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Outdoor Classroom
On Friday it was empty classroom day. As part of our celebration of learning outdoors and our Africa topic Birkacre ventured down to the Garden of Eden to cook bananas – African style!
Great fun was had by all, smearing bananas in butter and sugar unfortunately the weather did not play fair and…
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Africa in Birkacre Class
This week we have been getting underway with our Africa topic. We have made a jigsaw map of Africa naming all the countries within this continent. We have also made salt dough maps of the continent and painted them.
It has been a busy week with tests too! We have practised for Sports Day and…
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A Wonderful Week-End!
This week-end 20 of members of our Birkacre Class celebrated their Sacrament of First Holy communion and Confirmation. They all looked very smart but most importantly they all behaved with real reverence and devotion. The School Choir also attended and sang beautifully.
The children had a…
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Birkacre Measure Up!
This week Birkacre Class have undertaken a number of written and practical investigations for measuring in cm and mm, weighing in g and kg and measuring in l and ml. Well done Birkacre for measuring accurately and converting your units of measure.
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Birkacre Builders!
As part of our rainforests topic we visited the Garden of Eden and built dens or shelters using man-made and natural materials. The children worked in teams communicating ideas and helping each other. The following day the children spent some time in their dens before we celebrated the end of our…
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