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

• Reception - Dinosaur inspired Art

  Fri 13 Jan 2023 H Mullins

  The children have loved listening to the poems and looking at the colourful images in the book , Stomp Chomp, Big Roars, Here Come the Dinosaurs! By Kaye Umansky and Nick Sharratt .

  They have painted dinosaurs that could be found in this wonderful book. 

  

• Year 5 - Sikhism

  Thu 12 Jan 2023

  As part of our R.E. topic on Sikhism, the children made plasticine bowls to represent the world. Each child then had to “fill” their bowl with a noun that would make the world a better place to live in.  Some examples of the children’s choices were ‘loyalty’, ‘selflessness’, ‘kindness’ and ‘love’. 

  

• Year 1 - Natural Patterns

  Thu 12 Jan 2023 Mrs Ireland

  We had great time practicing making patterns with natural materials in the nature reserve. It was a bit muddy, but the children found really ingenious natural things to make different patterns with.

  

• Year 2 - Challenges

  Fri 06 Jan 2023 FProbert

   

  The children have returned to school with new energy and a readiness to learn. As always, we have started many new topics this term, so remember to ask the children about what they are learning.

  In Maths, we have started a new topic on Money. The children are learning how to recognise the different coins and notes, and to add up in £ and pence. This is a great time to be encouraging the children to have-a-go at spending and counting real money whenever you can.

  In ICT, the children have started working on creating pictograms. They found it quite easy to record the information successfully. The next challenge will be to interpret and ask questions about their pictograms.

  Challenges is a theme that is part of our PSHE this term. One aspect we discussed this week was – what is a realistic challenge or goal? Linking our PSHE to our English, we have taken on the challenge of learning the poem ‘The Owl and The Pussy-Cat’ by Edward Lear. We decided that learning the first verse was certainly a realistic challenge for all of the children and teachers. Learning all three verses was a much greater challenge, but some children think they can do it by next Tuesday? Watch this space.

   

   

  

• Year 6 - Algebra

  Fri 06 Jan 2023

  After a relaxing break, this term's math started with algebra. The children worked really hard at writing expressions, substituting and solving. They were amazing! 

  

• Reception - Skeletons

  Fri 06 Jan 2023 H Mullins

  The children stated the week being a bit frightened of skeletons but now they are fascinated! 

   

  They can tell you the names of some of the bones, talk about joints and what organs are found inside our skeletons.

   

  They can tell you how many bones a baby has, and how many Mrs Mullins has! 

   

  Stories about skeletons have been funny. 

  

• Year 4 - Digestive Systems and Persuasion

  Fri 06 Jan 2023

  Year 4 have had a great first week back. 

   

  The children have got really into their new Science topic about animals and started off the topic by learning all about the digestive system and making plasticine digestive systems.

   

  They have also just begun to look at being persuasive in their Writing lessons and are exploring the question - should children at Radipole wear school uniform?

  

• Year One - Working on 'teen' numbers

  Thu 05 Jan 2023 Mrs I

  In maths, we revised number bonds to ten and have started learning about teen numbers. We have read, tried to spell the number words and created numbers using different equipment including tens frames, base ten and used Reckenreks for the first time. 

  We have learnt that one ten and three ones makes 13 and 14 is one ten and four ones. 

  Next week we are carrying on this work.

  Why not have a practice at home?

  

• Year 5 - Class Book

  Thu 05 Jan 2023

  Happy New Year!

   

  Year 5 have had a lovely first few days back after the Christmas break.

   

  We have started a new class book: When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead. Set in New York in the 1970s and 1980s, the book is the story of 11-year-old Miranda, who starts receiving strange notes from an unknown writer. Even though we have only read a few chapters, the children are already gripped by the unfolding mystery, and they have loved coming up with theories about how all the clues fit together.

  

• Year 2 - A fabulous end to a fantastic term

  Wed 21 Dec 2022 FProbert

  The children have been working hard right up to the very last minute. In English, they have published their letters on behalf of Greenpeace. They worked exceptionally hard to present their work using their neatest handwriting and the correct layout of a letter.

  Their Design Technology work finally came to its end with an array of some amazing glove puppets. The puppets were designed for the needs of specific clients, and the children sewed, glued and worked with great determination. The teachers and TA’s were so very proud of them all. 

  It was not all work this week. Party day on Wednesday was so sensational. There was many games, hat-making and card-making activities plus the delicious Christmas lunch! The children dressed up in their Christmassy home clothes added just the right amount of Christmas sparkle to the day.

  The Year 2 team would like to thank all the children and `parents for an amazing Autumn Term, and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.