On my last few teaching days at Ruyton, I have loved
1) taking our class to forest school:
2) watching our class deliver look at the book worship:
and 3) making some lovely fruit smoothies in DT, inspired by the tropical island of St Lucia:
Author: Mr Arthur
Owls DT – Food tasting
In order to make our Caribbean cocktails, our children from Owl Class tasted fruit this morning, trying potential combinations of flavours.
Owls Field Studies at Forest School
Some photos from Owls’ forest school visit on Monday morning where we carried out field studies, as well as having a good explore.
Owls – Arts Week – Mosaic and Acrylic
For our arts week in Owl Class, Mr Arthur’s days have been spent making mosaic tiles and acrylic layered paints.
With our theme of Italy, the mosaics are linked to the Ancient Romans who believed in the Greek Gods and depicted them in their expensive buildings (rich houses, government buildings, bathhouses). The children researched online for a guide and then spent monday and tuesday tiling with glue and then grouting for the finish. They turned out great!
For the acrylic painting, the children understood that it dries quickly and can be used for detail to be added onto a background. We spoke about brush size, colours that mix well and used Italian landscapes as inspiration for our artwork.
Y5/6 Rounders at the Corbet
Our Owl Class rounders team played excellently today at the corbet. Despite only drawing the first game, we won 2 back to back games, then lost a game to the overall winners in our group stage. We then won our final game after progressing through. We are awaiting final results but I was so impressed by the leadership qualities from some players and the determination to keep going. Our sportsmanship on the whole was great too. Great work Ruyton!
Owls DT – BIRD HIDES
In DT this term, Owls have been tasked with making 3-D structures that are functional, appealing and fit for purpose (bird hides). They have taken to this excellently and we’re excited to see how they turn out!
Owls visit to Ruyton Church for ‘Experience Easter’ Workshop
This Thursday morning, owls visited Ruyton Church for an ‘Experience Easter’ workshop delivered by church volunteers and helpers which focused on the big themes of ‘Holy Week’ such as resurrection and the servant king. They were commended by everyone for awesome listening and participation in the work stations. Well done Owls!
Rabbits reading with Owls
On Monday afternoon this week, Owls read their banded books to the children from Rabbits and then vice versa. Everyone really enjoyed this exciting end to the day.
Owls trip to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Yesterday, Owls (along with dragonflies) went a fantastic trip to Llangollen where we participated in several activities that explained how and why the aqueduct was built. Alongside this, we completed some surveys and sketches that focused on the human and physical geography of the area. It was an amazing day and the children were brilliant!
Corbet Basketball Y5/6
Another great event hosted by The Corbet, as always our children did excellent and represented us fantastically.
