Radipole Primary School
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Nature Reserve- Building Towers
Thu 20 Mar 2025Year 5 took on a fun challenge this week, which was to build the tallest, strongest tower using natural materials.
Working in teams, they gathered leaves, twigs, and stones, experimenting with different structures. Towers toppled, branches snapped, but they kept persevering.
The children were fantastic collabadons and really showed their creativity and resilience even when something didn’t work.
Well done Year 5!
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Year Two - Capacity and Nature Reserve
Thu 20 Mar 2025It has been so lovely to see the sunshine this week and we have enjoyed getting outside. In Nature Reserve time we looked at different trees and began to name them. We looked at diferent types of bark, plants that grow on trees and explored trees that are evergreen or deciduous. We then used charcoal from the fire pit to sketch our favourite tree. The children looked carefully at all of the detail and enjoyed using the charcoal.
In Maths we have been measuring the capacity and volume of different containers. We went outside and used the water trays to measure accurately and then compared the capacity. We had great fun in our groups using the water.
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Year 1 - Walk around the School
Wed 19 Mar 2025On Tuesday, we had a lovely walk around the school. We spotted signs of Spring and enjoyed the sunshine. When we got back to the classroom we looked at where we had walked on the map and drew on the route.
Definitely the best bit was stopping at Westmacott Play Area!
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Year 5 - Air Resistance
Mon 17 Mar 2025As part of this term's science topic on forces, the children in 5T investigated the relationship between surface area and air resistance.
Working in groups, the children created different-sized parachutes and dropped them from the climbing frame in the playground, observing how fast they travelled to the ground.
They all did a fantastic job, impressing us with their scientific knowledge.
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Year 3 - Shapes and Colours!
Fri 14 Mar 2025This week, we created our own art pieces inspired by Beatriz Milhazes. The children used bright colours, bold shapes, and layered patterns to reflect her distinctive style, and really enjoyed experimenting with different designs to make their artwork stand out!
On Monday, the whole school had a fantastic visit from Rocksteady. We all loved watching the live music, and some lucky children even had the chance to join in and perform as part of the band—it was such an exciting experience!
In maths, we focused on measuring and calculating the perimeter of different shapes. The children worked carefully with rulers, checking their answers and building their confidence.
Music lessons have been full of energy as we continued learning Three Little Birds on the glockenspiels. The children are becoming more confident each week with both the notes and the rhythm!
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Year Two - Kenya Day
Fri 14 Mar 2025This week we have been learning about Kenya. We have learnt an African tale about Anansi the spider and retold it to our friends. Anansi was a greedy spider, who wanted to eat everyone elses lunch but he learnt his lesson when his legs were pulled in all directions. That is how Anansi got his long legs! We will be reading Just So Stories and then writing our own tales about why animals look like they do, over the next few weeks.
In Geography, we looked a an area of Kenya, Chagoria and drew a map of the town. We talked about what a rural and an urban place is like. On Friday we all enjoyed taking part in a Kenya day along with the Receptions children, who are learning about Africa. We enjoyed African dancing, some drama about going on a journey, mask making and printing our own African fabric using repeated patterns.
During our Kenya day we had a visitor who brought us letters, pictures and photos of our link school, Munga Primary School. Our visitor had been to meet teachers and children at Munga Primary School during February half term, when she had delivered our floor book about Radipole School. It was lovely to see photos of the children receiving our book and we really enjoyed reading the letters they had sent us.
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Year 4 - volleyball, Sir David Hattenscarf & Sumdog
Fri 14 Mar 2025Year 4 have been playing volleyball in PE this week, using beach balls and real volleyballs! A tricky sport but we are getting better.
A Battle Royale is this week's Sumdog homework - 1 vs All! Who can get on the leaderboard of the top 20 scores? Sumdog automatically adjusts questions based on individual ability so everyone can join in fairly - the more you play, the more points you get!
Rehearsals for our show, Sir David Hattenscarf, are going well! Please do keep practising lines and lyrics at home.
Well done everyone :-)
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Year One - Solving Maths Problems
Thu 13 Mar 2025We have been working on subtraction and solving maths problems.
The children made up their own problems using counting apparatus and things in the classroom. They used the structure of First.., Then.... and now...........
It was a nice way to start our day!
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Year 5- Science experiment
Fri 07 Mar 2025This week, Year 5 have been exploring air resistance by creating their own parachutes. They learned about air resistance by using materials like plastic bags and string to build their designs.
After testing their parachutes outside, they enjoyed watching them float down, deepening their understanding of the concept while showing fantastic teamwork and creativity.
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Year 3 - Book Week and Printing.
Fri 07 Mar 2025This week was World Book Week, and on Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day with some incredible book-themed hats—WOW! They were all absolutely amazing, and it was fantastic to see everyone's creativity on display.
In art, we practised printing techniques, exploring different patterns and textures.
In PE, we had a great time playing lacrosse and volleyball, developing our teamwork and coordination skills.
