Latest News

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

• Update from Year 6 Teachers

  Fri 13 Nov 2020 Miss Frost

  Year 6 have enjoyed learning about and remembering those who gave their lives during the world wars and to those who continue to show bravery for our country. We have done this in our English unit and by observing a 2 minute silence on Armistice Day. Year 6 have also enjoyed PE this week, where they have had an outside provider teaching tri- golf to the children. Year 6 have worked extremely hard in everything they have done this week and we are proud of their continued effort.

   

  Mr Tivey 6T & Miss Hubert 6H

• 5M Update

  Fri 13 Nov 2020 Miss Frost

  This week in 5M, we have started the topic of the Indus Valley and have discovered where in the world it was located. We have begun to read a text from as similar time period that was set in Mesopotamia called Gilgamesh. He was the prince of a city and was rather arrogant and unkind. With his true friend we learned how he went to fight the monster Humbaba. The children have also looked at jewellery from the Indus Valley and have used shading appropriately. In English, the children having been using their imaginations to plan and begin to write a spooky story and we can’t wait to finish them next week.

   

  Mrs Marshall 5M

• 5W Update

  Fri 13 Nov 2020 Miss Frost

  In 5 W this week, we have started to learn about the Indus valley civilisation in history and forces in science. Our computing work has begun with learning about internet safety and spreadsheets and in English, we have found out what a modal verb is!  Well done 5W with your line graphs. You've nailed it!

   

  Miss Woolley & Mrs Cave 5W

• Update from Year 3 Teachers

  Fri 13 Nov 2020 Miss Frost

  This week in Year 3 we have been further studying China and have learnt about how artefacts, that have been found, teach us about the Shang Dynasty. We finished our topic on addition and subtraction and have been looking at the Singapore bar method to solve tricky word problems. We look forward to Children in Need day today.

   

  Mrs Wright 3W and Miss Mercer 3M

• Parent Forum Tuesday 17th November 2020

  Thu 12 Nov 2020
  We will be holding our first joint parents evening of the year on Tues 17th Nov at 9.30am. This is your chance as parents to meet with the head teachers of both Albany schools to share your opinions on a range of school issues. We will be meeting virtually using Zoom so please get in touch if you would like to attend and we will send an invitation. Please email head@albany-inf.notts.sch.uk if you would like to attend.

• Update from Year 3 teachers

  Fri 06 Nov 2020
  Miss Mercer and Mrs Wright have been so impressed with how well the Year 3s have returned to school this week and their mature and sensible approach to being at school. They have been enjoying the challenges we have been setting them during lessons. Our new Topic is the continent of Asia and this week we have been learning fun facts about China. Our new Science topic is Light and this week we have done a fun experiment using a laser pen and water.  This showed us how light is reflected into our eyes.

• Update from Year 6 teachers

  Fri 06 Nov 2020

  A fantastic start back in Year 6 and it has been so lovely to see everyone.  In English, we have been looking at some well-known war poetry in preparation for Remembrance Day next week.  In maths, we have been working hard on long division, which has been tough, but the children have persevered and are doing really well.  

• Updates from Year 4 Teachers

  Fri 06 Nov 2020 Miss Frost

  It has been brilliant to see everyone back in school this week and getting straight back into their work. In Science, we found out what types of teeth we have and why they are different. We used mirrors to thoroughly explore the teeth that we have. In reading, we became Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb and enjoyed miming his actions, to show our understanding. There were some super acting skills! We have now completed our Ancient Egypt topic and next week, we will start our new topic all about South Africa.

   

  Miss Ottowell 4O and Miss Hyde 4H

• Update from Miss Woolley and Mrs Cave 5W

  Fri 06 Nov 2020 Miss Frost

  In 5W, we have painted our Henry Moore sculptures this week. During the coming half-term, we will be making jewellery from clay. In maths, we have started statistics and have been looking at short stories in English from a book called ‘Short’ by Kevin Crossley-Holland. We’ve also started reading ‘Gilgamesh’ by Yiyon Li.  

  

• Update from Mrs Marshall 5M

  Fri 06 Nov 2020 Miss Frost

  It was great to be back on Tuesday in front of a full class of smiling children, who were ready to learn again at the start of this new half term. We have focused on finishing the America topic by investigating human and physical features of this country and why the times are different on the East and West coasts (time zones). The art sculptures were painted and we searched further into space, learning about the seasons and why we have them.