The Owlets performed a Mothers day song to their wonderful mummies. They also presented them with flower bouquets, biscuits and cards. 

The after school dance group performed the dance moves they had been learning and perfecting this term  to family members. Well done to you all for such a confident performance.

Last week the children focused on the seasons by creating pictures using the natural resources around them and decorating wooden discs.

In DT this half term Snowy Owls are creating a model of a lunar rover. The children have designed their models, focusing on what features are needed and how they can be created using items of recycling. This week the children made the chassis of their lunar rover.

We celebrated World Down Syndrome Day today by wearing odd socks. World Down Syndrome Day is on 21st March every year. The date being the 21st day of the 3rd month was chosen to represent the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.

Barn Owls and Snowy Owls did their own stand up comedy, sharing jokes to their peers. 

In Geography this week, Barn Owls studied the Brazilian city Curitiba. They discovered what is so special about this city in terms of sustainability and the amazing quality of life the citizens that live there, have. The class located the city on the map, drew the overall map of Brazil and then answered - in detail - the main lesson question: O que ha de especial em Curitiba? 
Lots of the class were so inspired by the discussion and talking points, that they have added this country to their travel bucket list. Excellent geographical enquiry and discussion Barn Owls - well done!

This week Barn Owls and Owlets classes have been working together. Barn Owls were given the task of creating a physical obstacle course for the owlets children with the one criteria that the course had to include an element of throwing and catching. Barn Owls created some amazing and very exciting obstacle courses and showed excellent leadership and kindness skills when working with the younger children. 
Owlets commented at the end of the session stating that 'that was the BEST lesson ever!' 
What great teamwork! 

This week in Science Barn Owls explored organs, tissues and cells within the human body. They used playdough to make and create different organs exploring how these vital organs are within our bodies. 

As part of our new Geography topic - Energy and Sustainability, Barn Owls have become very aware of the amount of plastic within our world and two members have approached the company Terracycle and created their own plastic collection point. They then hope that the plastic they have collected can be sent off to Terracycle and then recycled into school items such as outdoor benches, games items and resources. The children have created a clear list of items that can be included and everyday ensure the rubbish is sorted and cleaned. What excellent eco warriors you are! 

This week in Maths, Barn Owls have been measuring angles. They have learnt how to use a protractor correctly and used their mathematical knowledge and understanding to calculate different types of angles whether acute, obtuse, reflex or right. 

An author of a picture book called, Tank the Tooth Fairy came to visit today. Bethany Finnimore read the story which is a fantastic book that spoke about the importance of being resilient. The book looked at how to turn a possible 'weakness' into a strength which we thought was a great moral. After the children heard the story, they were invited to become an illustrator, creating a new page for the book!

In Science, we are exploring materials and how they can change. Today, the Tawny Owls looked at flexible and non flexible solids and conducted an experiment where they concluded that flexible solids could be pulled, squashed, bent and twisted.

The children at Bridestowe enjoyed an afternoon of gardening with Angela from the 'Food For Thought' project. Firstly, they prepared the beds ready for planting. The Owlets have started to plant seeds ready to put in the raised beds. Bridestowe is linked to a school in Uganda through this project and we will be sending them updates from our school very soon. 

The Owlets enjoyed making pancakes where they demonstrated turn taking and fantastic measuring skills. They chose different toppings and even tried new ones. Great work Owlets!

The children in puzzle club completed a puzzle before half term and decided to do it again today. They wanted to do it quicker than before - they managed to complete the puzzle in 20 minutes!

The Snowy Owls enjoyed their first Forest School last week. Across the term they will focus on activities linked to our Geography topic of 'Water, weather and Climate'. They had to work in teams to make water move using different items they could find in the forest school area. 

World Book Day was celebrated in style this year at Bridestowe Primary School. The dressing up was impressive and it was fantastic to see such a variety of characters being depicted from many books. 
The pupils took part in different activities throughout the day such as, shared reading, writing their own book blurbs, reviews of the books that they brought in and Open the Book told a bible story at the end of the day.
We were also delighted to have the grand opening of our outdoor Reading Shed. The Friends of Bridestowe School (FoBS) have worked incredibly hard to fundraise for this outstanding resource. It was a real team effort to get it ready for today. Parent volunteers, staff and their family members have been very busy over the past few weekends to make sure this environment is perfect for pupils to develop their love for reading. It was a delight watching pupils of all ages explore and enjoy this excellent space. 

The Tawny Owls have looked at the key parts of the Christian story, Easter. They then used watercolour to depict a part of the story of their choice.