Our infant playground is a wonderful place to play and we all enjoy spending time there. It’s great for our wellbeing and this week, we have been thinking about all the different things that we can do together in our fun outdoor space.
w/c 2nd October in year 4
The children have practising the skills needed to write a report, or chronological recount; and writing plans for their report on last Friday’s trip. We’ve talked about including lots of detail, using technical language, a variety of time adverbials and including their feelings and next questions about what they saw and learnt. We also revised the rules on spelling past tense verbs. Next week we’ll start writing the full report.
Today the children used acrylic paints for figures in the style of Julian Opie; and the result is some very colourful and striking pictures of people.
The class is enjoying using the library with the librarians carrying out their duties very well.
We’ve continued learning about electrical circuits, with the children building both complete and incomplete ones. In Maths, we’re coming to the end of our first unit about place value and will move onto addition and subtraction soon. In computing, the children are writing programs with increasing complexity to write capital letters.
I look forward to seeing you all at some point next week to talk about your child’s progress. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the sun this weekend.
Nursery 06.10.2023
This week we had a very special visit from ‘Little City’. Nursery children had an hour to explore the 10 mini role play areas including a laundrette, a supermarket, a hairdressers, a garage and a post office.
More photos can be found on Tapestry.
This week we opened the new easel, the children are able to use the easel independently to create wonderful artwork.
Photos from this week:
Reminders
Library books need to be returned each Wednesday so children can select a new book.
All children need welly boots as the weather starts to change so they can play on the muddy hill and in puddles.
Please encourage independence at home by getting children to have a go at putting on and taking off coats and shoes.
We would love any donations of boxes so the children can create some lovely models.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Taylor
Year Six are on the pitch… they think it’s all over.
We had a fantastic day at the St Michael’s Junior School Sports Competition. The sun shone and everyone enjoyed the challenge, playing in either the boys 7-a-side, girls 6-a-side, or the mixed netball competition. The children conducted themselves admirably and were rewarded with runners-up medal in the girls football and winning the mixed netball competition, playing against some much larger schools. Well done to everyone and thanks to all of the parents who ferried the children to and from St Michael’s.
To mark National Poetry Day on Thursday, we enjoyed sharing our performances of poems. Our approach to sharing poetry is to treat the poem as a poem: letting its verbal magic work through the enjoyment of its sound. Reading the poem aloud. Hearing its sound in the air, feeling its shape in our mouths, seeing which lines draw us in. Noticing, and thinking about what we like and are reminded of in our reading and experience.
We looked more carefully at Eleanor Farjeon’s Cottage and used this as the starting point for writing our own poetry.
Cottage (1942)
Eleanor Farjeon
When I live in a Cottage
I shall keep in my Cottage
Two different Dogs,
Three creamy Cows,
Four giddy Goats,
Five Pewter Pots,
Six silver Spoons,
Seven busy Beehives,
Eight ancient Appletrees,
Nine red Rosebushes,
Ten teeming Teapots,
Eleven chirping Chickens,
Twelve cosy Cats with their kittenish Kittens and
One blessed Baby in a Basket.
That’s what I’ll have when I live in my Cottage.
Later in the year, we will be sharing details of the national Poetry by Heart competition, so watch this space.
An enormous ‘thank you’ to all of the Year Six parents who organised our cake sale and to the children who advertised it: we raised over £180, which the class are now busy planning how to spend. We are looking to get some ‘quality of life’ items that will make our final year together even better!
Week 6th October 2023
We are looking at the work of artist Vincent Van Gogh. Here are some of our artworks.
We have also been comparing number and learning how to record “greater than”, “fewer than” and “equal too” using symbols.
Well Being Team 2023-2024
At St Adrians’ we believe our emotional, social and mental well being is very important. Therefore, we have a team of children in the Wellbeing Team ready and raring to go. They will be supported by Miss Osman, Miss Taylor and Mrs Parret and will be organising some fun and thoughtful events for us over the course of the year.
Thank you children.
Chaplaincy Team 2023-2024
We are proud to introduce our the Chaplaincy Team of 2023-2024. The children were blessed and welcomed into the service of our school in the Mercy Mass by Father Francis in September. They were also privileged to meet a previous Head teacher of St Adrian’s, Sr Margaret. Sr Margaret shared with the Chaplaincy Team the history of the Sisters of Mercy and what an honour it is to serve our school by helping others.
The Chaplaincy Team will be taking part in the masses and litergies throughout the school year.
Thank you children for your dedicated service.
Sports Ambassadors 2023-2024
We are proud to introduce our new Sports Ambassadors of 2023-2024. They will be working closely with Mr Creaton and Miss Cartwright through the year to promote our fitness and how St Adrian’s can particpate in a variety of sporting events through the year.
Congratulations girls!
School Council 2023-2024
Welcome to the new members of the School Council for this academic year.
We are lucky to have the Head Boy, Henry Madders, Head Girl, Lily Christie, and Deputy Head Boy, Archie Beghani Phillips and Deputy Head Girl, Ailbhe Hanbury on the School Council this year so we certainly have a strong team.
We had our first School Council meeting on 3rd October where we discussed two fund raising events.
Show Racism the Red Card: On Friday 20th October, children across the school can bring £1 to wear red for the day to go towards Show Racism the Red Card. This will culminate in our whole school focus on Black History Month.
Children in Need: On Friday 17th November, children across the school can wear spotty clothes and bring £1 for this. In addition, we will have a Bake Off competition. Children who enter will pay £1, and will bring in cakes (large or small) they have made and decorated. The School Council will judge the cakes from each class.
The cakes will then go on sale after school and all proceeds will go to the Children In Need charity.
In preparation for the these events, the School Council will write letters to the parents informing them about the events, they will design posters to advertise the events and they will be involved in the running of the events too. It is very much a hands on team effort we have here at St Adrian’s.
Fun learning at The Fitzwilliam
Year 4 had a great day of looking, listening and learning in Cambridge today. The museum teacher was so impressed by the class’s behaviour and reflective comments, that she stayed with us past her allotted hour and took us to the magnificent gallery in the lobby. The Fitzwilliam is one of those places where the building is as stunning as the contents.She even let us walk out through the turnstile door, which is usually not permitted for large school groups. Like the other amazing university-owned buildings in Cambridge, it is free and not as large or as busy as the London museums so well worth a visit. There are lots of – reasonably-priced – places to eat and other things to see and your children could start thinking about whether they would like to study there when they are older.
In the afternoon, the children made Greek-influenced pinch pots and again the staff were very impressed with the children’s confidence and proficiency. The children were building on their skills from last year which is excellent progress. Here are some of the moments from the day.
Unfortunately, we were late returning. We’d factored in extra journey time for getting back, but it wasn’t enough for today’s Friday traffic so I hope that didn’t spoil any after-school plans. Your children may like to tell you more about the day using the images on the museum’s website. A massive thank you for the fantastic parent helpers who worked very hard today and helped make the trip possible. I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
