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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 6 News
Fri 29 Nov 2024In Maths, we have been learning how simplify and compare fractions, using our times table knowledge to help. We have also learnt how to convert mixed and improper fractions. Fractions really aren't as horrible as the children thought they were!
We completed our diaries in English, which were linked to the Highwayman. The emotive language, thoughts and feelings were particularly impressive and showed a good understanding of the characters.
Everyone created rainbows in Science this week, using water, a torch and a mirror as well as prisms. This showed how light is actually made up of a spectrum of colours. We will be using this knowledge to write an explanation text in English next week.
Please remember to bring clothes for swimming next week (2.12) as it's a water safety session. A normal swimming kit is needed too. Full length leggings, a long sleeved top and football skins are ideal. Nothing loose please.
Have a great weekend
Miss Ottowell
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Year 3 News
Fri 29 Nov 2024This week, year 3 have had a great week in the classroom. We have started our new narrative writing unit on 'The Secret of Black Rock' exploring lots of character feelings. We have also had a dental team in, giving on advice on good dental hygiene. Today, we planned our bridges in order to start making them before Christmas! We are super proud of the children as ever and we want them to have a lovely well-rested weekend!
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Year 4 News
Thu 28 Nov 2024This week in Year 4, we have started our unit on persuasive writing and have focused on a variety of persuasive techniques, ready to plan and write our letter next week. In Maths, we have finished our unit on area and the children have done really well in their end of unit assessment. Next week, we will be moving onto multiplication and division. In Science, we have been preparing our experiment into what drinks damage our teeth by using egg shells and a variety of different beverages. We also had a visit from the dental nurse this week who has showed us how to clean our teeth thoroughly and look after them. In Spanish we have been learning the days of the week and in PE we have been practicing our dribbling skills within Basketball.
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Year 5 News
Thu 28 Nov 2024What a great week we’ve had in year 5.
We’ve been visited by the dentist and found out there are 13 tablespoons of sugar in a McDonalds milkshake!!
We have finished our Isaac Newton bibliographies and made some fantastic progress with our fractions in Maths. In Science we explored the effects of water resistance with our plasticine shapes in water cylinders experiment and in Art we designed our Indus Valley jewellery. In ‘Go Zero’ we explored the school grounds and became nature photographers and perfected our dance routines in physical education.
Thanks to all those who came to the English lesson on Friday morning and looking forward to seeing you all at parents evening this coming Tuesday.
Below are next weeks spellings:
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Year 3 News
Fri 22 Nov 2024This week year three have had a very resilient week with tests. They have behaved incredibly well and they have tried their absolute best in all areas of learning. We have continued to practice our Christmas production and today, we have been exploring the importance of the triangle in construction work. This week, we also had a visit from the mental health support team to give the children some advice on how to regulate themselves when they may be feeling sad. They were polite and respectful and they worked very hard in these sessions! As ever, we are super proud of the way they have conducted themselves 🙂
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Year 6 News
Fri 22 Nov 2024We had a brilliant trip to Newstead Abbey, where we took part in a range of activities, to help us understand what life was like during the Victorian era. There was the opportunity to play with Victorian toys and make herb bags. The games in the great hall were really fun and lots of us had to do forfeits. We also got to see what a Victorian school room and bedroom would have looked like.
This week, the children have been completing their assessments and everyone has tried really hard, showing us what they have learnt during the Autumn term. Well done!
To end the week, we held our class debate in celebration of Parliament Week. The question was 'Should space travel be banned?' We had a great debate with lots of confident contributions. Everyone listened to the different ideas and shared their responses and counter arguments. The majority of the class voted in favour of space travel not being banned.
Have a great weekend
Miss Ottowell
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Year 5 News
Fri 22 Nov 2024Test week this week and what a wonderful job the children did.
We started the week with our parliament week assembly delivered by our school council. We learnt about parliament, how to debate and the reasons we would hold a vote. Science may have been the highlight this week with the children learning about forces applied to a parachutist.
In P.E we learnt how to ‘tut’ (dance with our hands and combine it with a routine. Spanish was devoted to animals and their descriptions. Wear what you want day was a huge success with many prizes donated for our winter fair and rehearsal for our Christmas singing concert is sounding wonderful.
Our new spellings for next week are below.
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Year 4 News
Fri 22 Nov 2024This week the children have worked really hard in all their assessments. As part of parliament week, both classes have held a debate and voted on a topic chosen by the school council. We have learnt about the different layers of teeth in Science and have sketched the face of Nelson Mandela in preparation for our art final piece. Next week, we will be continuing our Maths unit on Area and start a new unit on persuasive writing in English now that we have published our South African Diaries.
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Year 5 News
Mon 18 Nov 2024Another great week in year five!!
The clear highlight was karate day on Thursday. In English we are continuing with our biography writing, researching the innovative Isaac Newton (favourite fact so far was his dog set his laboratory on fire destroying 20 years of research).
Maths has concluded our multiplication and division unit with some great progress shown. In science we are exploring gravity and now know the difference between weight and mass while completed experiments using our Newton measuring metres.
Dancing continued with Mr Riley in P.E with some stand out performances and we continue to explore the issues of climate change in our new Go Zero lessons. Finally, this week our Art unit has begun with the children sketching ancient Indus Valley jewellery.
Our new spellings for next week are below.
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Year 3 News
Fri 15 Nov 2024This week, year 3 have been doing an amazing job, writing their travel diaries. They have used a range of different clauses to convey their feelings, thoughts and emotions. We have continued with our music lessons, exploring ballads and the deeper meaning behind them (The children have loved listening to David Bowie and Bryan Adams!) We are continuing with our DT unit on bridges (thankyou to your contributions so far on the project) and this week, we have explored some of the different bridges around the world. Year 3 have been brilliant this week and as ever, we are super proud of them!
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