’s entrichment activities, and finsh one of the book club book if you’re reading them – remember to add your thoughts onto the reviews on docs. 

I’d like you all to log on to docs and complete the different chapters for your quest.  Remember to look in the folders shared with me bit on the left to find your group’s work.  

Be good and enjoy the week; see you all on the 22nd.

So, we’ve been thinking about how people have words of wisdom, rules and laws. We’ve looked at the Ten Commandments too.

How do these things help people?

If you could write a few laws to help improve the world, what would they be? What does the world need now?

Share your thoughts in the comments…

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