Thursday 30th June
This week in English the children have written speeches for Emmaville’s Oracy Speech Challenge 2022; this year, the title was “If I could be an animal for 24 hours, I would be...”. The children began by planning their speeches on Tuesday and they then worked incredibly hard writing their speeches in the following lesson. The classroom was silent as the children wrote their speeches, they were all so focused on what they were writing in their speeches!
This afternoon, the children delivered their speeches to myself, Miss Scanlon and their peers. Some children were understandably quite nervous, however all of the children read their speeches in front of the class. I was absolutely blown away, by not only the content of their speeches but also their superb oracy skills. The children projected their voices, emphasised particular words and varied the tone of their voices.
After careful consideration, Miss Scanlon and myself selected Grace as the winner from Northern Ireland class for her FANTASTIC speech explaining why she would be an Amazonian pink river dolphin. Well done to all the children in Northern Ireland class and a special congratulations to Grace, for her wonderful speech and superb oracy skills!
What an exciting week we have had in Northern Ireland class! We started our week with an educational visit to Whitley Bay beach and had the most wonderful time. The children participated in a range of beach school activities based on the story “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch”; this is the story we are currently learning in English.
We began by making the Lighthouse Keeper’s lunch with the natural materials that we found on the beach. Then, we used binoculars to try and spot some of the things that can found in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch; such as seagulls and a lighthouse. The children loved having the opportunity to use binoculars on the beach. After a delicious, if not slightly sandy lunch, the children moved onto their next beach school activity; building a lighthouse out of sand! Again, the children LOVED the activity and enjoyed being creative, some children even decorated their lighthouses using shells and seaweed. For our final activity we had to move onto the grass as the tide began to come in; the children did a drama activity imagining they were the three pesky seagulls from the story who steal Mr Grinling’s lunch! We had a fantastic day, from start to finish. The children were a pleasure to take on the trip and it was wonderful to see the children have such an enjoyable time on the beach.
The excitement of the week continued on Friday as we had our annual “Rainbow Fun Run” at school. The children came dressed in the brightest, boldest clothes possible ready to complete the rainbow run! The children of Northern Ireland class absolutely loved taking part in the fun run and the support that they showed to one another was amazing. The children cheered one another on and celebrated everyone has they passed through the rainbow balloon arch. We were then very kindly rewarded with a sticker and an ice lolly to help us cool down.
We’ve had such an exciting week and the children have been absolute super stars. I’m so proud to be their teacher and see them embrace every opportunity with a smile and a positive attitude. Well done Northern Ireland class!
Miss Kenyon x
Friday 10th June
We had a great art lesson this week learning about Pop artist “Andy Warhol”. We spent time learning about Andy Warhol and his life, then we studied some of his most famous pieces of art and shared our opinions on his work. The children agreed that they loved the bright, popping colours that he used in his work. After spending time studying Warhol, we felt inspired to have a go at creating our own versions of his famous "Campbell’s soup can" using coloured pencils. The children focused on colouring within the lines, not scribbling and using contrasting colours.
The boys and girls in Northern Ireland class did a wonderful job and are I know they are very excited to continue with our Pop Art project in the coming weeks. Well done artists!
Miss Kenyon x