Barn Owls

We are now exactly halfway through our school year. Wishing you all a welcome Half Term break, hoping the weather behaves 🤣

This week the Barn Owls worked with their partners to research facts about a Norwich tourist attraction. They used their research to create a fact-file and a careful drawing to share with the rest of the class.

Well, with only 1 week left to go until a half term break, here are some of the things we’ve been up to around the school.
This half term the Barn Owls have been doing gymnastics in their PE lessons with Mrs House. They have been using the equipment and the floor to create symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes.

The Barn Owls had fun in science this week making Magnet Maze Games. They had even more fun playing them!

We enjoyed Chinese New Year treats in Owlets; penguins in Snowy Owls; making up creatures in Barn Owls and some swimming in Eagle Owls.
The Barn Owls are currently reading Dick King Smith’s ‘The Hodgeheg’. They had fun playing with compound words and then making new versions of animals. They also described them using compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions.

In science last week the Barn Owls explored magnets. This week they found out how they actually work and recorded this in their books.

Some of the topics across school this half term include: Antarctica, Magnets, Norwich, Space, The Maya and Music Producers!
In science this week, the Barn Owls enjoyed exploring what they could do with magnets. In their next lesson they will be finding out the science behind their exploring.

January continues with winter warming activities going on inside!!
The Barn Owls have just started their new topic – Norwich Through The Ages. They have been creating topic pages, describing where Norwich is and finding some places of interest that they may like to visit.

Welcome back- Happy New Year to all.
This week the Barn Owls have been reflecting on 2024 and thinking ahead to 2025. They have created medals to show their successes from last year and they have also created resolutions based on things that they would like to achieve this year. They made balloons so that they could ‘fly high’ and reach their targets.

Can you believe there’s only 2 weeks left! Our 3 performances are next week, hopefully you’ve got your tickets! 🎅🏼We also visit Little Melton Church on Thursday (Garnet and Emerald) and Friday (Citrine and Topaz) – see you there 🎅🏼
After their Neolithic day last week, the Barn Owls made persuasive posters to encourage others to visit Gressenhall.
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This week Christmas Play rehearsals have been in full swing!

An excellent week for learning outside the classroom – we had Barn Owls visit Gressenhall and a special Viking visitor for Eagle Owls. We also enjoyed a whole school art afternoon making Christmas wreaths for Little Melton Church.
On Wednesday, the Barn Owls enjoyed a Neolithic Day hosted by the staff at Gressenhall Museum. Due to the inclement weather, they took part in a range of indoor activities learning about various aspects of life in the Stone Age. They learnt about farming, hunting and gathering and about the uses of animals.