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• Year 4 - Poets

  Fri 13 Jan 2017

  Year 4 - Poets

  Year 4A have written some amazing poems based on our new topic - Robin Hood. We looked at the painting 'Robin Hood' by Daniel Maclise and used this for inspiration. Firstly, we collected a word bank based on the 5 senses, we came up with some interesting vocabulary! We then looked at a range of poems to decide on a style. We used rhyming couplets because we found these to be effective. We really enjoyed creating our poems, and hope that you enjoy reading some of them too:

   

  

• F1 - Rising to the Challenge!

  Fri 13 Jan 2017

  F1 - Rising to the Challenge!

  Our new F1s rose to the Foundation challenge! What a fabulous week we have had meeting all our new F1 friends! We have had 14 in total and already they have become immersed in F1 life! On Monday, our new afternoon children were introduced to our Suretots programme and loved climbing on the apparatus, bouncing on the trampoline and balancing on the beam. Esmee was really good at moving her body to our favourite song (well Miss Frisby’s really!) ‘Tumbletots are great!’ Lucie was able to copy simple repeated rhythms using the tap sticks, which is really tricky! On Tuesday, we ventured into the woods, but before we even got there we had to dodge all the mole hills on the school field. Err stop Miss Frisby! Did you say dodge? As if we would ever dodge a great pile of soil! We are F1 explorers and so we all decided to walk through them, jump on them and generally have a jolly good time getting our lovely new, sparkly wellies very muddy. Annabelle loved them! All the children passed the F1 ‘get as muddy as you can’ test! In the woods we found a big log, but of course it wasn’t a boring old log. No! We decided it was a car and had to take it in turns to sit on it. Zac was in his element and off he went to the shops! Miss Frisby gave him some money and told him to buy her some biscuits, which he thought was hilarious! Miss Frisby thought she heard the Gruffalo in the distance and Isabella told her all about him and what he looked like as well as the Big Bad Mouse. It’s a good job we knew what to expect and were prepared if we met him! Saphia spotted an arrow on the tree and we were all intrigued as to where it would lead! Jordii made lovely music by hitting two stones together and Annalise was really impressed! Dakota was interested in the worm which Logan found, but wasn’t brave enough to hold it- I’ll give her a couple of weeks and she will! Wednesday was Caterpillar Music- are you exhausted yet?! We looked at our picture that we are studying for art. It’s called The Banquet and it’s painted by a man called Sir James Dromgole Linton - we did lots of activities around the theme. We made our own courtyard and danced inside it using silk scarves. Mykala really enjoyed using the boxes to make the courtyard and Theo was amazing at spinning round to the music. At the end, we had lots of instruments to play and George liked the shakers but Tommy was more interested in the Maracas. Finally, the bubble machine was switched on and Mitchell liked watching them float through the air, but Daisy was more interested in popping them! What a wonderful week, F1 - all the F1 newbies have settled in beautifully. My big F2s have also made me so proud because they looked after their new friends, showed them the right thing to do and were very patient and kind, but I never doubted they would be for a minute! We can’t wait for next week!

   

  

• F2 - Open for Business and Wind Parties!

  Fri 13 Jan 2017

  F2 - Open for Business and Wind Parties!

  Need a hair cut, hair styling, grooming, beard trim? Look no further, the F2 Hair and Beauty Salon is now booking appointments—drop-ins also available! On Tuesday, F2 were treated to a hairdressing master class from Mrs Mallaby, proficiently supported by her glamorous apprentice, Mrs P. The children were totally engaged in the demonstration. Mrs Mallaby demonstrated how to massage a client’s scalp - Henry could recommend the treatment! Mrs Mallaby then trimmed and curled Miss Hopkinson’s hair, explaining the different techniques, step by step, and using lots of new vocabulary as she worked. The children were fascinated by all the different techniques and equipment. Of course, every exclusive and elegant salon has the appointment phone constantly ringing - the F2 salon was no exception! Mr Hays rang to book his weekly grooming appointment for a beard trim. The children were enthralled as Mrs Mallaby used the shears to trim his beard. The children asked many intelligent questions. The whole role-play generated lots of beautiful language. The children were making their own connections throughout. When Miss Hopkinson had her hair in curlers, Oliver B thought she looked liked the Queen (in the BFG); Henry thought that the spikey curlers were “like a stegosaurus.” The children also discussed and decided how much the clients should be charged. They agreed that Dexter’s estimation of £4 for Mr Hay’s beard trim and Hayden’s estimation of £10 for Miss Hopkinson’s cut and blow dry, were a fair price. Both clients left very satisfied customers, they were even given a cup of tea to enhance their experience in the F2 Salon! Why not share a role play activity at home with your child? It is such a powerful tool to help your children develop their language, imagination, artistic skills, understanding of the world and social and communication skills. The children in F2 have certainly tried to transfer what they learnt from Mrs Mallaby, in the Hairdressing Salon area - all the children become totally engrossed the moment they set foot in the Salon! If this were not enough, our F2 coiffeurs turned into scientists on Walkabout Wednesday when they investigated the wind! Dressed in lab coats, we all set off for the field. The wind was so strong that we thought that it would be fantastic to make a kite! Whilst Miss Hopkinson and Mrs P were busy making it, our box of resources blew away! We ended up with a strip of paper to hold in the wind - we learnt so much just from watching the paper dance: the way the wind changed direction and the strength of the wind. We loved being out in it! Ethan’s description of a ‘wind party’ was spot on!

   

  

• Reading Workshop for Parents and Carers of F2 Children

  Fri 13 Jan 2017
  

• Tuck Shop

  Fri 13 Jan 2017
  

• Year 3 - Wonderful Homework!

  Fri 13 Jan 2017
  

• Year 5 - Anglo-Saxon Gods

  Fri 13 Jan 2017
  

• This Week in Year 4…

  Fri 13 Jan 2017

  This Week in Year 4…

  This week in Year 4… We have been turning our hands to the art of script writing! Taking the story of the three little pigs and turning it into a masterpiece! In maths we have been working with fractions, from converting them to decimals through to changing mixed numbers into improper fractions!! Overall our work on Robin Hood has also gone up a gear, where we have been completing pencil sketches of the Major Oak and putting Robin's achievements into a time line to name but a few! Our trip to Sherwood Forest is next week and we cannot wait!

   

   

  Sophie H made a fantastic start to her Three Little Pigs script. Take a look at a snippet of Sophie’s work:

   

   

  Scene 1: On the stage are Pig 1 and Pig 2. One Pig 1 makes his house out of straw and the Pig 2 makes his house out of sticks. They start singing and dancing happily.

  Pig 3 enters pushing a wheel barrow, because he is building his house out of bricks.

   

  Pig 1: (happy) Let’s dance!

   

  Pig 2: (cries out) Are we ready?

   

  Pig 1: (confused) Oh yes we are!

   

  Pig 3: (sighing) What do you think you are doing?

   

  Pig 2 : I am dancing.

   

  Pig 1 : Do you want to join us?

   

  Pig 3: No thank you!

   

  Wolf enters

   

  Wolf : (smirking) Yum, yum! What juicy tender meals they’ll make!!

   

  (Wolf sneaks up on Pig 1)…

   

   

  Why not ask Year 4 if you can read some more scripts - Maybe those scripts might turn into plays?

   

  Watch this space...

   

   

  

• Year 1/2 - More Sculptors in the Making!

  Fri 13 Jan 2017
  

• Year 1 - Sculptors in the Making!

  Fri 13 Jan 2017