Porridge!
Year 5/6 have been working very hard during rehearsals for their end of year show, Porridge. Don’t forget to send back your reply slip to get your free tickets to one of our three performances.
Tuesday 9th July at 2pm and 6pm
Wednesday 10th July at 6pm
Gold Star
Well done to our most recent golden star!
Living and Learning – human life cycle
Week 3 of our Relationships and Sex education looks at the stages of the human life cycle. During our Living and Learning sessions, children have learned about growing from young to old and that they are also growing and changing.
We also discussed:
- key stages in the human life cycle
- some ways that we have changed since
we were babies - that all living things including humans
start life as babies
Whole school sports roundabout
Our whole school sports roundabout is a chance for all children to work together, in teams, showcasing their sporting skills. The mixed aged teams encourage children to work together, supporting and encouraging each other. Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to show their support.
Super sunny sports day
The Key Stage 2 children enjoyed a fantastic competitive sports event on Friday. Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to offer their support. It is much appreciated.
Ladybirds
We’ve learnt all about the life cycle of ladybirds this week and were lucky enough to see every stage of the cycle in Nursery. We found some little eggs on the leaves outside and caught some ladybird larvae which, after eating lots of aphids, formed pupae in our butterfly house. On Friday morning, we saw our first little ladybird! We released it back into our garden where we found the eggs and larvae.
In group times, we learnt about the letter ‘l’ and we carefully drew the correct number of spots on ladybirds. Two of the most popular activities this week were in our creative area; children loved making ladybird shapes out of salt dough and painting spotty ladybird masks. There was some great team work whilst playing a ladybird game on the interactive whiteboard too. Children worked together and took turns to count spots and order the ladybirds.
We also found a very large, hairy spider. Look at its hairy legs! We used our Exploroscope to view it closely and count how many eyes it had.
Living and Learning : relationships
We have be talking about being aware of how our words and actions make other people feel. This video about Sneetches can spark lots of discussion. We talked about how we feel if other people say things that hurt our feelings and what we could say instead.
https://youtu.be/8-QevAGsl6A
Living and learning
5/6 SK discussed telling the truth this week. They talked about how they felt when someone isn’t honest with them.
“I’d feel let down.”
“I’d be upset.”
They looked at different scenarios and discussed whether telling the truth would be easy or hard in these situations. They decided that telling lies weakens a friendship and saying sorry, and showing we are sorry we’re both important in repairing a relationship.
Living and Learning: Relationships and Sex Education
This week is the second week of our RSE learning.
We had a mature discussion about the differences between male and female.
We realised that males and females have more similarities than we have differences.
Incy Wincy Spider
It was lovely to be outside more at the beginning of the week and enjoy some more summery weather. Children enjoyed creating obstacle courses; they worked together to create a path through the ‘lava’ and helped each other to balance along the beams. It was great to see lots of children challenging themselves and working as a team. Balancing, climbing, jumping and moving in different ways are all important aspects of the Physical Development part of the curriculum; this is one of the prime areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage. We also enjoyed finding out all about spiders. Outside, we created a giant web that we could climb through and in our maths area, we carefully counted 8 legs onto our spiders.
Over the last few weeks, we have been looking closely at the insects on our willow arch. Children have found caterpillars, aphids, beetles and ladybirds. One particular insect caught their attention – it was black and spiky and had orange/red marks on its back. We’ve discovered that the little creatures are ladybird larvae. This week, we will learn all about the life cycle of ladybirds.
Transition into Foundation One
Our older children have enjoyed various activities over the last few weeks to aid their transition into Foundation Two. They’ve been visiting the classrooms to play and have enjoyed listening to a story with Mrs Palmer and Mrs Turner in Nursery. In the mornings, children have visited the ‘big playground’ and this week, they’ll enjoy joining in with ‘Wake Up Shake Up’ too.
On Tuesday 18th, many children enjoyed staying for a school dinner. They ate in the main school hall where they got to collect their own cutlery and use a tray. All the children coped very well with this new experience – they even managed to keep their trays flat so that no lunches escaped onto the floor!
