Today as part of our whole school EARA project, the children from each class got to share about their cultures and heritage.

In 5JNS we learned about Nigeria from Jess and Jayden, Ghana from Aurelia, Poland from Adam and Lithuania from Laura and Maria.

The children showed us pictures of these countries, shared facts and things that they find interesting about their cultures. During the presentations, we learned that Jollof rice is popular in Nigeria and Ghana. Ghana found independence after WW2 and its name was changed from the Gold Coast to Ghana. We learned that Adam is fluent in Polish and his name is Adash in Polish. And we also learned that Lithuania celebrated their independence every year from the Soviet Union.

It was really interesting learning more about the diversity in our class and we hope to find out more again soon!

Last week Year 5 were visited by Southsea Coastal Scheme to discuss the effects of erosion on our coastline and what is being done in Southsea to combat this. The children were excited to hear all about the different methods of sea defence which are being installed along our beaches and had the opportunity to discuss what made these effective. This lead into our ‘coasts’ topic in Geography and gave children the opportunity to ask a variety of questions to an expert. Children discussed what would happen if sea defences weren’t build and the potential risk of flooding to people who live in Southsea.