Skipping into summer with Skipping School
We have launched a whole school skipping project with Skipping School. Each class has their own class set of ropes and we also have long ropes for every class too. The children are so enthusiastic about it already. There are some tutorial videos below so you can work on your skills at home too!
- Skipping Tips
- EYFS and KS1 ‘Click and Jump’ tutorial
- EYFS and KS1 ‘Big Rope Bouncing’ tutorial
- EYFS and KS1 ‘Double Bounce’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Double Bounce’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Speed Bounce’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Hop and Swap’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Side Straddle’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Forward and Backward Straddle’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Criss Cross’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Side swing’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Cross over’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Side swing cross’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Pretzel’ tutorial
- ‘Run, jump, out’ tutorial
- ‘Keep the pot boiling’ tutorial
3,4 NV class post
What a fabulous week!
In PE this week, we have had fun skipping with our brand-new skipping ropes. We have counted how many jumps we can do in one go and have challenged ourselves to develop our skipping skills.
We are computer experts, too! Using Scratch, we have continued to build algorithms and create our own sequences of events and interactions between sprites.
Captain Tom Challenge …done!
A huge well done to all our Y3/4E children who absolutely smaxhed our Captain Tom challenge.
In the class, our children set themselves the challenge of 100 basketball baskets for each team.
It took us quite a while but the children were committed and dedicated to the cause. All of our children achieved highly and either completed the 100 baskets individually or as a team.
Here are some pictures …
New School Charity
Following our manic day on Friday completing the Captain Tom 100 challenge, the Junior Leadership Team have selected our new school charity. All the classes selected a charity of their choice and the JLT members brought the ideas to the meeting. The children all voted and our new charity is….
The National Autistic Society.
If you would like to know more about the charity, please follow this link.
Thank you to everyone that donated to school for the 100 challenge. We had some incredibly generous donations. We managed to raise £185.09 and this will be donated straight away to the charity. Well done and thank you everyone for your hard work!
3,4NV Class News
Well done!
Today, we successfully completed 100 minutes of WUSU – not all in one go! What an achievement! We all felt really proud to complete the Captain Tom challenge.
In addition to this, we have been carefully editing our writing to check that we are including the Must Dos.
Well done – a successful day!
Computing programmers
We’re loving our current topic: computing.
We’ve been learning about staying safe online and we’ve been taking on the role of programmers. After some ‘offline’ learning, where we recapped what algorithms are (ask you child what an algorithm is), we’ve been using Scratch Jr to practise our programming skills.
So far, we’ve programmed our Sprite (Wondering what a sprite is? Ask your child to explain this to you – they should know.) to kick a football into a net and we’ve used repetition to create an underwater animation with several sprites programmed to complete different tasks.
Ask your child how they’re finding this topic. What are they enjoying? When have they been challenged? Why is this learning relevant to them?
We’ll be getting more and more confident using some programming vocabulary over the next few weeks. Help at home by using these words with your child, or testing them, or simply asking them about what they mean…
Creative Coding in Year 3/4
Wow – what a start to our new Computing topic! We have been totally blown away by how AMAZING our Year 3/4 Computing programmers have been.
We’ve introduced Scratch Jr app which allows children to using code to program a character (Sprite) on a variety of backgrounds.
Today, we made an aquarium scene and programmed three sprites to move in sequence using repetition.
Here are some pictures from today’s lesson.
Captain Tom 100 Challenge
3,4O are very excited to announce what challenge we will be completing on Friday 30th April to raise money for our school charity. On that day, we will be completing an individual fitness ‘100’ challenge; this could be 100 skips, 100 press ups, 100 star jumps – maybe even 100 burpees! We’d really appreciate a donation of 100p (£1) to keep us motivated.
Thanks in advance.
3,4 NV class news
Well done for a fabulous week back! You have worked really hard.
This afternoon, we have enjoyed learning how to operate Scratch Junior. We are learning how to get our sprites moving and even talking to each other. Over the course of the half term , we will continue to design, write and debug our own games and challenges.
Next Friday (30th April), we will be working as class to celebrate and raise money for the Captain Tom 100 challenge. As a class, we have voted to participate in 100 minutes of WUSU! Please help us raise money – a suggested donation would be 100p. We can’t wait to get dancing!
Enjoy the sunshine.
Captain Tom 100 Challenge
Welcome back to Summer Term – we’ve had a cracking week! The weather is sunny and warm, and it’s making us feel inspired to leap into action.
We’re going to get started on some fundraising next week. Friday 30th April sees a campaign organised by the Captain Tom Foundation. This date marks a year from when Sir Captain Tom began the 100 laps around his garden. To mark this occasion, people are being encouraged to complete a challenge based on the number 100. We are definitely up for this challenge! Every class will be discussing and choosing their challenge.
In Year 3/4, we took a vote on many good ideas, and the vote with the most votes was …to shoot 100 basketball baskets in 100 minutes.
But that sounds easy? Oh no! We’re setting ourselves this challenge to do in pairs, or individually, over 100 minutes throughout the day.
We will be asking for voluntary donations to support the children in their challenges. This money will be ready to be donated to our new charity as soon as it’s selected.
Thank you in advance of your support and wish us luck with our challenges