Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Today is Easter Sunday. Have a wonderful day!

Source: Easter Sayings

Good Friday

 Source: holycrossnyc

Today is Good Friday.

Today we remember the day that Jesus was crucified. It is a sad and serious day when we do not have special treats; some families might fast or avoid meat and the church will have no flowers and the statues might be covered. Today we observe the Stations of the Cross and we will hear the story of the Passion.

 Source: googlinggod

This website has the Stations of the Cross for children:

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/index.html 

CARE Awards!

Congratulations to our CARE Award winners for the Spring term!

 
Consideration: Jack N.

Achievement: Jessica

Respect: Jack G.

Effort: Daniella

Well done!

Congratulations to Christopher, who won the class prize for having  the most Class Dojo points this term! Super effort, well done!

Maundy Thursday

Today is Maundy Thursday.

Today is the first day of the Triduum, when we remember the Last Supper. During the Last Supper, Jesus shared a meal with his disciples and then washed their feet.

Source: nairaland

Yesterday, you performed the story of the Last Supper brilliantly at St. Thomas More Church. Keep this in mind as you reflect on the story of Easter this weekend.

A Wonderful Easter Liturgy

Source: stedna.org

Well done for your fantastic performance today. It was a truly special and moving recreation of the Easter Liturgy. The readers were clear and confident, the acting was sensitive and believable and the singing was incredibly beautiful. Well done! We are all very proud of you.

Tomorrow is the last day of term- we will have our CARE awards assembly! Remember to bring in a carrier bag and if you haven't yet spoken to your French penpal on Skype you need to be in at 8:30am tomorrow morning. You can all bring in a small toy tomorrow- nothing electronic, battery operated or valuable please! School will close at 2pm tomorrow!

Egg-cellent Easter Games!

Happy Easter! I hope you are enjoying your break!

Here are some fun games for you to play:

Easter Egg Hunt
This is my new favourite game! It gets much harder after level 3, after level 7 it's really tricky and level 10 is nearly impossible! See if you can complete the game:

Source: http://www.softschools.com/games/puzzle_games/easter_egg_hunt/

Easter Egg Catch

Source: http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/easter/eggcatch.html

Egg Design

Source: http://www.softschools.com/games/educational_games/easter_egg_designer/

Enjoy these games. Remember, do not play any other games or click any links without checking with an adult first.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Today is Easter Sunday. Have a wonderful day!

Source: Easter Sayings

Good Friday

 Source: holycrossnyc

Today is Good Friday.

Today we remember the day that Jesus was crucified. It is a sad and serious day when we do not have special treats; some families might fast or avoid meat and the church will have no flowers and the statues might be covered. Today we observe the Stations of the Cross and we will hear the story of the Passion.

 Source: googlinggod

This website has the Stations of the Cross for children:

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/index.html 

Maundy Thursday

I hope you are all enjoying your Easter holiday!

Today is Maundy Thursday.

Today is the first day of the Triduum, when we remember the Last Supper. During the Last Supper, Jesus shared a meal with his disciples and then washed their feet.

Source: nairaland

This week many Jewish families will be celebrating Passover. This is a very special week for Christian and Jewish people around the world. 

Source: beth-david.org

Watch this short video to remind yourself of the Easter story:

We went to St. Thomas More to watch Year 5 and the choir tell the story beautifully last week.
Here are some lovely pictures of the beautiful stained glass windows you made with Mrs Herrera last week, depicting scenes from the Stages of the Cross.

Egg-citing Activities for Easter!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Easter holiday. This week is Holy Week!

Source: albertoenglish

Here are the times of all of the services and masses at St. Thomas More this Holy Week (click to make it bigger and easier to read):

Here are some suggestions for other things you might want to do over the holidays- get out and about with an adult! All of these activities are FREE!

Source: dulwichonview

At The Horniman Museum
These events are all free and start every 45 minutes from 11am - 2:45pm.

Tuesday 31 March: Easter Bunny MessengersWednesday 1 April: Pecking Hens - Use brightly coloured card, tissue paper and feathers to create a little hen, then watch how it pecks!
Thursday 2 April: Pecking HensFriday 3 April: Pecking Hens
Monday 6 April: Bee Headdresses - Create a fabulous headdress with little bees which bounce around your head!
Tuesday 7 April: Bee HeaddressesWednesday 8 April: Leafy Plants Masks - Cover your face with foliage! Make a Leafy Plant Mask to hide behind, then peep out through the eye holes!
Thursday 9 April: Mini Tree Dressing - Celebrate Nature in Fashion by making your own mini tree, then style it and dress it up however you choose!
Friday 10 April: Mini Tree Dressing


At Dulwich Library

Wii Games, Wednesday 1 April, 4pm to 5.30pm. Age 5 to 16.
Make an Easter Bonnet, Thursday 2  April,  2pm to 3.30pm. Age 2 to 12.  
Film Club Harry Potter Season (Cert 12), Thursday 2 April. Age 5 to 8. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.  
Make an Easter Basket, Saturday 4 April, 10.30am to 12pm. Age 2 to 12. Children’s Film Club, Saturday 4 April, 1.30 pm to 4pm. For all the family.  
Wii Games, Wednesday 8 April, 3.30pm to 5pm. Age 5 to 16.
Board Games, Thursday 9 April, 3.30pm to 5pm. For age 5 to 12.  
Film Club Harry Potter Season (Cert 12), Thursday 9 April, 5pm to 8pm. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Cuming Museum Cabinet of Curiosity, Friday 10 April, 2pm to 3.30pm. For all the family.  
Spring Crafts, Saturday 11 April, 10.30am to 12noon. Age 2 to 12.
Children’s Film Club, Saturday 11 April, 1.30pm to 4pm. For all the family.  

Let me know if you try out any of these fabulous workshops and how you get on! Enjoy!

The Selfish Giant

Our production of The Selfish Giant will be performed on Tuesday at 9:30am for the school and at 7:00pm for your families and friends.

Remember that on Tuesday you will need to arrive at school between 6:15 and 6:30pm, in time to get changed and ready for the performance at 7:00pm. Make sure that you have something to eat before returning to school. Your parents, carers and families will go straight to the hall to get their seats and you will come into class.

We are all very excited- the rehearsals have been going brilliantly and we are sure that the play is going to be a huge success.

The Selfish Giant

Today, we held the auditions for our Easter Play! We were blown away by the talent we saw today- everyone put in so much effort and performed wonderfully! Well done. At the end of the day today, we told you which part you would be playing and handed out the scripts.

Over half term, we would like you to learn your lines. Make sure you know the lines you will be speaking, and also the words to the songs- we will be teaching you the music in the first week back.

Remember, the script may not include lots of lines for you, as there are 60 children in Year 4 and everyone needed a part to play! However, there will be lots of extra acting, singing and dancing, as you will see when we start to rehearse. The script does not include all of the things that will happen in the play! You will have lots of opportunities to show off your wonderful talents!

A New Easter Game! Egg Blast!

Collect the eggs that the chicks bring you and blast them at the invading aliens to save Easter!

Enjoy this silly game- Happy Easter!

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/Flash/Easter/EggBlast/index.php

Reminder- Bottle Cap Challenge!

Remember over the Easter weekend to collect bottle lids!  We need you (and your friends and families) to collect as many bottle tops/caps/lids as you can. We will be starting a fantastic new art project after the holidays and will need lots and lots of plastic bottle caps in lots of different colours.

See how many bottle tops you can collect over the holidays- bring them in with you on the first day back at school. The child who collects the most bottle caps will win 2 Class Dojo points! Good luck!

Good Friday

 Source: holycrossnyc

Today is Good Friday.

Today we remember the day that Jesus was crucified. It is a sad and serious day when we do not have special treats; some families might fast or avoid meat and the church will have no flowers and the statues might be covered. Today we observe the Stations of the Cross and we will hear the story of the Passion.

 Source: googlinggod

This website has the Stations of the Cross for children:

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/index.html 

Maundy Thursday

Today is Maundy Thursday.

Today is the first day of the Triduum, when we remember the Last Supper. During the Last Supper, Jesus shared a meal with his disciples and then washed their feet.

Source: nairaland

This week many Jewish families will be celebrating Passover. This is a very special week for Christian and Jewish people around the world. 

Source: beth-david.org

Watch this short video to remind yourself of the Easter story- we all know the story very well after rehearsing and performing our Easter play, but it is a very important week!

Egg-citing Egg-cellent Easter Activities!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Easter holiday! Next week is Holy Week!

Source: albertoenglish

Here are some suggestions for other things you might want to do next week- get out and about with an adult! All of these activities are FREE!

Source: dulwichonview

At The Horniman Museum

Monday 14 April – Easter Mobiles: Create a pretty mobile hung with Easter shapes and images.
Tuesday 15 April – Easter Mobiles: Create a pretty mobile hung with Easter shapes and images.
Wednesday 16 April – Chicks in a Nest: Make your own little chicks from card and create a cosy nest to put them in.
Thursday 17 April – Chicks in a Nest: Make your own little chicks from card and create a cosy nest to put them in.
Friday 18 April – Chicks in a Nest: Make your own little chicks from card and create a cosy nest tp put them in.


At Dulwich Library

Chatterbooks, Monday 14 April 2014, 4pm to 5pm, for children 7 years and over.
 
Kids Writing Workshop, with Neal Zetter, are you a budding writing and would you like to get your work published? Then come along to a great writing workshop, Wednesday 16 April 2014, 11am to 12.30pm for children 7 to 12 years

At Forest Hill Library

Easter Bunny Hat Craft, Forest Hill Library, 12 April 2.30PM to 3.30PM Craft session for 5-11 Year Olds

Let me know if you try out any of these fabulous workshops and how you get on! Enjoy!

A New Easter Game!

Try this fun game- how many points can your Easter Bunny collect? Enjoy! Remember- don't spend all of your time in front of a screen- go outside with an adult, it's a beautiful day!

Good News!

Source: Easter Sayings

Congratulations to everyone involved in the Easter play- it was wonderful! We had lots of lovely comments and compliments about the production. Everyone agreed that it was the best Easter play yet!

Well done children- you worked hard and performed so well- you should all be very proud of yourselves. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we all did.

Thank you to all of the adults who helped us at school and thank you to parents, carers, friends and families who helped to make the excellent costumes and came to watch and support the Middle School.

Have a fantastic Easter!

ACE Awards!

Congratulations to our ACE Award winners for the Easter term!

Achievement: Agatha

Courtesy: Aimee

Effort: Leo

Well done!

Congratulations also to Ella and Agatha, who won the class prize for having  the most Class Dojo points this term! Super effort girls, well done!