Ancient Egyptian Crafting

By Miss L STEWART23rd January 2018

During our visit to the Hands on History Museum today, we used our creative skills to create some papyrus paper which the Egyptians used to write on. We carefully weaved the stems from the papyrus plant and firmly pressed it between a sheet of paper. We will let the papyrus dry out at school so as to hopefully create our own papyrus to write on.

Mummification

By Miss L STEWART23rd January 2018

We have had a great Mummification session with Naomi at the Hands on History Museum. Our Egyptian Queen was prepared for the mummification process and Anubis, the Egyptian God of Mummification, observed to make sure everything was completed correctly.

Egyptian Artefacts

By Miss L STEWART23rd January 2018

Year 3 have been exploring and investigating many Egyptian artefacts at the Hands on History museum this morning. We have learnt lots of interesting facts and information to build upon our prior learning. Finding out that the ‘Mummy’ is actually real was a true shock for some!…but a super educational time was had by all.

Y4 Sporting Heroes

By Miss L STEWART26th October 2017

Year 3 had a great time at the Hull FC Sky Try Inter School Tag Rugby competition. The children demonstrated great teamwork skills and sportsmanship and were a credit to our school.

We are proud to say that we won and would like to congratulate all the other schools which took part! A huge THANK-YOU to Rich and his team for arranging the event too!

STEM Challenge

By Miss L STEWART19th September 2017

The children in Year 3/4 recently embarked on a Phase STEM challenge to create a ‘Spaghetti Structure’ which was strong enough to stand unsupported! Spaghetti and marshmallows were the only materials the children could use to create their structures. Ideas and designs briefs were shared within groups before the children got on with the task. Children had to decide whether the power of triangles or squares was the best design feature to use in order to create a strong spaghetti structure. Great teamwork, skill and creativity was demonstrated and lots of fun was had by all!!!

2D Shape Challenge!

By Miss L STEWART18th September 2017

Miss Stewart’s Y3 Maths class had to work collaboratively to identify and sort 2D shapes in as many different ways possible! The children demonstrated super teamwork skills and were confident in sharing their great knowledge and understanding of 2D shapes!!

‘Wired Differently’ Performance

By Miss L STEWART28th June 2017

Once again our ‘School Council’ were invited to attend the dress rehearsal of the ‘Wired Differently’ performance at Ganton at Sirius. Students had worked alongside a play-write for the Hull City of Culture to create a truly amazing performance, which identified and celebrated that we are all different and that there is no such thing as ‘normal’!

Well done to all involved and a HUGE, HUGE ‘THANK -YOU!’ from all of the Christopher Pickering ‘School Council’ and both Miss Stewart and Mrs Pearson!!!

Right Angle Investigation

By Miss L STEWART14th June 2017

Miss Barnett’s Maths class had fun investigating right angles in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments. We created our our own ‘angle-eaters’ to help us find and record where right angles could be found.

Rights Cafe

By Miss L STEWART26th May 2017

The children in our School Council were once again privileged to visit Ganton Secondary to attend the ‘Rights Cafe’ which was hosted by the young people in Venus class. A wonderful time was had by all and we were even lucky enough to enjoy the glorious weather!
Thank you Venus class!!!

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Rights and Responsibilities

30th April 2017Miss L STEWART

Children from the Christopher Pickering School Council were privileged to attend Ganton Academy to work alongside the students in Venus class. Work was undertaken on the ‘UN Convention of the Rights of a Child’ whereby the children identified and discussed some of the articles held within the charter. We also undertook some role play activities where we collaborated and acted out significant articles for other groups of children to identify. The children then conducted a QR code hunt using I-pads to match the article numbers to relevant information given. A super morning was had by all, children and staff alike!!! Thank you Venus class!!!

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