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:

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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'...

Goodbye and Thank You!

We have had a wonderful year! It was very sad to see you all leave, but it has been a fantastic year and I am very happy to have been one of your teachers. Mrs Herrera, Mrs Cook and I have loved teaching you all this year. I'm looking forward to joining you in Year 5!

I would like to say a huge thank you to you all and your parents and families for the beautiful cards, lovely messages and very generous gifts I have received from you this week. Thank you so much, I am very grateful.

Please do come back and check the blog over the summer (and feel free to keep visiting and commenting next year!)- I will be adding some games and fun bits and pieces over the summer to keep you busy!

Thank you all for being a super class- stay safe this summer; have fun and come back in one piece!!

Goodbye and thank you,

Mrs Parrott xx

A Busy Week Ahead!

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Today we had a fantastic trip to the new Picturehouse cinema on Lordship Lane, in a building that used to house our school! We watched a lovely film called 'Home'- we all enjoyed ourselves!

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On Wednesday, we will be watching the Year 6 play in the morning. In the afternoon we will be having our Summer Class Party. If you have kindly agreed to bring in something for our party, please bring it into school on Wednesday morning. Leavers' Evening will be celebrated on Wednesday at 7pm.

On Thursday, we will have our End of Year Mass at school at 2:15pm. Thursday will also be Toy Day in St. George's. You can bring in a toy from home, but it must not be valuable, electronic or require batteries. Do not bring in anything that you are not happy to share! Cards, board games and soft toys are ideal!

On Friday, we will celebrate the ACE Awards assembly at 9am. School will close for the summer holidays at 2pm.

This year, we will not be sending exercise books and folders home until Christmas. However, please still bring in a carrier bag, as there will be some artwork to come home.

One World Week- Togo!

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This week is ONE WORLD WEEK at school. Each class is learning about a different country and the children will be visiting each classroom to learn about the country they are studying and get a stamp in their special passport. We will be taking lots of photos to share on the blog.

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In St. George's Class we are learning about Togo. We will be finding out all about Togo for the next month. So far, we have used ICT to research and complete a fact file about Togo, found Africa and Togo (and many of its neighbouring countries) on a map, we have been reading and writing about 'Akimbo and the Elephants' and we have started some artwork in the style of Togolese artist, Joseph Amedopko.

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Keep an eye on the blog for lots more updates and photos as we learn more about Togo.

This week is a very busy week- today you walked for Africa in our annual fundraising event, tomorrow we will be participating in the annual One World Week Football World Cup, on Thursday we will be visiting all of the classes in the school to learn about their countries and get our passports stamped and enjoying International Evening from 3:45-5:00pm and on Friday we will enjoy St. Patrick's special One World Week assembly. A very exciting week ahead!