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'...
