Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 5 News
Fri 24 Nov 2023We are super proud of how hard the children have tried on their assesments during test week. As we get closer to December and the Christmas performance, we are busy learning songs and lines. We are really looking forward to performing to our parents and carers.
In Science, we have been learning about gravity and the difference between mass and weight and in history, we have been researching life in the Indus Valley. Next week is going to be super exciting as it will be the Christmas fair! We can't wait to see you all there!
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Year 6 News
Fri 24 Nov 2023Year 6 have had a fantastic week. Yes! even test week can be fantastic. They have still enjoyed their afternoon of swimming and they have also started their next unit of writing, where they have been introduced to the narrative poem 'The Highwayman'. The children have also continued studying the Victorian period and have delved deeper into certain famous Victorian individuals, such as Lord Shaftsbury. The children are all really excited for their trip next week!
Yesterday, The Albany Junior School Boys Football Team played in a friendly against Chetwynd Spencer Academy. After a hard-fought 40 minutes, Chetwynd ended up victorious. The boys, although disappointed at losing, are staying positive and they will continue to work extremely hard in training in order make improvements on the pitch. A special shout out goes out to Nick, who played in his first ever football match and made some truly fantastic saves in goal! We are so proud of the boys, who will never give up, whatever the result.
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Year 4 News
Fri 24 Nov 2023This week has been assessment week and we have worked really hard in them.
In Science, we have learnt that different animals have different teeth belonging to specific herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. In PE, we were introduced to the side slingshot throw within dodgeball, which is quite tricky, so we will continue to develop this in following weeks. We have also been introduced to the days of the week in Spanish, so that we will be able to say the date in full. In English, we have practised our Rainbow Grammar knowledge, writing sentences with fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses to describe a scene in South Africa. In our maths lessons, we have discovered how the 3, 6 and 9 times tables are linked and have developed our fluency with multiplication and division facts with the 7 times table.
We finished this week with an art lesson (sketching a face) and our singing lesson where we are preparing for our Christmas performance. Remember to keep practising the songs at home with your lyrics booklet as the performance is not that far away now.
Have a great weekend from the Year 4 team!
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Year 3 News
Fri 24 Nov 2023Year 3 have had a busy test week, and we are really proud of how much effort they have put in. Well done Year 3. In DT we have been investigating how to make strong structures. In Topic, we have been locating capital cities across the world. We had a really successful Parent Workshop in Science and thank you to the parents that were able to make it, we appreciate your involvement. Back to a normal week next week and we hope that you have a lovely weekend.
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Year 6 News
Fri 17 Nov 2023V
In Maths this week, we continued to develop our understanding of long multiplication and we have started using long division too. We finally finished our non-chronological reports about the Ancient Greek Olympics, which included information about the events and important people. In History, we discovered what life was like for poor Victorian children. We didn't have many volunteers to go and sweep chimneys!
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Year 5 News
Fri 17 Nov 2023It has been a little bit different in Year 5 this week. On Tuesday, we took part in the Road to RIAT. The children took part in an online workshop, working win engineers to build a rocket, test is and then design a sustainable aircraft. On Thursday, every child took part in a karate taster session, developing their karate skills and they even got to break wooden blocks!
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Year 4 News
Fri 17 Nov 2023This week in Year 4 we have completed out diaries in our English sessions and have looked at how we use determiners. We had our independent write this week too with a focus on The Lion King and have been focusing on using and punctuating speech correctly. We also learnt a lot about Nelson Mandela in our reading sessions and have learnt about why he was arrested and what he stood up for. As part of our multiplication and division unit within maths, we have been looking at multiples, writing division and multiplication facts for the 3, 6 and 9 times table and have explored the connections between them. Continuing on our unit on teeth and digestion, this week we have looked at the different types of teeth and the different functions they have. In art, we have explored movement with figures and have done this through observing African dancers, using lines to show movement. On Thursday we tried our hands at karate and had a great session practising balance and control of our bodies.
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Year 3 News
Fri 17 Nov 2023What a busy week, we have been working hard in English, working on pulling all our ideas together for our travel diary around South America. We also wrote an independent write about some little mythical creatures travelling across a pond in a boot. In Maths we have been working hard with adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers. We also had Karate day this week which the children threw themselves into and gave it all a go. In Topic, we found countries on a map within continents, in Science, we learnt about how volcanos are formed. Next week is test week, so there will be no spellings and we ask to practice 100 words. We hope you have a lovely weekend.
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Year 4 News
Fri 10 Nov 2023In maths, we have finished our topic on Addition and Subtraction and have also learnt how to read and write using Roman Numerals with larger numbers. In English, we have looked at the features of Diaries and have planned our diaries so we are ready to write our entry about a visit to South Africa, which also links in with our Geography topic, in which we have looked at the different climate zones. We have resumed with our Spanish lessons for this term and are learning and developing our skills in Dodgeball as part of PE.
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Football News
Fri 10 Nov 2023Yesterday, Albany Junior Boys football team played Roundhill Primary School. Unfortunately, we played a fantastic team and the end result was not what we had hoped for. All of the children that played gave everything they had and they never once gave in or let their heads drop. They played with a fantastic attitude and they always had smiles on their faces. Next week, we host Trowell C of E Primary School in our second league game.
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