On Sunday 10th November, our School Captains played a key role at the Little Hadham Village Remembrance service as they laid a poppy wreath on behalf of all at Little Hadham Primary School. It was incredibly moving to hear the names read aloud of those individuals from our village who had lost their lives in the Great War.
On Monday 11th November, we led a whole school Remembrance assembly. Our Captains had asked all children across the school to make a poppy to wear for this special assembly. In Willow Class, we made pinwheel poppies. How wonderful to see a sea of poppies of remembrance!
Our Captains shared information about the First World War and the signing of the peace agreement. They told us how at 11 o’clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns fell silent and the fighting stopped. Our Captains then shared information about the significance of the poppy and why people wear poppies. We held a two minute silence and watched a beautiful and evocative video that sees war as experienced by animals in a WWI battlefield. You can click the link here to watch this moving two-minute film. Poppies
In the afternoon, our Captains read the story of Stubby to our children in the Early Years. The story of Stubby is a true story. Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend… and a dog! From an army training camp to the trenches in France, the book tells the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War, sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies and winning the hearts of his fellow soldiers.
Thank you to Belle, Dylan, Abigail and Max for your planning and delivery of these Remembrance activities.
This week, Ralph brought in some photographs of his great, great, great- uncle who served in the First World War. We learnt that he had been injured in combat five times before sadly being killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. Thank you, Ralph, for sharing this piece of your family’s history with us and for sharing your great, great, great-uncle’s story.
In History, we learnt about the Blitz during World War Two. We learnt that the word Blitz comes from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning Lightning War. After learning about the events of the Blitz, we wrote eyewitness accounts of this period.
In English, we used different editing techniques to improve and redraft our flashback writing based on the short film ‘Piano’ by Aidan Gibbons. The editing techniques helped us to focus on key aspects of our writing such as using the correct register and voice throughout our writing and ensured we didn’t get distracted by punctuation and spellings.
We are proud of our final flashbacks and thoroughly enjoyed sharing our writing with each other. You can watch the short film ‘Piano’ by clicking this link. The Piano
This week has been Anti-Bullying week and this year’s theme is Choose Respect, linking beautifully with the work we have been doing on Rights Respecting Schools. We wore odd socks to show we’ are ALL unique and different, and to remind us to be kind to each other and respect each other’s individuality. We designed posters with the theme ‘Choose Respect’ and listened to this year’s Anti-Bullying theme song. You can listen to it here by clicking the link. Choose Respect song
In Science, learnt about how light travels. We created 3D models explaining how light travels in straight lines from a light source, bounces off an object as it is reflected and then continues to travel in a straight line into our eyes.
We tested different objects to see if they were transparent, translucent or opaque.
As the date for our annual Christmas Bazaar approaches, we are putting the final touches to our Christmas decorations and Christmas paper bags. Please fill your beautifully decorated paper bag with goodies such as stickers, pencils, note pad, bubbles, sweets (no nuts, please) etc. and return to school by Friday 22nd November. The filled paper bag stall is always a firm favourite with the children at the Bazaar! Thank you in advance for your contributions.
Have a wonderful weekend.