The Winter Olypmics in Sochi

Source: http://www.sochi2014.com/en

The Winter Olympics are here! Have you seen any of the exciting sports on the television?

Take a look at these fantastic websites to find out about the Winter Olympics, then answer the quiz below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/2014

 http://www.timeforkids.com/minisite/2014-sochi-olympics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/26067349

1. In which country is Sochi located?

2. Which country currently has the most medals?

3. How many medals do team GB have?

4. Which of the Winter Olympic sports would you most like to try? Why?

Rosa's Super Russia Picture

Take a look at this beautiful picture drawn at home by Rosa. Can you spot lots of the things we learnt about Russia in her picture? What can you see?

Well done Rosa!

Russian Dolls

As a part of our Russia topic, we have been admiring some Russian nesting dolls. We have lots of beautiful dolls in our classroom and this week we decided to make some of our own. Here are some photos of us making our dolls and some lovely examples of finished sets.

Firebird Puppets

This week we have finished our Firebird topic. I am sure you will agree, these firebird puppets are a stunning way to complete our unit of work. Well done everybody!

 

 

A Special Visitor

Source: Royal Ballet

Today we were very lucky to have a special visitor; David Pickering. He dances for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. He came to teach us about the ballet of The Firebird, which he has performed in himself! He taught us lots of movements and helped us to use proper dancer's posture. We worked in groups to make different shapes with our bodies and move between them in interesting ways. We even got to leap like a firebird!

Source: Royal Ballet

Did you enjoy our ballet lesson today? What was the highlight for you?

Bomomo Kandinksy Pictures

Today we used a great website called 'Bomomo' to create some pictures in the style of Russian artist Kandinsky.

It was really fun and we produced some super artwork.

Click this link to make some of your own at home: http://bomomo.com/

Visit Russia!

This week your homework was to create an advert or poster persuading people to visit Russia. There were so many wonderful examples that I have made this slideshow, so that you can look through them and be convinced to 'Rush to Russia'!

Click through the slides to see the posters and adverts:

Around Our Classroom This Week

Take a look at these pictures of our classroom this week. You can see that we have been learning all about Russia and the Firebird.

What else can you spot?