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Year 4 - Super Spelling Stars

Sun 15 May 2016

Year 2/3 and Year 3 - Paralympic Sports

Sun 15 May 2016

Year 2/3 and Year 3 - Paralympic Sports

This week both Year 2/3 and Year 3 have had interesting PE lessons where we have learnt about what it is like not to have full access to our bodies by playing some Paralympic sports. One game we played was sit down volley ball, we found it very tricky not to use our legs. The other sport was goalball, which is like football but without the use of our eyes. We all found this very challenging but we really enjoyed it. It made us appreciate how lucky we are to have full use of our bodies.

Year 1/2 and Year 1/2A - Healthy Salad

Sun 15 May 2016

Good Luck with your SATS, Year 6/6A!

Sun 08 May 2016

F2 - Metamorphosis and More!

Sun 08 May 2016

F2 - Metamorphosis and More!

F2 have had a very busy 2 weeks discovering, amongst other things, some scientific wonders of our world around us! Last week we put our literacy and gardening skills to the test. We followed instructions on how to plant a sunflower seed; we have started a Sunflower Blog where we hope to post information on our sunflower’s progress. We will have to use lots of mathematical skills when we measure and compare. Please visit our blog and see how we get on. Not only have we planted a seed to take home, but yesterday all of F2 planted a sunflower seed in the Sunflower Bed in our Quad. We can’t wait to see how our flowers will compare to others planted by the rest of the children in the school. Whilst we were planting the seeds, Nic Parkin, (our eagle-eyed entomologist) spotted and recognised a black cocoon! Nic and Mrs Parker used the internet to try and find which species it belongs to. Nic thinks that it might be a Sphinx Drupiferamrum, a Large Yellow Underwing or a Darapsa Pholus. Nic made a viewing receptacle to keep it in, making sure it had holes in the lid to enable it breathe (thank you Mr Tyson for drilling the holes!). We will let you know what hatches out. Watch this space...

This last week has been very exciting as we have been monitoring our caterpillars - they have been eating lots and growing lots, just like The Very Hungry Caterpillar we have been reading about. Not only have they grown into big fat caterpillars but they have all built a cocoon ready to metamorphosise. If you don’t know the meaning of metamorphosis, just ask our F2 scientists to explain it to you. Jack drew a cocoon in the soil, in the tough spot, with a caterpillar in it - he certainly understands the meaning of meatamorphosis.

In number we have been trying to solve word problems: If my flower had 5 petals and 2 were blown away, how many petals are left?

In gymnastics we have been working hard towards the level 8 Proficiency Award and Badge - some of us are getting very good at balancing, forward rolls and jumping and landing like a gymnast - will we see any of F2 in future Olympics? Anything is possible!

We travelled back in time, in Caterpillar Music this week, to The Land of the Dinosaurs and the Wild West—Yee Hah! What fun we had!!!

What fun learning is on the menu for next week?

F1 — Making Sense of the World!

Sun 08 May 2016

F1 — Making Sense of the World!

In F1 we like to make our learning real and make links between different experiences so that our children can make sense of their world.

We have real caterpillars in the Unit and they are growing fatter by the day. The children know that they will soon form a cocoon and then a butterfly will emerge. Miss Frisby found a lovely activity on the internet where children could experience this by actually being the caterpillar, then wrapping themselves in a blanket to make a cocoon and finally breaking free and becoming a butterfly using scarves as wings. First though, we had to get Mrs P to model the activity... Oh my goodness! She was munching away at the children, much to their delight, and she did indeed emerge into a beautiful butterfly that flapped around the Unit! The children were soon eager to try the metamorphosis process themselves. Can F1 get any better?

Another Tuesday and another day of fabulous experiences. We went on a mini beast hunt with our magnifying glasses to see what we could find. We lifted up logs to see which insects were hiding underneath. Kaiden W saw an ant and said, 'That's a mini beast!' Ava spotted a spider, Poppy had a ladybird crawling in her hair and lots of our friends picked up worms. But they were very gentle and after they had said hello, they placed them carefully back in their home in the soil. Jayden was shouting at the top of his voice, 'I found it! I found it!', as a worm wiggled away beneath his feet. Alaina found a slug and picked it up for a closer look. Would you be so brave?! Gracie-Mai spied a huge bumble bee that was happily sitting on a flower and she waved goodbye to it as we walked past. We are reading the story of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' this week and as all our friends settled down to a biscuit and a drink on our lovely new picnic mat, that Mrs Bacon has kindly bought us, Mrs Fenton read us the story. But we weren't allowed to be lazy. No! We had to help Mrs Fenton count all the food that The Very Hungry Caterpillar had eaten. No wonder she had a tummy ache!

On our Tree-mendous Tuesday adventure we walked along the path, to where the fallen down tree blocks our path, and our friends are getting so good at finding ways to go over or under it. They don't need any help anymore and assess all the possibilities and then choose the way that suites them best. Miss Frisby, Mrs Bacon and Mrs Fenton commented on how good all our friends are at problem solving. What a fabulous skill you have learnt in F1 to help you all the way through school and in your grown up life too. What another exciting Tree-mendous Tuesday!