This week we had a special visit from Congleton Library, the children were told all about this year’s reading challenge. You need to read 6 books then you can win a voucher for the new leisure centre, medal and certificate.

Today we were given roles to act out the different characters we would find in the Agora or Ancient Greek market place. There was a slave who cleaned people’s shoes, an actress performing in the theatre, a child who had left school for the day to visit the Agora and a lawyer who worked in the town.

On the menu today was banana and chocolate chip muffins. First we mashed bananas, then we added eggs, sugar, flour and then LOTS of vegetable oil. We all think they will taste irresistible.

Today we were put into Harry Potter’s house teams and we learnt to play Quidditch. The children loved it and enjoyed the fast pace of the game. Lincoln caught the golden snitch for Slytherin which gained his team 50 points.

Today, in topic we learnt some more amazing facts about Ancient Greece. We showed the limited amounts of lands they had to grow crops, the advantages of having a long coastline, the results of having so many islands, because of the hot climate lots of time was spent outdoors and consequences of having such a mountainous land.

This week we made omelette pizza, we all loved it! We cracked eggs and made an omelette, then we put tomato purée on, grated cheese and even pineapple ( controversial!) it was then cooked under the grill. Delicious!

Tonight Year 5 and 6 boys once battled it out in a friendly and not so friendly football tournament against other Congleton schools. We had a few issues appear out of nowhere such as an injury during our warm-up practice, few unfortunate tackles and a surprise substitute.

The first match was Black Firs vs Marlfields. It was a strong start with Thomas saving a number of goals but from out of nowhere two goals were scored against Marlfields.

Our next match was against Quinta. We fought hard and Reece managed to score an absolute brilliant shot from mid field into the goal. However, after a few more tackles and some more amazing saves Quinta beat us 3-1.

Our third match was against Havannah where after a grueling 10 minutes we were beaten 1-0.

When the team thought that we were all done a sudden shock goal by Isaac suddenly put us up 1-0 against Daven.

This amazing win enabled our Marlfields team to enter the final round of the Viking Cup where we played against Smallwood. After another show of skill we played amazingly but were unfortunately knocked out but we were all so proud of the way the team played.

Thank you to the support of the parents and the amazing skills and advice from the ‘gaffer’ Mr Liew. We are all so proud of our Marlfields team.

Harvey got a certificate this week for finishing Book 1 in his piano. He knows Dishwasher Blues, Russian Rumble and Feel Like a Monster.

This week in cooking club we made rhubarb crumble and peach crumble. We all tried some of the juice we enjoyed both kinds. We remembered to wash up afterwards too.

Today we drew our own character that we are going to use to help us in our writing tomorrow. It will be our version of this term’s book The Barnabus Project.

Today we went onto the field for our maths lesson. We played NIM, we had to fing 10 objects in our team and work in pairs to pick up to 3 items, whoever was left with last item was out. We also played a fraction game, we had to get a skipping rope and work out how to put 12 equal knots in.

On Wednesday Ruby went to Martin to take part in a private horse riding lesson. This was her first time here although Ruby has been riding for 2 years.

On Sunday Autumn took part in a gymnastic competition. This was the first time she had taken part and Autumn came 2nd in her age group. What a fantastic achievement! Well done Autumn!

We are learning the song Look Into the Night. We have learnt the song and now we are playing glockenspiels along to it. The song is an example of K pop.

Today we made chocolate chip shortbread. We mixed butter and sugar until it was creamy, then we added flour and choc chips. We put it in the tin and cooked it for 15 mins. It looked delicious!