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Reception Weekly Blog WB 7/3/2022
Date: 11th Mar 2022 @ 12:25pm
This week in Reception we have done some fantastic learning linked to our topic of Amazing Animals. In English we followed the adventures of a brave little chicken called Hattie Peck who went all over the world looking for abandoned eggs. We created story maps and used drama to recreated the places on her journey.
In Maths we have been continuing our learning about 9 and 10. This week we have been looking at numbers that are more and fewer and we have thought about what two numbers we add together to make 10.
In our afternoon learning we have been learning about the inspirational Sir David Attenborough. We have learned about his life and his work as a conservationist and naturalist. The children have become Recycling Rangers to help to look after our planet!
Next week we will be learning some more about animals that come from eggs.
The Journey of life in Class 12
Date: 10th Mar 2022 @ 4:57pm
In RE, Year 5 have been exploring the journey of life. We discussed how each of us has unique lifestyles and how we all have different experiences and because of this our journeys are different.
We looked at artist’s interpretation of life journeys and how they chose to represent them. We discussed a range of paintings and tried to interpret what they were trying to say about life.
Later, we created our own pieces of art work to show what we thought the journey of life is. The final art pieces were impressive and the children had really put a lot of thought into them. Well done!
The Journey of Life in Class 11
Date: 10th Mar 2022 @ 4:45pm
In RE, Year 5 have been exploring the journey of life. We discussed how each of us has unique lifestyles and how we all have different experiences and because of this our journeys are different.
We looked at artist’s interpretation of life journeys and how they chose to represent them. We discussed a range of paintings and tried to interpret what they were trying to say about life.
Later, we created our own pieces of art work to show what we thought the journey of life is. The final art pieces were impressive and the children had really put a lot of thought into them. Well done!
Date: 7th Mar 2022 @ 3:44pm
This week we are continuing to exploring the story, titled LEAF. The children will be writing a retell of the story and will be planning out how they want to write it by choosing a planning proforma wich best suits their style.
In Maths, we are studying Geometry and the children will be learning all about shape and different types of line.
Click on the link for some games to support your knowledge. https://uk.splashlearn.com/geometry-games-for-year-4
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 4:32pm
In Year 5, we have been reading “The Wind in the Willows.” We began the week with courtroom drama where we performed the scene of when Toad was convicted for his crimes and sent to prison for 20 years. The children managed to stay in character very well and were fantastic at reading their speeches from the play scripts. Their final performances were amazing and highly comical.
Later in the week, we wrote Toad’s dairy entry where he explains his version of events. Year 5 did a great job with using emotive language and fronted adverbials.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 28.2.2022
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 4:21pm
This week in Reception we started our new Topic learning all about Amazing Animals! We started our topic using the book Farmyard Hullaballoo and did some fantastic learning including creating a soundscape of a farmyard in the classroom - it was VERY noisy. We also learned all about baby farm animals and thought about how farms are different around the world.
In Maths we have been developing a deeper understanding of the numbers 9 and 10 using ten frames and playing games to help us and make our learning fun.
We ended the week with a fantastic fun day to celebrate World Book Day. There were some fantastic costumes including The Highway Rat and Rapunzel as well as a vast array of superheroes and princesses.
Next week we will be going on a journey with a little hen called Hattie Peck as she tries to find herself an egg.
Class 14 had an amazing WBD afternoon!
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 3:00pm
We loved celebrating WBD this afternoon.
The children came into school dressed as their favourite character from a story andlooked amazing! They then took part in a 20 minute readathon and read a staggering 720 pages, which is equivalent to 125,280 words - How fantastic they are!
They then ‘Got Caught Reading’ and read their WBD book in various locations around school.
What a lovely end to the week!
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 2:17pm
KS1 have had an amazing day celebrating everything.... READING!
For world book day we have had some amazing character costumes and celebrations of vocabulary! We loved our reading party where we completed our sponsored read-a-thon. We read for 30 minutes in strange places around out classrooms.
We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who sponsored KS1 for their reading! We raised an amazing £283 towards our classroom funds.
It has been an amazing day to READ, ACHIEVE, SUCCEED! 
Year 5 learning Spring 2 week 1
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 8:15am
This week class 12 have been working hard in literacy in order to plan and write a diary entry as a key character in our story (Mr Toad). The children began the week by using their drama skills to help them understand the story. They worked really well in groups and enjoyed the task.
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 7:08am
The children in Learning Base 2 are continuing with the topic 'Space' this half term.
Last half term they looked at and named the planets, looked at the milky way and galaxies, talked about how 'astronauts' get to the different planets and what they do when they land on the different planets.
This half term we are finding out 'new facts and information' about 'Space' and researching to find out the answers to our questions.
Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 4:22pm
This week the children have been exploring space and who they will find there. We have made Aliens and travelled into space in serach of the aliens.
Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 3:37pm
This week the children have started a new topic in science!
We have started to look at the life cycle of plants and this week concentrated on labeling the different parts. We then had to explain the function for each part of the plant .
They created some incredible drawings!
Class 8's Science learning about plants.
Date: 2nd Mar 2022 @ 8:25pm
Class 8 started their new Science topic All about Plants. The children worked in cooperative groups to recall what they already know from previous learning. They talked about what they want to find out during our half term learning on plants. Then they looked at real plants and labelled all the parts. Finally, they researched using iPads and books to find out what the job of each plant part was. They all enjoyed looking close up at plants. Minahil told the class all about the root hairs on the roots and how these suck up the water for the plant. Well done!
Date: 18th Feb 2022 @ 3:31pm
The children looked at the book 'The magic is inside you'.
They drew what it looked like when they felt happy or sad and created 'colour' art work to show this and their 'i like' picture.
They looked at the girl in the story and spoke about nice and nasty words.
The children also thought about words to describe themselves on their name poem.
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 6:13pm
We loved using our fresh eye glasses and correcting pens today when we looked at a WABOLL (What a bad one looks like), we thought about how we would make this piece of writing better again the success criteria we designed as a class and then decided their next steps for learning. This was an amazing learning point for our Year 2s 
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 4:42pm
Class 8 have been learning about metacognition this week. We have learnt what it is and how we can use it to enhance our learning. Mahad explained "Metacognition is when you are working hard and actually thinking. You get more stuff correct when you use metacognition properly"
We used the Plan, Monitor, Evaluate wheel to enhance our DT project making Egyptian jewellery. We are going to use the wheel to improve at a skill over the holidays too.
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Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 3:35pm
This week was our curriculum week, linked to metacognition. Year 5 have been involved a range of activities throughout the week.
We read the story ‘The Magic inside you’ and used it as a basis for inspiration for some of the activities that we did. We wrote secret letters to the people that are special to us. Some of the children wrote to their friends while others wrote to grandparents, siblings or cousins.
We also used the metacognition wheel to ‘plan, monitor and evaluate’ how we made scones. We asked ourselves many different questions at the planning, monitoring and evaluating stage. We all agreed that our scones turned out well but could still be better.
We also enjoyed using our artistic skills to show what metacognition is. The finished pieces looked amazing.
We also learnt a new skill of creating a game on the iPads. We planned how we wanted our games to look like and chose our characters. We continuously monitored and evaluated our games, creating changes to make them even better. Children then played each other’s games and gave them a big thumbs up.
The week has been busy but full of learning. Well done Year 5!
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 1:06pm
We have had a wonderful week learning about Metacognition in Class 7!
Class 7 have had an incredible start to Curriculum Week! We have enjoyed discussing Metacognition and have thought about all the different ways we can include it in our learning. Meditation has been one of our favourite activities.
We have spent part of our mornings creating our very own affirmation books. We have enjoyed thinking about what will help us to progress in our learning. We have discussed the comfort, stretch and panic zones of learning and will use our affirmation books to support us!
We have been practiced the different Kagan structures that we have been using over the year. Our favourite structures are rally robin and round robin. To make it more interesting the teacher will ask a child what another child has shared with them.
On Wednesday we spent the day planning, monitoring and evaluating our own Egyptian necklaces. We thought about what we already knew about Egyptian necklaces, what we needed to learn and what resources we would need. We then began to make our necklaces and monitored our learning as we were going!
Date: 16th Feb 2022 @ 3:53pm
This week in Class 5 we have been learning all about metacogniton and how this can help our learning. We started the week by thinking about what we thought metacognition was and then listened to the story the ' The magic inside of you'. We then thought about the magic inside of us and create a self portrait. We had to think about all the things that made us special and unique and wrote them inside of our hair and on our clothes. What fantastic artists we are!
On Wednesday, we then thought about our goals for the end of year 2, end of year 6 and what we would like to be when we are older. We considered how we could meet these goals.
Date: 16th Feb 2022 @ 1:23pm
Hi Everyone,
We have been worked hard this half term getting ready for our SAT's. As well as working hard we have also been showing our creative side by learning some fabulous dance skills (You will have to wait to see the performance) and we have made our own version of 'We Don't About Bruno' in music.
We have added a few of photos of our trip to Robinwood.
Date: 15th Feb 2022 @ 9:55am
This week has been Curriculum Week. The children have been developing their Metacognition.
What is Metacognition - you ask?
The term metacognition refers to an individual’s ability to plan, monitor, evaluate, and make changes to their own learning behaviours in order to confront challenges more effectively.
You might have heard it defined as ‘thinking about thinking’,
It is also a form of self-regulation, involving self-awareness, critical analysis skills, and the ability to problem-solve.
Having metacognitive skills means that they are able to recognise their own abilities, direct their own learning, evaluate their performance, understand what caused their successes or failures, and learn new strategies.
It can also help them learn how to revise when they are having tests as well as develop their memory, attention, activation of prior knowledge, and being able to solve or complete a task.
Overall- It makes them learn more efficiently and more effectively, and so they are able to make more progress.
Date: 14th Feb 2022 @ 7:54am
The children have continued with their topic about 'Space'.
The children have done lots of creative tasks related to space - they have made junk model rockets, lego launching pads, collage moon buggies, sparkly solar systems and fantastic collage astronauts.
They will continue with this topic after half term.
The children are looking forward to finding out more things about Space.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 12:22pm
This morning, the children put on their helmets, got into their flying saucers and flew off to space!
When we arrived, we saw lots of stars and planets. We needed to be careful on the space rocks and hot gas volcano!
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 10:38am
This week we looked at many ways on how we can always be safe on the internet.
Pupils recognised that although the internet is a fantastic resource, it also has some dangers. And remaining safe online is of great importance.
We started our session by discussing different games we played online and how we can remain both safe and respectful. Whilst reminding children to only play with friends and family who they know and trust, and to make parents/guardians aware of who they are playing with. It was a great opportunity for all of Year 6 pupils to engage in deep meaningful conversations about internet safety.
We also learnt how to be respectful to others online and to recognise what is healthy behaviour and unhealthy behaviour when playing online. We then presented our findings in our iPad, focusing on the kind of advice we would give to a individuals who are new to online gaming.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 10:22am
This week was Internet Safety week. Class 8 looked at how we behave online when playing games. They worked in cooperative groups and discussed games they played, why they enjoyed them and what experiences they had had when playing. We talked about treating people respectfully like you are talking to them face to face and then about what information do we need to keep safe. The children were very knowledgable about not sharing personal information and passwords and more importantly if they are ever unsure about anything to speak to a trusted adult. These are some of the leaflets Class 8 produced. Well done Class 8 you know the rules on Internet Safety!
