Globetrotters (our new geography club) met for the first time this week. We got to play lots of fun games to learn about places around the world.

Today, Jane from Shelterbox gave us an excellent introduction to the charity, which gives thousands of big green boxes full of equipment to families all over the world to help them survive after natural or man-made disasters have struck.

She showed us an actual Shelterbox and what it contains.  Why not find out more about the charity and its work by visiting their website?

• What did you think of the assembly?
• How does it fit in with our theme of love?
• How did it link with Tom’s assembly about Tim Peake?

Daniel C was  inspired by some artwork, so he programmed this in LOGO:  http://www.j2e.com/stmarks/bwilliams/Daniel+Cs+ultimate+pattern/

It’s an example of a mathematical never-ending picture called a fractal.

A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop.

I remixed it using variables here  http://www.j2e.com/stmarks/bwilliams/Remix+Daniel+Cs+ultimate+pattern/

and made it into an animated GIF

Mrs Cheetham took this picture at lunchtime in the playground today – thank you!  It looks like it could be a circumzenithal arc also known as a “smile in the sky”. See this Wikipedia article for more information.

This year, we are trying to improve our learning by developing the following areas:

• Growth mindset and how the brain works (listen to the post below for a taste!);
• Learning attitudes;
• Learning to learn – so far, including: visual thinking tools and training our memory

Learn more, by visiting our new Learning to Learn page.