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

• Year 4 - Sound!

  Mon 20 Mar 2023

  Year 4 have been scientists this week, and have been testing different types of materials to see which would work best for a music studio.

   

  The children had to wrap up a sound source to see which material made it the quietest and muffled the sound the best. We found out that the resources with the most air pockets (the squishiest) muffled the sound the best.

   

  What super science work!

  

• Year 2 -Two days of non- uniform!

  Fri 17 Mar 2023 FProbert

  Two days of non- uniform!

  What an unusual week where we have had two non-uniform days. The first day was to support our school PTFA who were asking for chocolate and egg donations for the forthcoming Easter Fayre. The second one was for Comic Relief. We would like to thank you for your monetary donations. We especially liked the jokes the children brought in. Here are just a few that were shared.

  Joke 1: There were 10 cats on a boat. One cat jumped off. How many were left?

  None! They were copy-cats!

  Joke 2: Knock, knock!

  Who’s there?

  Cows

  Cows who?

  Cows moo, not who!

  Joke 3: What do you call a sheep on a trampoline?

  A woolly jumper!

   Joke 4: What do you call a magician’s dog?

  A labracadabrador

  Joke 5:  What did the lettuce say to the door?

  Lettuce I, it’s freezing out here!

  Joke 6: What do you call a dancing lamb?

  A baa-allerina!

   

  The children have continued to work well on their Geography and English work this week. 

  The children learned how to draw a simple map of a town in Kenya using keys to identify different physical and human features. In English, they listened to a traditional African tale. They then tried retelling that tale to each other. Traditional tales were often passed through generations simply by telling the stories and not reading or writing them. Through using their own created storyboards, the children then wrote the story of Why the Sun and Moon live in the Sky. Maybe you could ask them the story -we are sure they will remember the whole tale. Enjoy!

• Year 3 - nature heroes!

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  Year 3 have been finding out about why litter is so bad for the environment and ways in which it can damage wildlife and nature. We went on a litter picking hunt around the nature reserve and school grounds to help keep it super tidy and safe. Well done to the children for being such great Careodactyls 🌎  🐿️ 🦊🦌

  

• Year 5 - Netball Match

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  Incredible performance from some Year 5 students at this week's netball match against St George's! 11-0 to us. Well done, Year 5. We are incredibly impressed and proud! 

  

• Musical Year 3!

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  Year 3 have been wonderful musicians this half term, playing keyboards and xylophones to accompanying music. We have learnt to sing "The dragon song" and we enjoyed playing along in different ways, focusing on the right notes and carefully keeping the time. Well done everyone 🎵 🎼  🎹 

  

• Year One - Crossing the Road

  Mon 13 Mar 2023 K Ayles

  Year One visited Derek the Lolly Pop Man outside the school grounds this week. He spoke to us all about how to cross the road safely. We all practiced how to stop, look, listen and think before crossing the road. After, we wrote instructions on how to cross the road safely using time connectives (first, then, next, after that, finally). Thank you Derek! 

  

• Year 2 - Bossy Year 2!

  Fri 10 Mar 2023 FProbert

  Bossy Year 2!

  The children have not actually been bossy (adjective), but they have been using bossy verbs in their English writing this week. As part of their work on instruction writing, the children have used imperative verbs (bossy verbs) to clearly explain each step of an instruction. The children watched their class teacher demonstrate making a pizza, and they then had to write their instructions in chronological order.  Perhaps you could have a go at making a pizza with them too – they could easy give you the instructions using verbs like chop, slice, wash, spread, and sprinkle.

  The teachers have been extremely impressed with how their recorder skills are developing this term. Learning the notes C and D, and playing along with the Zootime music, the children have really started to sound amazing. Many of the children want a recorder for home to practise – parents, do you dare?

  In DT, we have been looking at making smoothies. We have done our market research, and the children have made their choices of fruit and vegetables that they would like to have in their smoothies. A letter has gone out today, and we hope that they will create these on Friday 24^th March.

  

• Year 4 - Basketballs and Bottles!

  Fri 10 Mar 2023

  We have had another busy week in Year 4.

   

  We really enjoyed this week's session with the basketball coach. Our throwing, catching and dribbling are all really improving.

   

  We have also continued with our science topic on sound. This week we investigated pitch. We filled glass jars with different amounts of liquid and noticed how the pitch changed when they were tapped. It was like making our own xylophone.

  

• Year 6- Basketball

  Fri 10 Mar 2023

  During our outdoor PE this term, Year 6 are developing basketball skills with Emily and Jacob. They have developed dribbling, passing and using these skills as part of a team game. 

  

• Year 5 - Foundation Subject Fun!

  Fri 10 Mar 2023

  This half term in Science, we have been learning about Forces, so this week we tested air resistance and it's effect on the speed of our parachutes falling! We have so far tested gravity, and we're looking forward to exploring water resistance, friction and levers and pulleys! Well done, Year 5.