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• Y2 Thank you

  Wed 19 Dec 2018

  Thank you to everyone who came to watch the Year 2 nativity!

  We had such a wonderful time performing.

   

  We would also like to say a huge THANK YOU for raising

  £100

  through the donations you made for tea,coffee and gingerbread.

  This money has been sent to

  Cancer Research UK

  This is the charity the pupils voted for in their PSHCE learning.

   

• Y2 Christmas Performance

  Wed 19 Dec 2018

  In the second half of the autumn term the English focus in Year 2 was recounts. We explored newspaper articles and wrote, as eyewitnesses, about how the Great Fire of London started. We stepped into the shoes of Samuel Pepys and wrote a diary entry about our day. Now we have written an article about our Christmas Performance “The Inn-spectors”.

   

  On Thursday and Friday, the 13^th and 14^th of December 2018, Year 2 performed our Christmas play to family and friends. It was called ‘The Inn-spectors’. We had practised for weeks and were very excited. The story is that the Inn-spectors were inspecting the inns of Bethlehem and were shocked to discover that at one inn there were guests staying in the stable, who had a baby! However, once they found out how special the baby Jesus was they were very happy.

   

  First we put on our amazing costumes. We had travellers and soldiers as well as the six Inn-spectors and a flock of noisy sheep and a singing donkey! We walked into the hall and got into our positions. The stage was big!! It was like a theatre. We proudly spoke our words and tried to use our big voices. Our singing was amazing! Everyone was smiling and clapping.

  Here are some of our thoughts:

   

  "When I was singing I felt so happy". – Frankie

  "It was really nice to perform the play with all my friends together". – Lillyanna

  "I was nervous before our dress rehearsal, but now I just want to keep performing it again!" - Max

  "The singing and dancing were groovy!" – Luca

  "It was fun!" – Mark

  "I felt amazing when the audience was clapping" – Haroon

   

  

• Y6 Art Workshop at Cambourne Village College

  Tue 18 Dec 2018

  This term a group of year six pupils were invited to go to Cambourne Village College for an art workshop. We had a fantastic time applying the art and clay skills that we had learned at The Vine as well as learning new skills with Mr Yeates, who is head of Art at The College. We think our fired products look spectacular and are looking forward to taking home. Here are our thoughts:

  Harrison commented, “We learnt how to use different clay techniques to make cool aliens.”

  Ellis, “I learnt how make and add detailed features for my alien.”

  Nieve, “I liked the way we applied our art skills to the clay work.”

  Summer, “I am proud of how my alien turned out once it was fired.”

  Ted, “I learned how to join pieces of clay using sludge, which is very sloppy clay. We had to score both pieces of clay and gently twist them together.”

  Daisy CW, “I was amazed how the kiln worked and that within hours you could create a dry and hard creation.”

  Charlotte, “We all learned what a kiln was and how it fired clay.”

  Owen, “I discovered that if you put two pinch pots together you can make a hollow body and by adding various features you can turn it into an amazing alien creation.”

  Ciara, “I am pleased that I can now take a slab of clay and turn it into an incredibly detailed alien!”

  Hayden, “I learned that the staff at CVC are really friendly and that making things from clay is lots of fun.”

  Thank you to the staff at The Vine and CVC for organising such a fun afternoon’s learning

  

• Smart learning with FS2

  Tue 18 Dec 2018 H Bransbury
  Today pre-school joined FS2 for smart Christmas learning, we enjoyed exploring the FS2 classrooms and outdoor space.  We had a chance to do lots of different activities including painting penguins, handprint angels, made igloos with ice cubes and played with gingerbread dough.  We then joined the whole school for a celebration assembly in the afternoon.

• Italian Christmas Story

  Tue 18 Dec 2018 Hannah Bennett
  In Year 1 we have been learning Italian. We had a story read to us about the Christmas star and have learnt how to say 'star', 'Jesus' and 'Happy Christmas' in Italian. 

  

• Christingle

  Wed 12 Dec 2018
  Our Christingle Service held at Cambourne Church.

  

• Christmas Singing in Year 1

  Wed 12 Dec 2018 Hannah Bennett
  We've been very busy practicing our Christmas songs for our parents this afternoon. 

  

• Year 1 Christmas Singing

  Sun 09 Dec 2018 Hannah Bennett
  Don't forget to come and join us this Wednesday, 12th December, at 2:30 for some festive singing in Amber Class! If you haven't already done so can you please return your reply slip to indicate if there will be 1 or 2 adults attending. Many thanks.

• Year 4 spreading Christmas joy at Darwin Manor

  Wed 05 Dec 2018 Year 4
  Today we visited the residents of Darwin Manor. We performed 6 songs that we have been learning over the term. These included: Rock the Heavens, Midnight, Mamma Mia, Feliz Navidad, Camels and finally, We Wish You A Merry Christmas. We also shared our Spanish Penpal letters and showed off our knowledge of Spanish numbers. Because we have been visiting Darwin Manor for so many years, the residents have very kindly made a donation for us to spend on a new musical instrument. We are so grateful to be able to share our learning with the members of our community. We then had a drink, a biscuit and a good old chat with some of the residents. It was such a success and we are all now very much full of festive spirit. We are really proud of Year 4.