Class News

5/6 S Certificate Celebration

This weeks certificate winners are…

For great learning…

Sophie -this week you’ve shown amazing perseverance when multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. You’ve really impressed me and you need to gain some more confidence now, because you can do it! Well done.

For sport and physical activity…

Daniel- you demonstrated good skill during basketball this week. You showed great control of the ball. Well done.

For living and learning…

Poppy- you showed a great amount of maturity during our Living and Learning (RSE) sessions this week. You joined in discussions well and listened to others respectfully. Well done.

Well done everyone!

3,4O: Marvellous Maths

This week, we’ve been learning / recapping column subtraction. Take a look at this page on our website which tells you all about how we teach calculations in school.

The maths was impressive, but something else impressed me more – our attitude! We were resilient, resourceful and really took responsibility for our learning. In one lesson, Mr Catherall and Mrs Thorn didn’t even need to be there – we were teaching each other, choosing our own challenges and asking for quick interventions from an adult. What an awesome place to learn 3,4O is!

Well done, everyone.

History: How did Ancient Greece influence us?

Today, we continued to be historians by thinking about the ways in which Ancient Greece has influenced us.

We’d already learnt about Greek democracy and how we adapted and improved this aspect of Greek life. And, this week, we’ve been learning about the ancient Olympic games during our reading sessions.

This afternoon, we went on a hunt around the playground to find out loads of interesting facts about how Ancient Greek life has influenced ours.

Ask your child what they found interesting.

At the end of our lesson, we like to reflect on our learning. Here’s what two members of our class had to say:

‘I enjoyed this lesson because we got to go outside and find information out – we helped our friends, too’

‘I enjoyed this lesson because it was challenging’

Christmas recording day – Tuesday 08 December

The Key Stage 1 team are preparing a short compilation video of each class doing something Christmas related.

The video will be posted on the website on Monday 14 December. So we have time to record and edit the videos, please could your child come to school dressed in a Christmas or party-type outfit on Tuesday 08 December.

You do not need to buy anything new – a cheerful or festive outfit that they can be comfortable in all day (playing out and eating lunch in too) will be fine. If you have a Santa hat or reindeer antlers, for example, they can also wear those.

We will use the photo consent that the school office hold. If this is different, or you do not want your child to be recorded, please contact your child’s class teacher by 07 December.

How have the ancient Greeks influenced the world?

Today, we researched how the Ancient Greeks have influenced the world. We looked at sport, democracy, theatre, architecture and more! Watch this space for more pictures of our work.

Science: sound

This week, we carried out a practical investigation to answer our learning objective: Is there a pattern between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produce it?

First, we used our prior knowledge of sound sources, volumes and pitch to make a prediction:

‘The longer the instrument, the lower the pitch.’

‘The shorter the instrument, the higher the pitch’.

Then, we struck and plucked and range of musical instruments to test out our predictions. We realised that we were right. When we struck the chime bar, we noticed that the shorter the chime bar, the higher the pitch. This happened when we tried out other pieces of equipment like windchimes, tuning forks and elastic.

Ask your child what some of our key science vocabulary means: pitch, volume, medium, sound source.

Living and Learning : NSPCC PANTS rule

We have been talking about pants again! Children love talking about pants and find them funny but we use it in school to deliver a serious safeguarding message. The NSPCC have created some fab resources for us, and you, to use when teaching our children how to keep themselves safe. Ask your child about the PANTS rule and sing along to the catchy song!

Virtual after school clubs

Children in Need

A Big Thank You!

The children came to school in non-uniform and we asked for voluntary contribution to support this cause. We’ve been completely blown away by your generosity as you’ve raised £566.35. Well done and a massive thank you.

Self-isolating at home?

This week, we will begin our December Christmas themed fun in Nursery! We’re going to start by reading the popular children’s book ‘Stickman‘.  Here are a few activities that you might like to join in with at home.

• Listen to the story being read by the illustrator, Axel Scheleffler, by following the link above. You may also like to watch the ‘Stickman’ animation that’s available on BBC iplayer.
• Have a look in your garden (if you can), can you find any twigs that look like Stickman? If you have some googly eyes, you could stick them on.
• If you’re feeling creative, you could create a picture using twigs and leaves from your garden. Can you make Stickman a Family Tree?
• In maths, we’re going to compare lengths of pieces of tinsel. You could do this with sticks that you find or tinsel if you have some. Which is longest? Shortest? Are any pieces the same length?
• We’ll begin learning some Christmas songs, including ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ and ‘Jingle Bells’. Enjoy singing them at home and have a go at finding some items that you could use as instruments. What could you use that sounds like bells? 
• During group time, we’re going to draw some baubles and tinsel on our Christmas tree outlines. Cut out a Christmas tree shape and use some coloured pencils to add on decorations. Can you you add a star on top?

Have fun! We’re looking forward to seeing you at Nursery again soon.