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 08 Dec 2023Where has the week gone! It was so lovely to see so many parents at parents evening this week. Thank you to those of you who came - it was lovely to meet so many of you. This week, we have been busy rehearsing for the Christmas Performance. We have a dress rehearsal at the Church on Monday and then our final performance will be on the 15th! We can't wait to perform to you all. In class, we have continued learning about Isaac Newton and writing our biographies about him. Today, we have had a fantastic time watching the pantomime Cinderella!
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Year 4 News
Fri 08 Dec 2023This week have finished our persuasive letters in English and have started a new maths topic on calculating the area of shapes. On Wednesday, we set up our science experiment, which we will examine and conclude the results of in our science parent workshop next week on Wednesday. There has been lots more rehearsing for our Christmas carol concert and we have even been to the church to practise ahead of next week. We have also enjoyed trying to spot the elf around school and had an amazing afternoon watching Cinderella and the Playhouse as part of our first Albany Adventure in Year 4. We are looking forward to next week and our Christmas carol performance at the church. Have a great weekend!
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Year 3 News
Fri 08 Dec 2023What a busy week we have had, fitting in lots of practice for our Christmas concert next week. In Maths, we have been starting to learn about Multiplication and how we can use different methods to help us. In English, we have been starting to study the book Coming Home and have been working on how we can use vocabulary to describe. In Topic, we have been looking at the seven wonders of the world and the children have been very amazed to find out how big some of the monuments are. Our trip to the panto has been the highlight of the week. We hope you have a restful weekend, and ready to come back to another busy week of learning.
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Year 4 News
Fri 01 Dec 2023This week we have started our new English unit on letter writing and are coming towards the end of our maths unit on multiplication and division for this half term. In art, we have done more work on creating our self-portraits and in PE we have developed control skills in being able to hit targets in dodgeball. We have been doing lots of singing practise this week and are extremely excited for the Christmas market.
Have a great weekend from Year 4.
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Year 5 News
Fri 01 Dec 2023This week has flown by and has finished with an amazing Christmas Market! The excitement for Christmas really has begun and it was so lovely to see all the children receive an advent calendar from the Elf and Albunny. Today, lots of children have enjoyed searching for the cheeky elf!
In lessons, we conducted a science experiment all about water resistance, testing which shapes took the longest to sink and in English we have been busy researching Isaac Newton ready for our biographical writing. In maths, we have moved onto fractions, identifying equivalent fractions and converting between improper and mixed fractions.
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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!