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Passion Week 20^th – 24^th February 2023

Our value for February is passion.  We discussed the importance of making the time to do the things we love and shared some of the things that we enjoy doing.

This week we have been enjoying learning about some of the things our teachers are passionate about.

Mrs Herron shared her passion for music.

We have had a super fun week composing rhythms, melodies and lyrics. We composed and performed music which included rhythmic and rap sections; a melody that used a pentatonic scale and vocals to go above it.  Our lyrics were about something we were passionate about.  We used Djembe drums and glockenspiels.  To help us to remember what we had composed, we learnt how to notate our rhythms and melodies onto stave paper.

On Thursday, Mrs Herron let us have a whole lesson to do something from our list of passions. Most of us chose mindful colouring or football.  Many of us enjoy being active but we recognise when we need a calmer activity. Even when we were colouring, we couldn’t help singing some of our favourite funny songs and getting up to dance. Laughing is good for the soul!

Miss Ferguson shared her passion for horses.

On Tuesday, Miss Ferguson brought her horse into school for all the children to see.  We got to meet him, talk to him and stroke him. Some of us were a little nervous, but it was amazing to be able to be so close and to have a horse on the school field!

Mrs Gray shared her passion for art.

On Friday we spent the day creating art that is inspired by different popular artists.  We created pieces in the style of Picasso, Banksy and Bridget Riley.  We were also inspired by Michelangelo and lay under our tables to draw above us, as he had done so on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.