Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 3 News
Fri 04 Oct 2024This week, year 3 have had a busy week planning their cave art paintings ready to paint next week! They are super excited to get them done and showcase them. We have completed out Maths unit on place value and we will now move onto addition and subtraction. We have also been making newspaper headlines using alliteration and catchy adjectives to draw the reader's attention. As ever, we are really proud of the children and they have now well and truly settled into life at Albany Junior School!
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Year 4 News
Fri 04 Oct 2024In English, we have been studying the features of instructions, considering how to create an Ancient Egyptian salt dough cartouche based on the ones made earlier in the half term. We will be planning, editing and writing next week. In Maths, the children have enjoyed using Roman Numerals, solving problems. In PE, the children have been developing their skills their racquet skills. Spellings will be given out on Friday.
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Year 5 News
Fri 04 Oct 2024It was so lovely to welcome parents in to school for our maths workshop this week. We used our knowledge of Roman Numerals to solve a mystery. In English, we have now finished our travel guides and have created our own travel adverts using Canva. In Science, we looked at the phases of the moon and why they occur.
Please see the spelling list below for next week.
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Year 6 News
Fri 04 Oct 2024In Maths, we revisited formal addition and subtraction with whole and decimal numbers before applying our skills to problem solving questions. We have also found common factors and multiples. In English, our newspaper reports are complete and they look great. We spent time editing these to make them the best they could be. The vocabulary being used has been really impressive. This week in Spanish, we learnt the words for some of our family members. Letters also went home about our parent workshop for Maths - please return the slip if you can join us. It will be great to see you.
Have a great weekend.
Miss Ottowell
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Year 3 News
Fri 27 Sep 2024This week, year 3 have had a great week starting our writing unit using the Croods as a stimulus to write newspaper reports about the invention of fire! We have been doing lots of work on place value, which we will continue next week! In science, we have been investigating the different types of rocks and seeing whether they are permeable or impermeable! We have another busy week next week and we hope the children get a well rested weekend 🙂 We are super proud with how they have settled into life at Albany
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Year 4 News
Fri 27 Sep 2024This week we have continued to learn about Ancient Egyptian life and the jobs that people had. We have been reading some Egyptian myths about the Gods and Goddesses. We also learned about the Ancient Egyptian Shaduf. PE has been fun as we have been developing our dance. Spellings have again been given out.
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Year 5 News
Fri 27 Sep 2024This week, we have continued writing our travel guide for places in North America and will be completing our final versions next week. In maths, we have come to the end of our place value unit and will be moving on to the four operations. We are really looking forward to welcoming parents into our maths lesson on Tuesday for our first parent workshop of the year. In topic, we have been focusing on physical and human features of geography. Mount Rushmore provoked some interesting discussions in class as to whether it was physical or human. In DT, we have started measuring and sawing wood, ready to construct our money boxes. We have also made some prototypes to test the best way of joining wood.
Your child should come home with their spelling book and the new spellings we will be working on next week, ready for the test on Friday. If they forget to bring their book home, please see the new spelling list below. We hope you have a lovely weekend.
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Year 6 News
Fri 27 Sep 2024This week in Maths, we have been continuing with our work around place value, using negative numbers and number lines. In English, we have written examples of direct and reported speech, making sure that our punctuation is accurate. We have also planned our newspaper reports about Theseus' victory against the Minotaur. Everyone is doing really well with their swimming lessons and we have learnt new vocabulary in Spanish, linked to our personalities.
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Year 3 News
Fri 20 Sep 2024This week, year 3 have finally got going after test week. We have had a fantastic week of English, where we have followed the story of Boy (A Stone Age Character) and maths, where we have been looking at number and place value. The children are showing lots of live for learning and we are getting to know each and every one of them in the process!
We are so proud of everything they have done this week! Keep it up.
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Year 4 News
Fri 20 Sep 2024This week, Year 4 have enjoyed practicing and performing a puppet section of their dance in PE. They have continued to learn about the ancient Egyptians and their writing by scribing hieroglyphs onto papyrus paper. In Science, we learned about the function of saliva by conducting an experiment with crackers and of bile using water, oil and washing up liquid.
Have a wonderful weekend.
