European Cooking!

Here is a video with photos of the children cooking European recipes and selling their food after school for their parents to try.

Enjoy!
Mrs Thomson

Y1 and Y5 dance the Tarantella

As promised, here are two videos of the Y1 and Y5 children dancing a typical Italian dance: The Tarantella. It must have taken hours of practise but it was worth it. Hard work and perseverance do pay off!

Molto Bene!! Well done to both classes!!
Mrs Thomson

EUROPE IS MY HOME - ASSEMBLY

All children at St. Faith's have spent the last Term learning about our partner countries and preparing a presentation for each other. They have learnt dances, played outdoor games, researched facts about the countries, cooked some of their foods and produced Art work. All of this wonderful work is now displayed in the main hallway and it would be great if parents could spend some time reading (and learning!) about each country.


We have worked in buddy classes, each in charge of a country:
Nursery and Y3 - Turkey
Reception and Y4 - Poland
Y1 and Y5 - Italy
Y2 and Y6 - Spain


Having practised and prepared our materials, each group then presented it to the school so that we could all learn from each other. We had two fantastic assemblies to celebrate their effort and hard work! At the end of each day, some children from each class set up a selling stall and sold what they had cooked for their parents to try. Wasn't it all yummy?! :)


Below is a video with some photos of the two assemblies. Not everything is included in it, but we will upload everything the children have done very shortly. The backing track is called "Ode to Joy" by Beethoven and is considered to be the European Anthem.

Still to come in further posts:
- Y1 and Y5 dance the Taratella
- Y3 do a Turkish dance
- All children cook delicious recipes


Once again, very well done to all children and teachers from St Faith's. The work you have produced was OUTSTANDING!!!


Happy Easter to everyone!
Mrs Thomson

Year 2 parle français!

Year 2 class have surprised us all today with a fantastic mini role play of some of their recent French learning. They have been leaning about the Weather and Days of the Week.

Here's a video of their performance!



Super les enfants!!!

Ceilidh Dance by Years 3 and 4

Years 3 and 4 have put together a video where they show off their dance skills. They have been practising a ceilidh (Scottish Country Dance) called The Dashing White Sergeant. Here they are: 

Here are some basic instructions:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 (turn)

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, (stop. Get into 2 groups of 3 facing each other)

Out, in, dance with your partner

Out, in, dance with your partner

Dance with your partner, Dance with your partner, Dance with your partner (Back to threes)

1,2 (forward), stamp, stamp, stamp

1,2 (backward), clap, clap, clap

1,2,3,4 (one of the threes goes through the other three)

5,6,7,8 (join another three that walks towards them)

Start again

Top Tip: In each group of 6 children decide who is the group of three that only lifts arms up to let the other group pass. This group should not move on. Instead, they should be joined by a moving three. 

Next half term, children from Turkey, Spain, Italy and Poland will be learning this dance. We will be learning one of their dances too. We can't wait to show you the final result!

Teeth and Healthy Eating

Our lovely school nurse, Fiona, visited Year 3 today to talk about Teeth and Healthy Eating. Here's a snapshot of our learning!

If you're not sure how to, when or why brush your teeth, be sure to ask Year 3! They are experts now!

Try to answer our small Quiz now by writing the answers in the comment section with your name and class:

1. When should you brush your teeth?

a) After Breakfast and Before Dinner

b) After Breakfast and Before Bed

c) Before Breakfast and Before Bed

2. How should you brush your teeth?
a) Up and down, starting at the top
b) Up and down, starting at the bottom
c) Sideways, starting at the top
d) Sideways, starting at the bottom

3. What is a good way of keeping your teeth fresh if you don't have your tooth brush handy?
a) Put toothpaste on a finger and brush
b) Drink water
c) Drink milk

4. How can we take care of our teeth? 
There are three things you can do. Check the video for the answer.

Good luck!

Packed Lunch Policy

The children of St Faiths have voted and made up guidelines for a healthy packed lunch. A healthy packed lunch should help improve your child’s attention, behaviour and learning.

The children have used a traffic light system to sort food.

Green foods - You can have as many as you like every day!

Fruit

Vegetables

Fish 

Yoghurt 

Fruit Juice

Salad 

Chicken

Fromage Frais

Dried Fruit (such as raisins)

Amber Foods - Two from this group each day.

Bread 

Bagels

Pasta

Rice

Eggs

Cheese

Meat

Red Foods —One from this group.

Cake

Cereal bars

Chocolate Spread

Crisps

Cheese Strings

Desserts (including yoghurt based ones where you add sweets or chocolate)

Biscuits

Jelly

Crackers

Mini Cheddars

Cheese Dunkers

The following items the children have decided SHOULD NOT be in Packed Lunches:

Chocolate 

Pepperami

Fizzy Drinks 

Sweets

Lunchables 

Sausage Rolls

Fruit Winders 

Nuts

Chocolate drinks

Juice based drinks such as Fruit shoots (many so called juice drinks are really only juice flavoured sugary water)

We now leave you with some ideas for Healthy Sandwiches:

- Tuna and sweetcorn

- Ham and coleslaw

- Egg and tomato

- Chicken and Salad

- Humous and celery

- Cottage cheese and pineapple

In addition to all this, there are Packed Lunch Targets each week which are set and checked at lunch time by our lovely Teaching Assistants.

We hope the above was informative. If you've got any questions, just leave us a message and we'll try to answer them here.