In Music this term, Eagle Owls are using technology to create a Hip Hop sound track all of their own. We first learnt what Hip Hop is and then are gradually laying down tracks simultaneously so that they blend together to make a musical track that the pupils have created independently. They are all so individual and all equally good! Have a listen to some of their tracks below.
Eagle Owls also enjoyed another active living history day – with their Viking day to end this part of their history topic. They came in some amazing outfits and home made shields and weapons – thank you to the parents who supported our history days! We made Viking food from viking recipes – Rye Bread, Soda Bread, Cheese and Leek pie and blueberry batter pudding.
Then the children met their Viking visitor who read from a Viking poem, telling of the creation of Viking society. We had our very own God – Rig – who visited many different Viking houses and 9 moons later a new baby arrived to start the classes – Jarls, Karls and Thralls. They had most unusual names!
They were also able to handle Viking materials such as cloth, trade materials and weapons. Those who wanted to could try some non- alcoholic mead from a horn! It was a great day!
The whole school collaborated for a Church art project making lanterns. It was a lovely afternoon.
Eagle Owls continue to learn about how to read music and play increasingly more complicated tunes. This week they have been given the challenge of learning Silent Night on the recorder, if they would like to, to play in the Christmas production!
Eagle Owls have begun reading How To Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell – we are finding it very amusing, and also noting how different the direction of the movie went!
This week Eagle Owls started to use our Orienteering course that we have now set up on school grounds. They used the map to orientate themselves and the things that they could see, in order to find a set of controls that would lead them to a code name. They enjoyed the activity and did a lot of running!
On Friday Eagle Owls participated in the Cross Country Event held by our School Sport Partnership at Earlham Park every year. We had the most ever this year – it seems to draw more and more pupils in, which is fabulous! Thank you to those parents who were able to come and support and to Mrs House and Mrs Graves who spent the day at the event and came back very much in need of a cuppa and a sit down! Congratulations to all who took part.
Eagle Owls completed their Hockey as part of Invasion Games in PE. They have all done really well and it got very competitive in the hall!
Eagle Owls had a lot of fun on Friday with their living history day being Anglo Saxons. They cooked using Anglo Saxon recipes and tasted ‘purple’ carrots ; had a go at writing using RUNES – the alphabet used before we took on the Roman one and reduced our letters to 26; they created a 3D round house and learnt about Wattle and Daub. In the afternoon they were able to have a go at weaving to create a wall that is the wattle, and they used clay to mix with hay and other fibre to make the daub. We finished with a feast where the children tasted the food that they had made in the morning. The outfits that the children made were excellent and they enjoyed having a little use of the weapons in the mound!
Wattle and Daub
The feast, with our noble family table!
Eagle Owls have been continuing to develop their skills of bread making. It was the turn of pizza bases this week and the children worked in groups to decide on toppings. They turned out really well!
