We have had such a busy term—we can’t believe that it is nearly over!

We St Marks CE
hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have! Have a very restful Easter Junior School
break!
26/3/10
By Sahiba And Callum
Rahman Mountain Newsletter 23

On Monday 15th March, we were divided into groups to go to different

classes. I went with Jay but he wasn’t
here so I was all by myself but I didn’t
mind! I went to Miss Blightman’s class.
We all gathered and put our vegetables
down on the chair. Our activity was look-
ing at lots of different vegetables. I
studied the red dragon fruit. It will grow
in Mexico. It is actually the fruit of a
cactus with no shell or hard spikes. In
Mexico, they use it for juice. It’s meant to taste like a cross between a kiwi
and a pear! Dates for your diary:
In the afternoon, we made instruments out *Friday 26th March—
of fruit and vegetables. It was hard to play Reports out
some of the instruments though! *Monday 29th and
During Science week, we also did lots of Tuesday 30th
learning about sounds and how they travel March—Parent Consul-
when people speak. We also did the Mexi- tation Evening
can Wave to show how sounds travel! I also *Wednesday 31st
had to go into Mr Keens class to do some March 3pm –End of
writing about fruit and vegetables and how they grow. We worked in part- term (INSET 1st
ners because the job was really hard and tricky but it was fun! April)
*Monday 19th April –
The rest of the week was great. Year 3 had a
School resumes
visit from Dr Glaze from Tauntons College
*Friday 30th April -
who let us do an experiment to investigate
Peter Pan Day
the best solution to out on plants. It was fun
to see the liquids changing colours! Dr Glaze
also brought in a massive stick insect which
felt really tickly when it crawled on our arms,
and made Miss Blightman go really funny!!
 Year 3 Egyptian Day
Yesterday, Year 3 had a special Egyptian Day. We
made Egyptian bread at 9.30am. We all dressed as
Pharaohs, slaves, peasants and workers. I dressed up Our Museum!
Some fantastic costumes! as a slave. A slave is when you have to do all of the
work for the Pharaohs. In Mr Hawkes class, we made models of shadufs, and in Mrs Bevan’s class we
made cuffs. Here are the instructions: 1. Get a piece of card. 2. Get some tin foil and wrap it around
the card. 3. Get a craft knife and carve a pattern in the foil. 4. Paint over your pattern using ink 5.
Put it somewhere safe in the classroom. In the afternoon, we showed off our projects and things
we had made. At 2.45pm Mr Hawkes did a show all about Egyptians, it was
really funny! Finally, it was time to go home, everyone was cheering be-
cause it had been more than enough excitement for one day!
By Zubair Asghar

Homemade Flatbread

Peter Pan Day Painting Overalls Shop

Another reminder that Friday 30th April
is Peter Pan Day– please
get your costumes at the
ready! Please see Miss
Blightman if you have any
questions—or if you’d like
to join in the fun too!
Please ensure you have Thank you to all those people
an old painting shirt at who brought in packets and
school with your name bottles for our role play shop
on— some children have during Science Week. The
been going home looking children had great fun and en-
rather mucky! hanced their practical Maths
Thank you. skills- we think it will be a
permanent fixture!

Fabulous find of the fortnight— Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2010 winner announced!
The winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2010 is The Great
Hamster Massacre by author Katie Davies.
Nine year old Anna tells how she and her younger brother Tom win the
battle to be allowed to own a hamster each, survive the ups and downs of
ownership and then, when the great hamster massacre takes places, set
about finding the culprit! Anna’s view of her world will amuse all.
The following titles were also shortlisted for The Waterstone’s Children’s
Book Award 2010 – Crowfield Curse, Desperate Measures, Flyaway, The
Girl who could Fly, Love Aubrey, Meteorite Strike, Seven Sorcerers
and The Toymaker. Please let Miss Blightman know if you read any of
these books over Easter, and would like to review them for the newsletter!

PE and Games Reminders: Have a great couple of

Year 3 Games: Tuesday afternoon, Year 3 PE: Wednesday mornings weeks!

Year 4 Games: Thursday afternoon, Year 4 PE: Tuesday mornings Miss Blightman
and the Year 3/4 team
Targets: Children should be bringing home their end of term reports
on Friday. Please read these through with your child and discuss
their targets with them. If possible, it would be ideal if they could
accompany you to Parent Consultation evening so that children under-
stand exactly what they need to do. Thank you!
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