Tigers@taddy

 A huge thanks to our PTA for putting on such a wonderful community event. The Valentine's cafe was a huge success on Monday and it was so lovely to see so many members of our school community enjoying spending time together.

 On Tuesday, Tigers expanded their geographical knowledge about our capital city. They explored London using Google Earth, finding physical features such as the River Thames and human features such as airports and bridges. They researched these landmarks and added them to our London fact wall.

In English, Tigers are studying the book, The Bear and the Piano. This morning, they created expanded noun phrases in the form of piano keys. They listed 2 adjectives to describe a noun and put these into sentences about the book. I'm so proud of our hard-working children.

This afternoon, Tigers composed and performed their own 4-beat rhythms. They created their own notation and performed 3 sets of their rhythms for the rest of the class. The children loved exploring different ways of making sounds with their bodies and were reflective about those methods that made it tricky to stay in time. 

  What a magical Christingle service. Thank you so much to everyone from our village community who joined us. Thank you as well to Rev. Adele and our Giraffes for leading the service. 

 In our topic, 'Bright Lights, Big City' Tigers and Bears have been learning about physical and human features. On Tuesday afternoon, we did some retrieval practice, remembering our learning about physical features. The children then worked out what they thought human features might be. We looked at a check-list of human features and predicted which ones we would be able to spot in Taddington. We then went on a hunt around the village. We were lucky to have Carol Gregory and Mrs Storey with us who shared lots of their historical knowledge of the village. We were able spot an old pub (as well as the current one), an old post office, an old butchers shop and an old village shop, as well as the old school. The children knew the church was a human feature and talked about the cenotaph as a landmark. 

 On Tuesday morning, Olwen and James joined us to make Christingles, celebrating our cherished links with our church community. They talked with the children about the significance of the Christingles and supported them in their making. We are incredibly grateful to the church for providing all of the resources for our Christingles. The children are very excited!