5/6 M celebration
For sport no physical activity – Lenny. For demonstrating how to take a safe risk in our dance sessions. You have put yourself out of your comfort zone in order to learn something new.
For Living and Learning – Alfie. You show great emotional maturity. you are sensitive to the feelings of others and always a good friend to all.
For learning – Michaela. You pushed yourself to write more than ever before. Now, your work shows quality and quantity.
A spooky trip to Whitby Abbey
Children in year 5/6 wanted to share their fabulous writing based on a short clip about Dracula’s Whitby.
5/6M Celebration
For great learning:
Isla – for a fantatsic promotion about a car. Your expanded noun phrases wer comical and detailed.
For sport and physical activity:
Bella – super ball dribbling skills in our hockey lesson.
For great living and learning skills:
Lily – you have become an outstanding role model for our school: great manners, care for others and confidence when discussing your ideas.
5/6B Certificate Celebration
Here are our certificate winners for this week…
For great living and learning…
Dylan – Every morning, you enter the classroom and are the first to ask others how they are ask about their lives. This shows that you care about others and their emotions – you enjoy listening to others which makes them feel wanted and cared about. You are incredibly well-mannered and a pleasure to have in Year 6. Great job, Dylan!
For sport and physical activity…
Erin – During our basketball sessions, you have shown a real determination and willingness to improve your skills. You work well in groups and you are a great team player. In our most recent basketball match, you showed brilliant passing skills and great teamwork, supporting others at every opportunity. Keep it up, Erin!
For great learning…
Luke – I can always rely on you to put your hand up and take a safe risk, even if you are unsure of the answer. You are always willing to learn and you will take responsibility for your own learning without teacher direction. This shows you are responsible, resilient and reflective. Well done, Luke!
5/6 S Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Alfie – you have become such an active learner in class, and even if you’re unsure, you challenge yourself to participate. Well done!
For sport and physical activity…
Ellie – for demonstrating more enthusiasm during PE lessons. You’re joining in more with increased skill. Well done and keep it up!
For living and learning…
Mia – you always have a mature attitude in class and you listen well to other people. Well done.
Well done everyone!
Living and Learning: Antibullying
I know how to STOP bullying – this was our statement for the week.
We discussed the meaning of STOP in lessons and the two definitions for bullying. For homework, the children created something that showed their understanding of their learning this week. Here are some examples…
By Sadie
By Aaron
By Luca
By Stephan
History : What’s the artefact?
We’ve had some great history lessons this week. We looked at some artefacts (old objects) and tried to guess what they were. This one is a water squirt – used to squirt water on buildings during the Great Fire of London.
The children guessed what it might be before we talked what it was used for. We were great historians!
It might be a spear.
It’s a gun.
It’s a balloon pumper.
Challenge Cubes
Has your child been coming home and talking about challenge cubes?
Perhaps they have shown you a certificate they have earnt by getting all of their challenge cubes that week?
Each week, the children are set a ‘Rainbow of Challenges’ with the aim to encourage them to visit different activities (and therefore access different areas of learning)
There are six challenge cubes to collect each week. In the classroom, the challenges are displayed on small blackboards placed in the areas and also on our ‘challenges’ display wall.
Some challenges also include a STAR CHALLENGE, where children can earn a star on their star chart, in addition to their challenge cube.
Challenge cubes are collected in the children’s trays and counted at the end of the week.
Take a look at an example below, of the type of challenges you might expect to see in the classroom.
History: Athenia vs Sparta!
This week, we’ve been learning all about the Athenians and the Spartans!
These are two of the city states of Ancient Greece. Lots about them is similar – but there are lots of differences, too!
Today, we learnt loads of each state. Each small group were given some information about a particular aspect of life in Athenia (Athens) or Sparta: the role of women, education, economy and government.
Then, we had to go around the room and find out the rest of the information for ourselves. This meant we were learning and teaching at the same time.
Here’s what we learnt…
We’ll be using this knowledge later in the week to practise the skill of debating when was find out once and for all ‘Who is the better city-state’?
Certificates in 3/4 E
Well done to everybody who received our certificates this week – you’ve obviously stood out to your teacher for extraordinary learning or effort. Here are our certificate winners in 3/4 E :
Bobby and William – fab skills: dribbling, passing, turning and shooting in hockey.
Thomas and Cameron – excellent remembering and achieving highly!
Lily and Georgia – demonstrating resilience when solving problems!
This week, we have also added a Times Tables Rockstars player of the week.
Well done to Esmae who has improved her ‘effort’ scores this week.