The Year Three Dolphins have been extremely busy the past few weeks designing and making our very own tipi. It all started when we decided that we wanted to improve the look of our school garden. Using our growing knowledge from our Social Studies topic, which has been based on the Native Americans, we combined our Art Design, Science and Design Technology knowledge and skills along to create a TCI-style tipi!

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The parents in Key Stage Two were in for a fantastic treat this Thursday, the 14^th of February.   Children from Years 4, 5 and 6 took part in a gymnastics presentation that was truly breath-taking!

The children had spent the last eight weeks working hard to create and perfect an individual gymnastic routine based on balance. They had to include at least ten balances, at different levels,  including simple, complex and yoga style moves. Their focus was primarily on how they could use their body to hold, balance and most importantly control their movements in these positions.

It was a big step-up from last year’s routines as the children all had to perform their routines individually this year. Moreover they had to include at least two challenges. These could be anything from forward rolls, high dives, cartwheels, handstands, headstands to backward and forward walkovers. The children had to select the challenges they felt most able to carry out independently in a routine.

On the day the children were absolutely amazing. They performed their routines showing off a huge range of skills and ability levels. They all performed to music and did so with grace, poise and a superb effort to control and really hold those balances!

This term, in Osprey class, the Year 1s have been learning how to recognise whether a book or story we read is fiction or non-fiction.  We are remembering that fiction is an entertaining, make-believe story that is not real and non-fiction is true information that gives us facts to explain something.

A non-fiction or information book also has a few other features we have learned about, such as:

• Contents Page: Contents pages are found at the front of the book. They tell you the page number that you can find information on;
• Index: The index is at the back of the book. It has key words and tells you where you can find the information in the book. It is in alphabetical order;
• Glossary: The glossary is at the back of the book. It helps to explain what difficult words mean;
• Pictures: Pictures are used to give more information;
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Thursday 14^th Feb, 9:15 – 10:15am @ Graceway Sports Centre

All children in Key Stage 2 will be participating in our Spring Term PE Showcase next week.

Gymnastics showcase: This term, our gymnastics unit has focussed on balance and all presentations will exhibit an array of skills linked to this theme.  Children in Years 4, 5 & 6 will be presenting their routine individually this year!

Handball showcase mini-tournament: We are pleased to introduce this new sport to our PE curriculum this year. Children in Years 3 & 4 have been refining the skills required to play handball, from positioning and passing to travelling with the ball and shooting. Children have been divided into 4 teams for the mini-tournament.  Each team will participate in 3 games, following a round-robin league format.

The showcase will also be an opportunity to learn more about our second new sport that has been introduced to our PE curriculum this year – squash.

We look forward to seeing as many parents and supporters at the event as possible!

As part of their Science topic this term, Year Four students have been learning about skin.

In Literacy, with Miss Bonnie, they used jeweller’s loupes to look closely at their hands and created a poem while thinking about two focus questions: “What else does it look like?” and “What does it remind me of?”

Here are some examples of their thoughtful poems:

My Hand

Like a whirlpool whirling in the deep blue sea,

Curved lines like a zebra running in Africa,

A sunset lowering over the horizon,

A mountain looming in the distance,

A rope running down a mountain,

Waves crashing down onto a beautiful beach,

Water running down a river in Egypt,

A thin layer of snow lying on my fingertip,

An ice cream cone in a shop,

My hand, so many different patterns!

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Cotton plants can be found growing wild on the roadside here in Providenciales.  They are remnants from a past cotton industry that once dominated North and Middle Caicos and Providenciales.

The Year Four students used jeweller’s loupes to examine a cotton boll and wrote poetry while thinking about two focus questions: “What else does it look like?” and “What does it remind me of?”

Here are a few of their poems:

My Wonderful Cotton

My wonderful cotton, like a big puffy cloud floating in the sky,

Delicious cotton candy waiting for me to eat it,

Snow as white as can be falling from the sky,

The leaves of my cotton like autumn just falling,

The boll as golden as a coin with patterns like a sponge,

I love my cotton and I hope you do too!

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Inspired  by the poetry and illustrations in Mary O’Neill’s amazing book  “Hailstones and Halibut Bones,” children from Year Two and Three wrote their own colour poems using their five sense as a guide.  Here are seven examples for you to enjoy:

From Year Two:

Turquoise

Turquoise looks like a bubbly sea, a blue, blue sky and fresh flowers,

Turquoise feels like fresh air in your hands,

It sounds like blowing grass in the wind,

It taste like mint ice cream,

Turquoise smells like fresh leaves and waving grass,

Turquoise makes me think of happiness and fun.

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Tasty success for the Year 4 gardeners…patience, perseverance, lots of loving and watering has paid off!  Tomatoes galore have been growing and the excitement continues as a new batch are on their way. Snack time has never been so tasty, even for those that really didn’t like tomatoes  “…there is nothing like an organic school-grown tomato!” the children exclaim.

The delicious fruit, vegetables and herbs that have been growing in our garden has even been named –There’s… Larry, Ted, Moe and Crispy the tomatoes, and …Spike the pineapple, Mr Murphy beans, Doogal Parsley, Jivin Chive, Wean the cantaloupe, Rocco the dangerous cucumber and Zigby the banana tree to name a few of  many other culinary characters!

A big thank you to Catherine who has inspired us all with her patience and wonderful green fingers. She has been away for a few weeks but I’m sure she will be pleased to hear that we have been tending the garden well in her absence.

I wonder what we will be feasting on next!