Our Synagogue and PYO Farm Trip

We had an amazing time picking strawberries and the sun came out for us too! Thank you very much to the ESA for paying for the yummy strawberries, luckily they were a favourite with everyone.
Farmer Max...


Read some extracts from our recounts about the Synagogue below.

On Tuesday we went to Cheltenham Synagogue. First we had to separate into boys and girls and we went in through different doors to different sides of the room! Next a man called Michael talked to us about the Torahs, then he opened the Ark (pictured above) and showed us the Torahs, they were very beautiful. By Rosie

First we went on the coach. When we were there we saw a man who showed us the Ark, it was fun. He told us about the Synagogue and we saw a very small scroll. He told us lots of information and the seats were a bit uncomfortable. By Thomas

There were prayers on the wall. I also found the Ark where they keep the scrolls. Boys and girls went in separate doors. By Joshua W

At the Synagogue there was a man and a lady. The man was called Michael and the lady was called Miriam. At a service if there was not enough room the men would sit on both sides and the ladies would sit upstairs. Michael showed us the ark and he had to pull the curtain. Miriam said all about what Jews do at home. She told us about Jewish festivals. Michael had a kippah and a prayer shawl. We all looked at and touched some Jewish artefacts. In the Ark there were Torah scrolls and they were handwritten! By Joshua R

Week beginning 9/5

As usual we have had yet another busy week. We have had a mixed reaction to our SATs but they are done now and the information from them will be useful to the teachers to support future learning.
As well as carrying out lots of tasks in maths and literacy we have had an exciting visit to see what is growing at our local allotment. Luckily the sun shone for us. We caught up with some of class one working on their patch which was nice and encountered a few scarecrows too! See the pictures above for some of the things we found.
In French this week we had conversations with each other which went very well, Miss Redfearn is a French specialist so is passing on some useful tips!
In PSHCE we started to learn about head lice and we are hoping to produce information leaflets over the next month. We were all fascinated by this subject and some of us have a better knowledge than others!
In R.E we began our topic on Judaism and have identified all the things we would like to learn. It's a good job we are off to visit a synagogue soon as that will answer many of our questions and seeing things in real life is much better than reading about them. We look forward to a more normal week next week!!!
HELP REQUEST: We are in need of (old) tights to make some cress heads in science. If anyone has any to spare please send them in. Thanks