Electricity
Year 5/6 have begun their new science unit ‘Electricity.’ The children have been learning about the scientific symbols for the components that make up an electrical circuit. They confidently used vocabulary such as: cell, switch, wire, buzzer and motor. They had to test different circuits using equipment to see if they would work. They did an excellent job with their predictions. Here are some photographs of the investigation…
New History Topic – vocabulary
This week, we have started our new history topic – The Leeds West Indian Carnival. It’s a new topic for children and teachers, and we’re loving the learning so far.
As a class, we looked at programmes and videos from the carnival, dating back to 1977. We’ve learned alot about how life has changed over time and how these primary resources can help us learn about life in the past.
We’ve studied the location of the West Indies in the Caribbean sea and the human and physical geography of the islands.
Also, many questions were answered:
- What is a carnival?
- What is a procession?
- What is immigration?
Some of these words are in our vocabulary list. We found that drawing pictures on our whiteboards helped us to understand the meaning of the words. It was fascinating to see the different creations and how we all have our own way of ‘seeing’ words. It was good to share our drawings in the class and learn from one another.
Here are some photos…
All together again!
We’ve had a fabulous first week back all together again; tiring but fun! It’s been lovely to see everyone back in Nursery, learning and playing together with friends.
This week, we’ve also welcomed some new families to Nursery. Our new green group members are settling in really well and are already becoming familiar with our routines and beginning to form friendships.
Here are a few photos so that you can see just how happy and busy everyone has been!
Next week, we will continue to help children to settle back into Nursery life and we will also read ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and plant our own beans.
Reminders
- Make sure that you are prompt for your child’s drop off and collection times. Please don’t arrive too early or collect later than your group’s time. Thank you for your support with this.
- Please respect social distancing and wear a face mask on school premises (unless you can’t for medical reasons).
- Is your child’s water bottle NAMED? We have lots of bottles without names which makes it very tricky to give them out and make sure duplicate bottles aren’t mixed up.
- Does your child have wellies in Nursery? We play out in the rain and mud, so all children need to have a pair at Nursery.
3,4NV class news
3,4 NV
Well done for a fabulous first week back! It has been wonderful to have everyone back in school. You have settled in quickly and have worked really hard all week – you must feel very proud!
This week, we have enjoyed reading ‘The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse’. We have discussed some of the messages within the book and how these relate to everyday life.
Here is one of our sketches based on the ideas from the book:
Today, we have enjoyed reading and sharing books during Book Club.
Yesterday, Mrs Richardson gave our class some plants to look after. We can’t wait to water them regularly and watch them grow. We will keep posting pictures of them.
The certificate winners for this week are:
Living and Learning – Aurora
- For being confident at school and having a positive attitude. Well done.
For great learning – Darcey
- Well done for neat handwriting and taking pride and care with your work.
For Sports and physical activity – Olive and Bethenny
- Thanks for showing everyone the dance moves in WUSU!
Our TT Rockstar for the week is Harry Y4! Well done.
Finally, here are a couple of pieces of writing from Home Learning activities that I promised to post. Great writing!
Well done for a fantastic week everyone. Enjoy the weekend.
Mrs Wadsworth, Miss McAleer and Mrs Richardson
Welcome Back to Reception!
Welcome Back!
What an absolute JOY it has been to have everyone back together this week in Reception. The children have been amazing and have really enjoyed being back in the classroom with their friends. Here are some pictures of what we have been up to:
We’ve spoken lots this week about our feelings and how it is normal to miss people at home after being with them for such a long time. We also introduced our new ‘Mood Monsters’ areas, where the children can sit, talk or bring a picture fan to an adult to express how they are feeling. At the start of the week, Rainbow class made ‘Hands of Positivity’ to display in the window. We focused on why we are happy to be back at school. Here are what some of the children said:
“I can play with everyone”- Charlie
“I’m looking forward to stories”- Alice
“It feels like a party!”- Max
“I like the writing area”- Archie
“Cause it’s great here!”- Toby
“I missed school”- Bella
“There is more people to play with”-Abby
British Science Week
We’re celebrating British Science Week 2021 ! We have been so lucky in Reception, as Professor Myers has visited us with an experiment every day this week! We’ve observed:
-The ingredients needed to make an egg bounce!
-How plants (daffodils in this case) absorb water; using food colouring to see the slow process of it dying the stem and petals from the inside as water is transported around the flower.
-The density of water, oil and honey; how they separate when combined together.
-How to get a skewer through a balloon without it popping!
We know lots of you have enjoyed taking part in Professor Myers’ experiments during lockdown. For this week’s Home-Link Challenge we’d like you to re-create one of the experiments we have done in class this week or choose one of your own from the British Science Week website.
Mother’s Day
Rainbow Class have recorded a song to wish you all a lovely Mothering Sunday.
(Tune: Jingle Bells)
Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day, Happy Mother’s Day,
Here’s a gift, just for you, On this Mother’s Day,
I’ll clean my room, I’ll make my bed, I’ll pick up all my toys,
I’ll be good, just for you, on this Mother’s Day!
Reminders
Red Nose Day- Friday 19 March 2021
For Red Nose Day we will be having a non-uniform day. Children are invited to wear something red. There will be buckets to collect voluntary donations as you enter school.
5/6 Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Freddie – you were so active during Topic this week and you participated in discussions about WWII. Well done.
For sport and physical activity…
Poppy – for demonstrating control and skill during hockey this week. A big improvement – well done!
For living and learning…
William W – you were attentive and participated well in the discussion about lockdown and self-belief. Well done.
Well done everyone!
5/6 Certificate Celebration
A great first week back at school in 5/6B!
Here are our certificate winners for the week…
For great living and learning skills…
Eli – You have done a fantastic job at keeping everyone safe by regularly washing your hands – well done!
For sport and physical activity…
Ellis – You have settled back into school very quickly. You are always a fantastic role model during PE lessons, break times and lunch times. Keep it up, Ellis!
For great learning…
Olivia – It’s like you never left! You have returned to school with the fantastic, responsible and resilient learning attitude you’ve always had. Well done, Olivia!
Maths – place value and counting
For the next few weeks we will be focusing on place value and counting. Knowing your way around a 100 square is an important part of this area of maths. The Top Marks website has some great games and this interactive 100 square is perfect for counting in 1s, 2s, 5s, 10, odd, even and one more/less.
Welcome back!
It has been an amazing week in which we welcomed back all our year 5 and 6 children. It’s been lovely to have our classrooms full of learning, chatting and giggling again. The children have returned to school with a brilliant attitude and have got stuck straight into their learning, so well done everyone. Below is a little overview of some of the learning that we’ve done this week.
We’ve continued with our topic on WWII and have moved onto looking at how people’s lives changed during this period. We have used historical information such as: photographs, newspaper reports and diary entries to find out what it was like to be evacuated.
The children have continued to learn and use the vocabulary for this topic. If you would like to see the vocabulary we are using, click on the link below.
In reading we have been working on our retrieval and inference skills. The children have used a range of sources including radio clips and photographs. To develop their fluency skills we have been looking at ‘The Photograph‘ by Roger Stevens. This is a poem based on WWII and looks at the memories of a child who is experiencing the war. It focuses on positive emotions and also feelings of loss.
In writing, the children have been practising their ‘must dos’ including using capital letters, full stops and squashed sentences. We will continue with this learning next week.
Keep an eye out tomorrow for our certificate winners. As usual, there will be a learning, physical activity and living and learning certificate for those children who have really stood out to their class teachers.
Again, well done year 5 and 6 for a great first week back.
Period product scheme
- have forgotten their products
- cannot afford products
- have started or come on their period unexpectedly