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It was a very exciting day in Leopards today!  As part of our Topic ‘Through the Ages’ we had a special visitor come into our school and celebrate prehistoric inventiveness and our wild imaginations.  Creeping Toad (also known as Gordon) is a storyteller, artist and zoologist who came into our classroom to help us wander along the lost paths of Stone Age Britain. During the day we listened to stories that Stone Age children might have heard around the campfire in a dark night. The children were able to handle Stone Age artefacts such as flint, bone, shells, pottery and antler tools.  Once we had handled the artefacts and looked at their detail, we then had a go at drawing some of the materials.   We then looked at different animals around during the Stone Age and had a go at sketching these too.  And finally, to finish off our busy day, we used all of our knowledge to create our own ‘pop up’ story book. 

This week, Leopards have started their new mini topic Contrast and Complement. This project will teach the children colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. Today we looked at primary, secondary, warm and cool colours.  Using water colours, we had a go at mixing our primary colours to produce our secondary colours. 

In last couple of weeks, the Mental Health Ambassadors have been designing and creating a ‘Friendship Stop’ to go in our playground.  The friendship stop can be  the perfect way to encourage children to make friends and develop communication and social skills . The Mental Health Ambassadors wanted to encourage and ensure that all of the children have a positive playground experience.  The girls introduced the new signs in assembly today and explained how they will work.  Alongside this, the Mental Health Ambassadors were keen to introduce ways of dealing with anxiety. They put together a yoga session which they also held during our assembly. They planned and presented all by themselves to the rest of the school! Well done girls, you did brilliantly!