Barn Owls

Barn Owls completed some amazing posters of an imagined trip around North or South America – finding out facts along the way. They are great and the whole school were invited into the hall on Friday to have a look at their hard work.

We were lucky enough to have a Karate Taster session before we broke up for Easter as well as a Golf afternoon. Then this week we began to look at playing Handball.

Barn Owls have looked at the art form of Pointillism this week. They are experimenting with the technique before redrafting a finished painting.

Pointillism is often considered part of the Post-impressionist movement. It was primarily invented by painters George Seurat and Paul Signac. While Impressionists used small dabs of paint as part of their technique, Pointillism took this to the next level using only small dots of pure colour to compose an entire painting. When was the Pointillism movement? Pointillism reached its peak in the 1880s and 1890s after the Impressionist movement. Many of the concepts and ideas, however, continued to be used by artists in the future. What are the characteristics of Pointillism? Unlike some art movements, Pointillism has nothing to do with the subject matter of the painting. It is a specific way of applying the paint to the canvas. In Pointillism the painting is made up entirely of small dots of pure colour.

Barn Owls have enjoyed looking at different countries this week. They have researched flags from around the world and made very accurate copies of them. They explored in detail the continent of Asia and have begun to look at the features of writing a diary. In PE they thoroughly enjoyed an active dance lesson!

Barn Owls have used their class text to create Air Balloons that Phileas Fogg would have escaped in! They worked together in teams and found that they really engaged with the task and worked well in their teams. Barn have also created Pan Pipes and even had a go at playing them as part of their continuing Sound topic in Science.

Some pencil shaped book reports!

Barn Owls have written some wonderful letters using their class reader as their inspiration – thinking of the sites and sounds that they may encounter on their journey around the world

They continue to learn about sound in science and took a closer look at the ear this week

Barn Owls have been investigating how sound travels and were able to get a visual representation using a tuning fork and water. The sound waves could easily be seen – they made quite a splash!

Barn Owls have started their exciting topic Around the World in 80 Days. They looked at maps of the world and planned their own routes around the world.

We made passports and thought about what we would need in our suitcases, using Phileas Fogg’s adventures from the Jules Verne novel.

We have completed some Cartouches  (an Egyptian burial plate which is shaped like an oval that is dedicated to an important deceased person, such as a Pharaoh) and became Pharaoh for the day!