Walk to School Week winners
We had hundreds of raffle tickets in the box. Well done to all those who walked, scooted or rode bikes to school before the holidays. The Buffers car park was busy all week. Here are the prize winners. Let’s keep walking!
Home Link – Minibeasts
Over the last few weeks, children have loved ‘bug hunting’ in the garden so we will begin this half term learning about different minibeasts. We’ll also be looking out for any new interests, so please let us know if your child developed a fascination in anything new over the holidays.
Here are some activities that you could do…
- Look for minibeasts in your garden. What can you find? Where do they live?
- Talk about your child’s favourite bug. What would they like to learn more about?
- Look in non-fiction books to find out some facts about insects.
- Sing ‘Incy Wincy Spider’ together.
- Read a story about a minibeast e.g. The BadTempered Ladybird or The Very Busy Spider. If you have a favourite, please bring it in to nursery for us to share.
- Solve some number puzzles together. Eg. If there are 6 ladybirds on a leaf and 2 fly away. How many will be left? You could use fingers or get children to draw a picture to help work it out.
Royal Wedding Celebrations
We had a great day celebrating the Royal Wedding. Here are a few photos from our wedding and castle themed activities.
Living and Learning – How does money affect my feelings?
In Living and learning, we’ve finished the half term learning about careers and money. Two questions were posed. The children worked in groups to contribute lots of great answers.
How do we look after money?
How does money make you feel?
At home, talk with you child about: how to save money, how to budget and about whether something is value for money.
Cricket coaching in the sunshine!
All the year 5 and 6 children have been thoroughly enjoying the cricket coaching in the recent sunshine. We’ve developed our batting, fielding and bowling skills.
We are delighted to let you all know, that we’ve managed to secure a further five weeks of coaching! Let’s hope for more glorious sunshine! Don’t forget your sunhat and suncream!
Sounds with Straws!
25 May 2018
Straw instruments.
In Year 3/4, we’ve been learning about how sounds are made from vibrations. On Friday, we made simple musical instruments out of straws.
All you need is: a straw, a scissors and a big breath. Just make a small, triangular cut at the top of one end of the straw. You can cut holes to change the pitch of the sound – a bit like a recorder.
Our own straw orchestra!
Golden Award
Congratulations to the winner of the Golden Star Award this week! These stars are like gold dust and are only awarded to the most deserving of candidates.
Amazing Algorithms
1K have been developing their computing skills. They have created algorithms both off and online.
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
What a terrific ted-tastic day we had. The sun shone, the bears came, the picnic was tasty and we all had a wonderful day!
Living and Learning – I know how to keep money safe
The children had lots to contribute during our discussions about money! We played a game which helps children learn how to keep their money safe.
You can help at home by talking about where money comes from and how we can keep it safe.