Banksy Class Newsletter
September 2022
Wonderful Watercolours
Banksy class have had a masterclass in landscape watercolour painting from Mr Mills. They have produced beautiful paintings of local scenes.
Residential to Hill End
This week, I had the absolute pleasure of joining Banksy class on their 3-day residential to Hill End. It made me proud that all of the staff and instructors who worked with us said how well behaved and well-mannered the … Continued
Trip to Didcot Railway Museum
On Wednesday 9th March, Year 4, 5 and 6 went to Didcot Railway Museum to support our learning in History this term. We went there on a coach; it was very exciting as this was our first ‘big trip’ out … Continued
Fantastic French!
In French this term, Banksy class have been learning to retell The Gruffalo. Take a listen here. Bien joué!
Our Learning 21.1.22
In Banksy this week, we have been learning about newspaper reports. We have been focussing conjunctions, fronted adverbials, relative clauses and parenthesis. We are in the planning stages and next week we will be writing reports based on the book, … Continued
Anti-Bullying Activities
For Anti-bullying week, Banksy class took part in role play activities. The children were split into groups and given the role of either aggressor, victim, by-stander or spectator. They acted out a scenario, with three different outcomes: no one helps, … Continued
Performance Poetry
On Thursday this week, I was lucky enough to hear some pupils in Banksy class perform their poems. ‘We read the poem The Store of Magical things from The Book of Hopes. We then created our own Mayan god. We … Continued
Banksy Class Langar Meal.
Today, pupils in Banksy class had the opportunity to experience Langar. In Sikhism, it is believed that everyone is welcome in the Sikh holy place, called a Gurdwara. Everyday the Sikh’s provide a meal to all that require one, any … Continued