This week Year One have taken part in a Toys Through Time Workshop. The class played with toys from different eras and made from different materials.
Toy Museum
Year 2 get coding
Over the last few weeks, we have been using games, programmable toys and online coding games to explore algorithms. We have created our own algorithms, tried them out, spotted problems and then debugged our programmes to make sure that they work. This has involved lots of mistakes, discussions and problem solving, which has been great fun!
Year 6
After another busy week, Year 6 are looking forward to the long weekend: the school is closed on Monday for children for a staff INSET day. I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday!
Nursery – 26.01.24
Big Garden Birdwatch
This week we took part in the Big Garden Birdwatch. The children really enjoyed making their binoculars to use and were excited to take them out and use them. We went outside on Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon and again on Friday morning to see if we could see any birds in trees or on the field. We were also had a look to see if the birds have been eating the bird feeders we made.
The children will bring their binoculars home today – please ensure they are supervised while using because of the strings.
Other photos this week including the children playing ‘Bertha on the bus’, exploring the objects beginning with ‘g’ and a very long road track which the children have loved.
Important Dates
Monday 29th January – INSET Day
Friday 2nd February – NSPCC Number Day – Wear a math themed outfit
Half term – Monday 19th – Friday 23rd February
Reminders
Please can children have a small keyring on their book bag handle so they can identify their book bag when getting ready for home time.
Jewellery such as bracelets, rings and necklaces are not part of the school uniform – please can children keep them for after school, weekends and holidays. Children are allowed to wear stud earrings if they have their ears pierced.
Have a lovely long weekend
Miss Taylor
w/c 15th January in year 4
With the freezing weather and roadworks getting to school has been tricky this week, but once in year 4 it’s really warm and cosy as the new heating does its job well. The sun has been streaming through the window to make the days bright.
The children are engrossed in our current book “Escape From Pompeii”
The children are engrossed in our current book “Escape From Pompeii” which contains a wealth of powerful verbs and interesting language. The children love the fascinating subject of volcanoes and this story shows the impact of a pyroclastic flow. They have been creating some excellent paragraphs with expanded noun phrases. On Google Classroom I’ve posted another two pages in the grammar book to help support this learning. I sent home a couple of sheets relating to this book, because I came across them in researching resources and they were so useful for vocabulary building and comprehension skills. Its purely optional to use these resources or not.
Linked with this, we are learning about the Romans, leading on from the children’s learning about the Iron Age last year. This another fascinating topic – “What did the Romans ever do for us?” is a question it’s always intriguing to answer. Our trip to Verulamium Museum on Wednesday will help deepen this understanding. If you are able to accompany us, please could you contact the office as we still need an adult (though I appreciate that Wednesday morning is not convenient for work schedules). Thank you.
We’re coming to the end of learning about times tables facts and soon will apply that knowledge in formal multiplication and division, involving instant recall of those facts.
States of Matter is our topic in Science. Can your child explain to you why solid objects retain their shape after being squashed and squeezed but a gas can occupy any size shape into which it is released?
The children’s ukelele playing is really progressing and the collective sound is very jolly and uplifting.
There were a few complaints about the number of spelling words last week – I did ask the class! – so apologies if the quantity and variety was a bit much for your child or you. However, there were good improvements and I’m very proud of the seriousness and commitment they children show to improving their spelling and writing.
I hope you all have a relaxing weekend, whether the weather stays bitterly cold or warms up.
Year 3 gets sporty
This week, we have been working on our new PE unit, badminton. We have been familiarising ourselves with the shuttle, developing our overhead throwing skills, tracking, and catching the shuttle. Here are some photos from our lesson.
Year Six Designers
After a busy week, getting a feel for the year six sats and performing at the O2, we ended the week sharing ideas about our playground equipment and proposing new designs. At the end of the lesson, we all had the chance to share our ideas.
Nursery 19.01.23
This week we have continued to explore the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, the children are confident with joining in the repeated refrains and the actions.
We also watched a fantastic video of Michael Rosen performing and acting out the story which the children joined in with.
We went up to the Library again this week. Just a reminder – the previous books needs to be returned in order to take out a new one.
In PE this week we worked on our ball skills. We held our balls on different parts of our bodies and tried very carefully not to drop them.
In RSE this week we talked about our bodies and all the wonderful things we can do, the children helped match the picture to the correct part of the body.
Other photos this week:
Bird Garden Birdwatch
Thank you so much for all the toilet roll tubes, we would love a few more if you could save them for us over the weekend.
Book Bags
Please could all book bags have a small key ring on the handle so children can identify their own book bag at home time.
Important Dates
Join us every Friday 8:45 – 09:00 AM for reading morning in the Nursery classroom.
INSET Day – Monday 29th January.
February Half Term – Monday 19th – Friday 23rd February
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Taylor
Welcome Back Year 3!
We’ve had an absolutely fantastic week returning to school, and we’re eager to share the exciting things happening in our English lessons!
We are currently reading ‘Cloud Tea Monkeys,’ a book that has cross-curricular links to our science lessons. We have been enjoying familiarising ourselves with the text. Here are some photos of us role-playing parts of the story.
