Highlights of 2015!

As we begin a new year, we look back at our achievements in 2015. Here are just a few of our favourite moments:

In January, we met Doctor Who for the first time and designed fabulous ink maps of new worlds for him to explore in his TARDIS:

We also worked with Mrs Herrera on this fascinating experiment, to make our own clouds!

In February, we made our Barbie Weeping Angels, as part of our Doctor Who topic:

We then began our adventure into Epic Citadel and made wonderful Animoto film trailers:

By Darcy

In March, we celebrated World Book Day with costumes and Extreme Reading:

We performed our marvellous Easter play, 'The Selfish Giant':

And, we designed and built our own Anglo Saxon model village:

In April, we began to learn about the Titanic:

We wrote this incredible poem as a class, inspired by 'Kaspar, Prince of Cats':

Shock

What's wrong?

Could it be true?

Shock hits me like lightning,

Falling off a cliff,

A thought as deep as the sea.

Heart pounding,

Jaw dropping,

Stomach churning,

Throat burning,

Brain bursting.

My blood freezes,

Unstoppable pain,

Attacks me like a tiger.

Surrounded by darkness.

By St. George's Class, 2015

And, we used pedal power to make scrumptious smoothies:

In May, we made some enormous underwater artwork:

Held our own General Election (won by the Vision Party, after campaigning and a Question Time debate):

And went on an awesome adventure in Central London, to visit the various settings of 'Kaspar Prince of Cats'. We had a behind-the-scenes tour of the Royal Opera House, went to Simpsons on the Strand, visited the Savoy Hotel and went for a walk in Kaspar's favourite Victoria Embankment Gardens:

In June, we began to learn about the fascinating country of Togo. We had an African adventure at the Horniman Museum:

Did some delicious cooking with Mrs Cook and Mrs Herrera:

And created some beautiful artwork in the style of Togolese artist Joseph Amedokpo and lanterns with designs inspired by the landscape in Togo:

In July and August, we ended our school year with a trip to the new East Dulwich Picturehouse, which has been built on the original site of our school:

We had a very special visit from Monsieur Davi, a Togolese teacher, who came to tell us all about life in Togo:

And we spent some time playing our favourite maths games:

In September, we began Year 5 and loved learning about inventors and inventions. We read the wonderful 'The Templeton Twins Have an Idea' and learned about famous inventors throughout history.

We wrote persuasive letters:

We went on a fantastic trip to the Horniman Museum:

And had an incredibly successful first Cross Country competition, winning all of the medals for Year 5!

In October, we continued to learn about inventors- and became inventors ourselves!

We 'wore it pink' to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer Care:

We wrote a marvellous poem about being kidnapped, inspired by the Templeton Twins:

And had a great time visiting the M.C. Escher exhibition and permanent collection at Dulwich Picture Gallery:

In November, we began to learn about World War One:

We started our 'free writing' project and learned about Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est':

We were very fortunate to visit the Dulwich Picture Gallery again, to design and make some WW1 medals:

In December, we visited the Imperial War Museum:

Our trip inspired some more marvellous free writing:

We enjoyed reading and writing about 'The Silver Donkey' by Sonya Hartnett, and even made some silver donkeys of our own:

We ended the year by celebrating the end of the war, with an Armistice Day party, with dancing, speeches and toasts with "champagne"!

Finally, Christmas arrived in St. Clare's!

What a wonderful year! These are just a few of our many highlights of 2015.

We are now looking ahead to 2016 and our new topic, 'Kings and Knights...and the Lady of Shallot'...