b"Issue 17 The British School of AmsterdamYear 2 Year 3The children quickly settled andThe children have had a great adapted to the new routines andstart to the year and have been have risen to the expectations ofbusy with their learning. the Junior School, making manyThey hit the ground running with their Netherlands new friendships along the way. topic learning about the challenges the country has faced being a low-lying country. The children The year started by enjoying the adventuresalso learnt about the different provinces and of Molly McDrew and her magic blanket. Thisabout Delft pottery, even making their own Delft inspired the children to be the authors andtile. One of the many highlights of our topic was illustrators of their own book called Tedsour visit to the Zuiderzee museum in Enkhuizen Adventure as he travelled from continentwhere the children were transported back in time to continent on his magic carpet. to experience school life in the past. They even There is rarely a quiet day in Year 2, which wasgot to dress in traditional costume from the local certainly the case when later in the term theyarea. We also looked at traditional canal houses had a surprise visit from Fairy Tale charactersand were lucky enough to have our own artist in including Little Red Riding Hood, Baby Bear,residence, Mrs Breeze, run a workshop on showing Jack, Prince Charming and the Fairy Godmother!her own clay work (based on Amsterdam houses) The characters told them about their liveswhich the children replicated in their own creative which inspired the creation of many Twistedway. The children were pleased with their resulting Tales, in which the children wrote about well- clay work and have produced some fantastic pieces.known stories with an unexpected twisttheyThe second half of the term was just as packed made for extremely gripping reading. with our Ancient Egypt topic. The children The children learnt about links between Thelearnt about Howard Carter's discovery which Netherlands and Suriname as they visited thehappened 101 years ago, this November. Tropenmuseum and experienced traditionalAmazingly, the children had their own tomb to Suriname cooking and dancing. We enjoyed thediscover and even an Egyptian Museum in the beauty of Autumn by using nature to createYear 3 shared area. In English, the stories of stunning pieces of artwork. The end of thethe Egyptian gods gave the children great ideas Autumn Term finished on a high note as Yearto create their own Egyptian Myths and Tomb 2 were performers in their own concert andDiscovery adventure story. We learnt about performed an outstanding show. Overall, itfood and farming: Egyptian gods and beliefs, the has been an amazing and successful term. importance of the River Nile, and even made our own death masks. The highlight of the topic was Egyptian day in which the children, all looking spectacular in their Ancient Egyptian costumes, mummified bananas, had an Egyptian feast and crafted their own jewel of the Nile necklace.9"