“Let every light shine” Matt. 5 v 16

Owls in action!

Welcome to Owls 2024/25.

17-10-24

As part of our Strangers topic we have been inspired by Hans Holbien to draw our own Tudor style portraits.

10-10-24 

Last week we had a visit from a royal messenger. We heard the horse’s hooves coming through Alpington, so we knew it was someone very important. The messenger read out a scroll, telling us Queen Elizabeth I would be visiting Norwich. 

This week we decided to write invitations to her majesty to see if she would kindly stop off at Alpington Primary School on her way to Norwich. 

 We focused on using formal vocabulary and punctuation to write our invitations, after a draft we then edited and wrote them up. We finished them off with a wax seal.

30-9-24 

Today we had a fantastic trip to Cinema City in Norwich.  We watched Kensuke’s Kingdom.  We all loved the film, especially the Orangutans!  Last year we all read the book and today we were fascinated to see the differences and similarities. Once we got back we created double bubbles to compare. 

25-9-24 

Maps 

This week we have immersed ourselves in the first ever printed map of a city in England! The Cunningham map of Norwich. We looked closely at the city landmarks, many of which are still standing today. We applied our skills to write and use 4 and 6 figure grid references to locate different structures.  Or next task will be to compare Tudor Norwich and Norwich now to see what is the same and what is different. 

16-9-24 

This week we have been finding out about the importance of the Mary Rose. We have found out what the Mary Rose was and how all her 19,000 artefacts survived over 400 years at the bottom of the English Channel.  We have looked carefully at the artefacts and organised them into groups.  We have all explained what the artefacts tell us about Tudor life and why the Mary Rose is a unique resource. We have used all this information to write some brilliant paragraphs.

9-9-24 

This week we are focusing on the Tudor Monarchy. We acted out how it all began at the Battle of Bosworth and then discussed why Henry VII married Elizabeth of York. We used our research skills to create the Tudor Family tree and discussed what Hereditary monarchy means. 

Next we will use all our new knowledge to write!