Welcome to Cherry Class 2024/2025

Last week, our fantastic sports leaders took part in the Active Leaders course and learnt how to lead activities for groups of children. They did an amazing job of creating their own games and delivering these to the Y3/4 children, as well as learning how to risk assess and even give first aid. We are so proud of how everyone stepped into this role and showed enthusiasm and maturity the whole

week!

We have been loving learning about WW1 so much that we decided to make some of our own propaganda posters to try and recruit soldiers. Using printing foam, we carved out messages and images and then printed these in bold colours onto card. There were some very convincing messages!

Cherry class created some WW1 art to commemorate Remembrance Day. We used acrylic paints to make an ombré sunset background. Over the top of this, we layered black silhouettes of soldiers. I’m sure you’ll agree that the results are stunning!

We recreated a famous painting from WW1 - ‘Gassed’ by John Singer Sergeant. Using props, we got into the positions of the soldiers in the painting. We then printed the photo and tea stained it to look like the original.

To begin our history topic of WW1, we have been exploring how the war started and some key events during the war, one of these being the Battle of Somme. Cherry Class re-enacted this battle by separating into the German’s and English/French. With the use of props, we were able to recreate the shelling that went on from the English/French side, whilst the German’s hid in their underground bunkers, safe and sound. We explored how this gave Germany the advantage and why it led to the deaths of so many British/French soldiers in No Man’s Land.

Finding the DNA of a Strawberry

For our first science lesson of the term, Cherry class did a hands-on experiment to extract the DNA from a strawberry. With careful precision, they mashed the strawberries in a zip-lock sandwich bag to break them down. Adding a solution of washing up liquid, salt, and water, the class watched in as the cell membranes released the DNA into the mixture. The coffee filters acted as a sieve, separating the pulp from the genetic material which filtered down into a beaker below. Finally, as the students slowly poured alcohol solution into the mixture, delicate white strands of DNA began to form at the interface of the two liquids. Cherry class had successfully extracted the genetic blueprint of a strawberry!

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