Olly
challenged classes to make a mascot about a month ago.
Sharmin went one stage further. She has made her own mascot at home. Her mascot
is very cute with a stripy logo. Sharmin is still thinking of a name.
This
afternoon I popped into Sapphire class and discovered them working with Pru to
design and plan their very own PE warm up games for this term’s PE lessons.
They were watching clips of different sports from the Get Set website. They were
creating warm ups that used features of the different sports in them. Well done
Sapphire Class!
Ebony
and Bronze classes have been busy with an art project with their teachers and
with Ann and Carina. They did some life drawing and sketched an athlete. Then
they used paper collage to make figures of athletes. They covered the image with
transluscent paper and added paint. Finally they screen printed a banner to
turn their images into posters. The final posters are all over the school.
The
school has been really busy with Olympic themed displays and activities.
Mary and Olly have been continuing to focus on The Olympics in their
assemblies. In the last 2 weeks we have been focussing on the Olympic and
Paralympic values. And children have been demonstrating them to the school.
We have changing Olympic displays in the Middle Hall and in the Lobby. Philippa
has just added a countdown to the games.
The
whole school is looking forward to the Olympics and Paralympics. To help us
prepare, Mary and Olly have started London 2012 whole school assemblies every
Tuesday.
Year 1 were visited by some special alien guests! Unfortunately the aliens didn't know how to speak in any human language. Luckily Amber and Jade classes had read all about Beegu the alien and they understood how hard it was to communicate. The children helped the aliens to settle in by giving them names for everyday things in the classrooms.Now the aliens seem very happy in the year one classrooms. When the children go home they can be found doing all sorts of things!
Silver class year 5 have been learning debating skills.
They have been thinking about our local area.
They are learning skills that will help them in the future. They have been taking turns to chair a meeting and each of them have prepared to speak either for or against a motion.
Columbia is a two form entry, community primary school in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Our intake of pupils is diverse, reflecting the multi ethnic community served by the school. Many of our children have English as their second language. This diversity provides a rich context for the school's ethos of inclusion and there is a strong emphasis on respect for every individual member. There is also a strong emphasis on creativity at Columbia. Both creativity of thinking, throughout all teaching and learning, and also in the creative arts.