Friday, 17 May 2013
Friday, 10 May 2013
Earl Soham Museum
The amazing array of artefacts produced by children in years 3-5 during activity week is now available for viewing on the school website. Earl Soham Museum will remain available via a link on the Resources page of the website. You can also follow the direct link below to access the site.
We hope you enjoy looking at the fantastic finds and ancient artefacts on display.
We hope you enjoy looking at the fantastic finds and ancient artefacts on display.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Blog Comments
Unfortunately, we have recently been receiving a lot of spam comments on our blog posts, with anonymous users leaving a comment and link to their own sites. All comments are moderated before being published on the school blog, so you will not have noticed these, but I have been receiving multiple comments each day, which naturally take time to review and reject. I have therefore taken the step of preventing anonymous users from leaving comments, which will hopefully allow us to more easily report any spam messages. This means that to leave a comment, you will now have to log in with a Google account. I know this is an extra step, but I hope that you will understand why this is necessary.
Thank you for understanding, and please do keep leaving us comments.
Mr Mansell
Thank you for understanding, and please do keep leaving us comments.
Mr Mansell
Friday, 3 May 2013
The Trial of Goldilocks
This week in literacy, we have been continuing our work on fairytales by investigating the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We read Roald Dahl's version from Revolting Rhymes, and the more traditional version of the tale and posed the question: Was Goldilocks in the wrong and should she be punished for her actions?
We decided to put Goldilocks on trial and so set up our classroom as a courtroom which saw the children swear their oaths before the judge.
Mrs Exton was defending Goldilocks and did a magnificent job. Several witnesses were called, who did some quick thinking and brilliant improvisation. Who knew, for example, that Goldilocks' had a complex home life and that she was having severe behavioural issues at school which resulted in a challenging attitude towards authority?
Despite the mounting evidence against her, the jury were unable to reach agreement and we were left with a hung jury. Goldilocks will be released on bail pending a retrial in the coming weeks.
This drama will be followed up next week with some work on writing balanced arguments.
We decided to put Goldilocks on trial and so set up our classroom as a courtroom which saw the children swear their oaths before the judge.
Mrs Exton was defending Goldilocks and did a magnificent job. Several witnesses were called, who did some quick thinking and brilliant improvisation. Who knew, for example, that Goldilocks' had a complex home life and that she was having severe behavioural issues at school which resulted in a challenging attitude towards authority?
Despite the mounting evidence against her, the jury were unable to reach agreement and we were left with a hung jury. Goldilocks will be released on bail pending a retrial in the coming weeks.
This drama will be followed up next week with some work on writing balanced arguments.
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