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  Giraffes had a very busy morning reflecting on the events of Good Friday. Using music, symbols, words and song, we told the story of the cross.  Watch out for our video...coming soon!

Remembering the events of Maundy Thursday, we made flatbread yesterday.  We flavoured the bread in a variety of ways using herbs and seeds.  This afternoon, we enjoyed cooking our bread over the fire in the woods.  It was delicious. Just like at the last supper, we enjoyed the fellowship and food.

We reflected on the events of Maundy Thursday, expressing our thoughts through art. Freya captures the moment when Jesus washes one of his disciples' feet.  John 13: 5-10 Jesus took the cup, saying, "This is my blood."  Can you spot Judas? Joshua painted him with a  red face to show his guilt.. Jesus and the twelve disciples at the last supper. How has Annie made Judas stand out? Jonny has made the distinction between Jesus and his disciples? Who is leaving? Can you see the darkness creeping in?  What is the mood of Estella's painting? Can you spot the footprints on the floor.    Jesus shocked the disciples when he told them that one of them would betray him. Judas  is creeping out. How has Freyja hinted at the time of day? Jesus blesses the blesses the bread and the wine. Can you see how Beth has reminded us of Jesus'  triumphant entry into Jerusalem? The last supper painted by Cairon. 

  Giraffes have been investigating the events of Palm Sunday . We explored Matthew 21:1-11. As Jesus and his followers appraoched Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives. From there Jesus sent two of his followers and said to them, “Go to the town you can see there. When you enter it, you will quickly find a donkey tied there with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone asks you why you are taking the donkeys, say that the Master needs them, and he will send them at once.” Matthew 21:1–3 There were two donkeys. We wondered ... How did he know that the donkey would be there? Had he arranged this? Or did he just know? This was to bring about what the prophet had said: “Tell the people of Jerusalem,     ‘Your king is coming to you. He is gentle and riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey.’” Matthew 21:4–5 Jesus usually walked wherever he went. The prophecy came true. The donkey wasn't grand like a horse. Jesus wasn't showing off. ...

Today we learnt about soil and how compost is made. We even made our own compost bins! We used the bottom half of a 2 litre bottle as our bin and step by step we collected everything we needed to create it. We included rocks, soil, food waste, shredded paper, water and even worms! We then covered it so the worms were in the dark, ready for them to eat the food and create compost. You can do this at home too!   

Wow Giraffes, Showing great resilience and determination, you have worked your socks off last week despite the difficult circumstances. I thought I would do a quick post showcasing some of your super work. Our exciting book Beowulf has inspired some fabulous writing... In Maths Y5s have been working on multiplication and year 6s have been having fun with fractions!  Keep up the great work, Mrs W.

 We all made the most of the first snow of the year this afternoon 

Giraffes have been doing some tests this week, ✎ but we found time to make this advent calendar  to help us count off  ⌛  the days until Christmas 🎄 . Each day, we will have a bit more of the Christmas story to tell us about the journey to Bethlehem 🐎   and the magic of Christmas . There is also a chocolate treat! The origami stars were a bit tricky to fold, but we didn't give up and they look stunning on the window.

 This afternoon the Giraffes started to make reindeers for Christmas decorations. To do this they sawed the wood to make the body and head using a bow saw.  While others whittled the legs and neck. To finish the session we made a fire using a flint and steel and toasted marshmallows on the end of the sticks that they had whittled. It has been a brilliant afternoon, the Giraffes showed such perseverance when using the tools and are growing in confidence each week.

A room filled with concentration, smiles, fun and music.  Magical ukulele playing from giraffes and leopards this afternoon. It sounded fabulous.

 We've had a whale of a time this afternoon, despite the rain! We set up a game of 'smugglers run' where the 2 teams of children had to work together to smuggle the 'rum' from one 'barrel' on the field to another at in the corner of the woodland. They had to watch out for the pirate, who tried to catch them and either tip out the rum or ask them to complete a forfeit. I was very impressed with the lengths the giraffes went to in order to avoid being caught (throwing water at me, the pirate, top deter me from catching them in the future) and the way they worked together to try to smuggle as much rum as they could.  Well done leopard, I thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon with you.

Towers of multi link and smiles all round this morning while investigating equivalent fractions. Cool music too.