Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 5 - Sikhism

  Fri 28 Apr 2023

  In our R.E. lesson this week, the children discussed how Sikhs show commitment to their faith.

   

  One of the ways Sikhs do this is through the Five Ks: kesh (uncut hair); kangha (a comb); kara (a steel bracelet); kachera (undershorts); and kirpan (a sword). These are artefacts that are very important to Sikhs; they help Sikhs to live their lives in the right way.

  

• Year 2 - New challenges –Be an Explorasaurus!

  Fri 28 Apr 2023 FProbert

  Another busy week in Year 2. We have had new things happening in class this week.

  In PE, we got all of the equipment out and challenged ourselves to climbing up the ropes and the rope ladders, walking backwards on the benches, holding balances and showing different rolls on the mats. We tried to make our sequences impressive!

  In Science, we looked at the science results of our cress experiments. Our individual cress seed results were varied. 2MH’s cress grew wonderfully, but 2P cress results were not so fabulous. Being scientists, we could explore the reason why some cress seeds grew well while others were not so successful.

  Friday afternoon was great fun. Being an explorasaurus this time meant trying out different ways to attached wheels and axles to a chassis. This is to help us when we make our on moving vehicle.

  We welcomed Mrs Eaton to the year 2 teaching team this week too. We feel very lucky!

  

• Year 4- 28th April

  Fri 28 Apr 2023

  Year 4

  This week, in our English lessons, we began planning a non-chronological report on our geography topic of ‘coasts’. We did this through research and making notes under different subheadings. Next week, we’ll write the final report.

   

  

• Year 3 rounders, art and athletics!

  Fri 28 Apr 2023

  The summer term is finally here, yay! 🌞 🌞 🌞

   

  Year 3 have been outside making the most of the sunny days with some fabulous rounders and athletics. 🎾 🥎

   

  The after-school nature club has started; we looked at the plants and flowers we had in our nature reserve, and we have taped off some areas so we can record what grows and do some management of the areas to promote new growth and variety. 🌼  🌻  🌞 

   

  In art, we have been working on our sketching skills and looking at the work of the artist Vincent van Gogh. Check out our fabulous shading skills! Well done everyone. 🎨 

  

• Year 6- History

  Thu 27 Apr 2023

  This term, Year 6 are learning about the Mayans and what they gave us. To start this area of learning, the children participated in a range of Mayan activities: Mayan writing, Mayan numbers, Mayan drinking chocolate and a Mayan sacrificial game- Pitz. 

  

• Year 5 - Still Life

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  This week in our art lesson, the children studied the work of Giorgio Morandi, Italy's most famous 20^th century still life painter.

   

  The children began a still life drawing of their own, and they will be using these skills to design and create a print of a still life later this half term.

  

• The Radipole Way

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  ⭐️Another busy assembly today. ⭐️

   

  📚Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Word Millionaire certificates were given out to Year 5 and 6.

   

  ⚽️We said a massive 'Well Done!' to the Year 5 and 6 football team who played a match against St George's this week.

   

  🦕We gave out lots of dinosaur certificates - so many Tryasaurus Rex certificates this week. 

   

  🐛 We also handed out the Radipole Reading Wordm. 

  Joint First Place - 5B and 2MH

   

  Well done to all of those who got certificates or a 'Well done' in assembly today.

  

• Year One - Design Technology

  Fri 21 Apr 2023 Mrs Ireland

  This half term we are looking at moving pictures and books. 

  We had a lesson where we tried to assess whether the moving parts of a book had a lever, spinner or slider mechanism. 

  Have you got any books with a lever, spinner or slider mechanism?

  Perhaps you could bring them in to show us.

   

  

• Year 5 and 6 Football Friendly

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  This week, a team played a football friendly against St Georges. Every player played with great team spirit and kept going to the final whistle, and the match ended with a 4-3 victory.  

  

• Year 2 - A great first week of the final term!

  Thu 20 Apr 2023 FProbert

   

  What a great week the Year 2 children have had. It is always so exciting to start a new term and to start new topics. This term has certainly started brilliantly!

  The children were able to make the most of the sunshine when they had their first visit to the nature reserve on Tuesday. Looking for signs of spring, the children explored the reserve with a keen eye. Their visit was extra special as our new Science topics is plants. The children planted their own sunflower seeds in the hope that they will germinate and grow strong and tall. They have also started an investigation into what conditions are best for plants to grow. We shall be checking on the results next week. The sunshine added to the enjoyment of learning and developing their sending and retrieving skills in outdoor games. We are keeping our fingers crossed for sunshine at the swimming pool too!

  Our reading book this half term is The Day the Crayons Quit. We have also started our new reading practice activities: V.I.P.E.R.S reading. This is where the children share a text and answer questions about Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Summarising. These reading skills will help the children with their overall comprehension of a text.

  Vocabulary has been a key component of all our subjects this week. Why not question a year 2 child about the following words: e-book, mind-map, node, fraction, quarter, third, humiliate, desperate, deflated, emotions, families and finally, chronology. You will be so impressed with their knowledge!