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It’s been a busy week so far, with lots of sculpting, printing, drawing and bird feeding happening.
On Wednesday, we took time to stop, think and reflect about all the men, woman and animals who have lost their lives serving their country. The children produced some amazing artwork to create a couple of remembrance displays.
This morning we set off down to Capel’s Mill to begin our canal walk. We walked all the way to Wallbridge Basin, where the Thames and Severn Canal meets the Stroudwater Canal.
Can you remember the place and meanings of these canal terms?
**wharf
basin
lock
water level
goods
barge
fish pass
narrow boat
towpath**
Quartz are in the process of writing and publishing our own story books. We look forward to sharing these in the coming weeks but in the meantime, here we are making print blocks which will be used for printing designs on our books’ front and back covers.
With parents’ evening approaching, we thought it would be lovely for you to see what your children have been up to. We may not be able to meet face to face but both myself and Mrs Jowers look forward to talking with you all over the phone both Tuesday and Wednesday. I hope you are as proud of your children as we are. They have settled in quickly and are already producing wonderful pieces of work.
To celebrate ‘World Maths Day’ we took part in a range of activities. Have a look at our photos to see just how much fun we had!
Inspired by our class book “A River” by Mark Martin, we have published our own concertina books.
We wrote about a journey along the Stroud canals and then made multi-media illustrations using pastels, inks, collage and tape. We also designed and printed our front and back covers.
Here are the beautiful results!
This term, the children have carried out a range of experiments looking at materials and their properties; thermal conductors and insulators; electrical conductors and insulators; dissolving and irreversible changes. The children are beginning to use scientific vocabulary to explain their results. It has been a great topic for us to get into this term. Just have a look at how busy we have been and how much fun we have had learning all about materials.
Over the last few weeks, we have been looking at the digestive system. We also looked at the functions of all the basic parts of the digestive system in humans. To consolidate our learning, we took part in an extremely fun yet messy experiment. This experiment showed us just what goes on inside our bodies.
Quartz Makers!
Class Blog:
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Another week of missing you all
22 January 2021
It has been lovely for me and Mrs Jowers to speak to you all again this week. I know Mrs Ward has also enjoyed talking to some of you too. We are all missing you lots but receiving your emails telling and showing us what you have been getting up to have been lovely. Have a lovely weekend all of Quartz children!
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Family walks!
21 January 2021
We received another lovely emailed this morning. IJ has been busy creating a beautiful flower picture. This really cheered me up! She has also been enjoying lots of lovely walks with her family. Try to get outdoors into the fresh air as much as you can xx
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Fun at home!
21 January 2021
Just look at GW’s amazing dragon picture and then her amazing dragon creation, bringing him to life! It has been lovely to hear how GW is getting on at home with both her home learning but also how she is enjoying her family walks. We really do enjoy receiving emails like this! Mrs Barrett :)
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Dragon!
21 January 2021
Just look at SB’s dragon! Isn’t it great? Thank you for sending this to us. Me and Mrs Jowers have really enjoyed all the dragon pictures this week :)
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Potato Printing!
20 January 2021
Just look at SST’s and MDJ’s amazing potato print artwork! They are truly wonderful masterpieces. Thank you both so much for sharing them with us. Mrs Barrett :)
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An email really cheers us up!
19 January 2021
We are missing you all so much! It is so lovely to receive emails from you telling us and showing us with pictures what you have been up to. Receiving pictures of maths and English work really made me smile today :) Thank you NW and AW for sharing. Mrs Barrett :)
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Dragon Drawing!
19 January 2021
For tomorrow’s English lesson, you will be drawing your own dragon! You will then start thinking about adjectives to describe what your dragon looks like and its’ personality.
Here is a link to Rob Biddulph’s page where he teaches us to draw a cartoon dragon. Have a look if you would like to or you can just create your own :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GksHARkuYEU
Follow the link below too, if you would like some help with adjective choices.
https://stroudvalleyschool.co.uk/perch/resources/t-cr-7648-dragon-adjectives-cards-ver2.pdf
Don’t forget to send us pictures of your wonderful creations,
Mrs Barrett :)
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RK's Amazing Dragon!
15 January 2021
We have just received a lovely email with RK’s amazing dragon picture attached! Just look at it! We absolutely love R’s colour choices. Wouldn’t you like to swim with this dragon?
Mrs Barrett and Mrs Jowers
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NW's Amazing Dragon Poem
14 January 2021
I hope you all enjoyed listening to our story ‘Tell me a dragon’ today. NW enjoyed it so much that he used a quill to write an amazing poem based on the book. NW even used the quill to draw his picture!! Myself and Mrs Jowers are very impressed!! Remember, if you decide to make a quill or any of the other ideas I recommended then please do send pictures of your work to us.
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2Email
14 January 2021
Me and Mrs Jowers have enjoyed catching up with you all on the phone this week. I have really enjoyed helping you over the phone with some things you are finding hard. Just remember you do not need to wait until our weekly phone call to ask for help. Use the 2Email function on Purple Mash to email me and Mrs Jowers to ask for help or clarification on your work too :)