Zarafa

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Today, as part of our Black History Month celebrations, we visited Dulwich Picture House Cinema to watch a wonderful film.

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First, we had a fascinating talk about the history of Africa, then we began to watch the beautiful animated film, 'Zarafa'.

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Can you remember where the main settings of the film were?

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What can you tell me about the true story that the film was based on?

Invitations to the Jungle Dance!

We loved reading 'Giraffes Can't Dance'. We used ICT to create some invitations to the Jungle Dance. Can you spot some excellent flattery and persuasive language? Have all of the invitations included the essential information for the dance?

Friendship Week- Giraffes!

This week we celebrated Friendship Week in school. Every class in the school read the fantastic 'Giraffes Can't Dance' and used it to do lots of activities. On Friday, we watched a wonderful class assembly by St. Patrick's Class in which they performed the story with some outstanding dance moves!

All week, all of the classes in the school have worked closely with their year group partner class to make a beautiful Gerald the Giraffe. We all used our teamwork skills and cooperation to make a shared piece of artwork.

Here is our wonderful Gerald the Giraffe, created by the children in Year 4 and made from all of the juice boxes that were kindly donated!

Here are the other amazing giraffes from all of the year groups in the school, plus the After School Club. Click the pictures to make them larger: