Lower Halstow School

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Today Hawthorn Class created moving warning posters about electricity, this one had supercar sound effects! #DTinaction #Scienceinaction

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Maple Class thoroughly enjoyed consolidating and celebrating learning from their Roman topic by performing an assembly to parents and carers. They even learnt some of the shield formations the Roman's used during combat including Testudo and Cuneum Formate. @historyinaction

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It has been busy in Oak Class this week. Some of the best bits include: making a fruit salad, watching the year 3 assembly and creating role plays for Internet Safety Day! #busy #activelearning

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A sea of yellow could be seen during our celebration assembly as the children were wearing yellow to show their support for Children's Mental Health Week 💛 #childrensmentalhealthweek

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The children from Lower Halstow school got involved in this year’s Children’s Mental Health week by wearing yellow to raise awareness. This week they have also completed activities around the theme of ‘Know yourself, grow yourself’. @Place2Be

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Acorn Class enjoyed visiting Newington C of E Primary School to listen to a talk from the Guide Dog Association.  The highlight of our visit was getting to stroke and cuddle the two guide dogs who had come to visit. @guidedogs #activelearning

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In English Willow Class have been focusing on poetry, creating a list poem & then a rhyming poem on colour. In geography they have compared human features in Kent with Tulum. Well done to those who created a fantastic poster on Stephen Hawking, they all look amazing. #busy

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Willow class enjoyed Maths day on Wednesday. Everyone decorated a fish to create a whole school tessellation. We created detailed images, using tessellation within each fish, everyone’s looked brilliant & we look forward to the final piece. #Mathsinaction

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Maple Class started their DT topic on Levers and Linkages. The class made a prototype mechanism in pairs before we go on to plan our individual moving designs next session. #dtinaction

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Hawthorn class took part in the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch. They took a tally of how many different birds they saw in the school grounds. The birds had to have landed on the ground or in a tree, flying birds did not count! @RSPBEngland

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Clearly, Beech class are a very flexible class as shown in this week's P.E. lesson 🤸‍♀️ #PEinaction

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The children of Beech class quizzed each other to find out which sports they like, love, dislike or hated 🏈 #Frenchinaction

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The children enjoyed creating pieces inspired by this term's artist - Yaacov Agam. #artinaction

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Beech and Oak class will now be safe on the roads after becoming members of the Road Safety Club 🚦#safety

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Yesterday the children at Lower Halstow School had fun trying out circus skills. Everyone tried a variety of skills from balancing peacock feathers on themselves, tight-rope walking, juggling, walking on peddles, spinning plates, hoopla hoops & using a Diablo. #trysomethingnew

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Oak class have been many things this week: scientists, gymnasts and even circus performers! #activelearning

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Maple Class loved their Circus Skills Workshop funded by our generous FoLHS. Particular highlights included balancing a feather, spinning plates and juggling. #perseverance #trysomethingnew @circusallstars

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Fence building, whittling & mud painting were the focus for Hawthorn's Forest School session this week.  Forest School encourages independence, problem solving, perseverance & cooperation as well as allowing everyone to engage with the outdoor environment. #forestschool

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Acorn Class loved learning new skills today, from juggling to plate spinning, they gave everything a go. Thank you to the Friends of Lower Halstow for this treat! #Perseverance #trysomethingnew