Reading, writing, maths design technology and art!
Triathlon – winning team announced!
Living and learning: RSE
Year 5/6 have been enjoying our recent RSE learning – this is relationships and sex education. It’s really important that during these sessions the children demonstrate maturity and a willingness to learn – they have definitely lived up to this expectation. The first couple of sessions focused on vocabulary – making sure the children understood the anatomical names for the body parts. This links well with their science learning also. We reminded the children about the NSPCC PANTS campaign that promotes the fact that privates are private, always remember your body belongs to you, no means no, talk about things that might upset you and speak up, someone can help. The children have shown great respect and empathy during these sessions.
Commotion in the Ocean
This week, we have explored poetry using the book Commotion in the Ocean.
We used adjectives to describe the animals on the front cover.
small tails
little fish
a big whale
tiny starfish
long tentacles
We used the poems and our previous knowledge to write about different animals from the book.
In maths, we have deepened our understanding of comparing quantities in different contexts.
- comparing groups of objects
- finding groups of equal amounts
- finding one more/one less
In science, we created an egg experiment.
What will happen to an egg in vinegar?
We put an egg in vinegar and an egg in water over five days to compare.
The egg in vinegar has no shell! Marshall
It has cracked. Clara
The one in water hasn’t changed. Poppy
After 5 days in liquid, we took them out and noticed the egg that had been in vinegar felt rubbery… a bit like a bouncy ball.
We tested to see if the egg would bounce…
Check out our super learning around the classroom and outside.
Home Link
As we move into summer, we have been discussing ways to stay safe in the sun.
- sun hat
- drinking water
- going in the shade
- sun cream
Take some time to talk about different ways to keep safe in the sun.
You may choose to make a sun safely poster or list.
Vehicles
Our current ‘transport’ theme is very popular and has inspired lots of role play this week. We’ve been on bus and train rides and floated across the sea in our box boats!
Children enjoyed having using the stencils in the mark making area. It was quite tricky to carefully trace the pen around the edge of the stencil, but they persevered.
In the book corner, we’ve listened to lots of stories about The Little Red Train and we looked closely at the detailed illustrations. We talked about the different places that the Duffy driver visited. Was it the city, countryside or seaside? How did they know?
Outside, children made ramps for the cars, talked about visits to the fair in the small world fairground and made mud ‘chocolate’ cakes. Yum!
A highlight at the end of the week was most definitely watching children enjoy some very messy play!
Triathlon
It was our opportunity to take part in the FOSP triathlon yesterday, on a very hot day! The children were split into three different teams – red, white and blue. Children that had brought bikes to school, cycled around the track, whilst others ran. The children competed to complete as many laps as possible. We will find out the winning team later in the week.
Super sewing!
We have been brushing up on our sewing skills today. As part of our design technology unit, we will be designing and sewing cushions. Our first job was to master threading a needle and securing a knot at the end ready for stitching – this ensures the thread doesn’t pull through the fabric. This took quite a long time and the children were excellent at helping each other. They watched a demonstration of how to do running stitch and back stitch and created their own stitching on binca. The children who took to this like a duck to water were able to challenge themselves by stitching a shape, a pattern or even their initials.
Triathlon’s everywhere!
The AJ Bell World Triathlon Series has been in Leeds this week, with some children from school taking part.
We are also hosting our own triathlon in school to raise money for FOSP. Reception, Year 1 and 2 are doing the swimming element and KS2 are cycling or running. Children have been organised into either Red Team, White Team or Blue Team – with trophies to be awarded. Please donate your entry fee on the Gateway app.
Library visit
The Junior Leadership Team enjoyed a visit to Scholes Library last week and were welcomed by Madeline. It is the first time the children have been to the library since the start of Covid, so it felt very different and exciting.
Madeline explained how the system works within the library and explained how every child could register and get their own library card. The cards can be used at any local library and children and adults can borrow up to fifteen books at a time. Madeline explained where the fiction and non-fiction books were for key stage 2 and then the children enjoyed listening to a story before they were let loose choosing books. They selected five books to take back to school for others to enjoy – it was quite a tough decision as there were so many fabulous new books to choose from. These have been distributed across the classes for everyone to enjoy.
So, get yourselves along to the library and get registered. You can then enjoy an array of wonderful books to read at home. Happy reading!
Living and learning : money education
We had some money workshops delivered in school this week. This linked to our living and learning lessons which were all about where money comes from. We talked about how we might get pocket money, money for presents or earn money by doing chores.
