b'Issue 11 The British School of AmsterdamYear 2 Year 3Year 2s Autumn term started off withYear 3 have settled in remarkably well and much excitement when an abandoned hothave been as busy as beavers with both our air balloon was found in the school hall. Netherlands and Ancient Egyptian topics. They discovered it had started its journey in ParisIt all began with the children learning about The and had ended up in the School so very quickly setNetherlands and how it managed to beat the about working together to find out more. Theyseas as a low-lying country. They learnt some of wrote about their discoveries and predictions usingthe clever things the Dutch did to make homes a range of very interesting describing vocabulary.safe from the water. We looked at traditional There is rarely a quiet day in Year 2, which wascanal houses and were lucky enough to have certainly the case when later in the term theyour own artist in resident, Mrs Breeze, run a had a surprise visit from Little Red Riding Hood,workshop on showing her own clay work (based Cinderella, Daddy Bear and the Big Bad Wolf.on Amsterdam houses) which the children The characters told them lots about their lives andreplicated in their own creative way. The childrens their individual stories which inspired the creationfocus and determination really paid off with of many Twisted Tales, in which the children wrotethe quality of the artwork highlighting this.about well-known stories with an unexpectedEveryone was amazed to find our very own twistthey made for extremely gripping reading!Ancient Egyptian tomb, which was discovered Amongst all of this, the children have settled intoin our Year 3 Shared Area. In English, the Year 2 and have quickly adapted to their newstories of the Egyptian Gods gave the children routines and risen to the expectations. Theygreat ideas to create their own Egyptian Myths have adapted to Junior School life seamlesslyand Tomb Discovery adventure stories. The and new friendships have been made. children learnt about how the Pharaohs thought they could travel on to the underworld after death and they even created a death mask to aid the Pharaohs on their way. The highlight of the topic was Egyptian day in which the children mummified bananas, created their own hieroglyphic bookmarks and crafted their own jewel of the Nile necklace. They danced, sang and feasted their way through the day. It will be a day no one will forget!YEAR 2TWISTED TALES YEAR 3CLAY HOUSES9'