The Chronicle

Junior 6 have been working exceptionally hard this week in preparation for their Princethorpe entrance exam this Saturday.

They have they explored four different passages from four different books and smashed their way through word problems, shapes, areas, coordinates and timetables. However, their exploration and learning hasn’t stopped there, as they have been exploring reflection of light in Science and have been creating experiments to prove that angles of incidence equal angles of reflection and that light can go round corners (if your mirrors are positioned just right!)

J5L - This week, the children have all been writing instructions on how to capture and nurture their Flanimal (a made-up creature), which was easier for those with pets (like Issey) as they already know to look after them! Many of our children have been out in nature – Willow found some willow trees (and a huge gorilla); Agnes has been picking her carrots; Harry G has been walking his gorgeous dog! Leonardo is really getting stuck into his learning, especially enjoying a Science practical, while Elsie G has been keeping up with her piano practice. 

J5R - Another week of hard work - superb! All the J5’s have carried out a dissolving investigation in Science, and both Marley and Carolina (budding Scientists) impressively put so much time and effort into this practical and the write-up. Joseph is enjoying himself between lessons by baking and crocheting - impressive! Isabella and Kyra have been showing their creative flair too, by producing a fabulous drawing and by making a wonderful model, respectively. Dillon has been eagerly working on a variety of Maths tasks, and it’s wonderful to see the array of talents that are being displayed each week.

In Science, Year 4 have been learning about how vibrations cause sounds and how sounds travel, as well as how sounds can change pitch and loudness.

This week the children worked in a hands-on way to explore pitch, and used their understanding of how high and low sounds are made to create their own instrument that could change pitch.

Year 4 are becoming incredible coders exploring Scratch before moving on to using other coding programmes. We have enjoyed watching their creations on Seesaw and love to hear children ask if they can do this again next week. 

This week, Junior 3 have been learning about magnetic force, rummaging around their houses to find various materials and then separating them into magnetic and non-magnetic groups.

Mischievousness has been the theme in English, with the children creating their very own bad folktale characters, practising their use of adverbs to describe actions.

Despite the challenges, each and every one of the children has demonstrated such a wonderful attitude towards their learning and we continue to be thoroughly impressed.

Another busy week of online learning for Junior 2H. Children have been working, walking and talking about life in lockdown, family weekends and mud!

We headed back to the Rainforest for a look at the different types of animals which live in the various layers and discussed the importance of taking lots of exercise during this strange time of life at home and in key worker class. In our ‘Materials’ topic in Science, we are thinking about how better to recycle our rubbish!

‘Sharing’ has been a feature of Maths this week as our ‘Division’ investigation continues and in English we have been thinking about poetry and snowy days. Busy, busy, busy…..

This week has been jam packed with fun and learning in equal measure.

Each morning, both classes have been working extremely hard to improve their reading and writing skills. In our phonics lessons, we have been learning lots of new alternatives to the phoneme sounds.

This week, we learnt that the letter a can also be ai, ay, ey, eigh and it can even include the split digraph a-e, which is when you put an e on the end of a word. Phew, what a lot to learn just for one sound! Our English lessons have been bursting with so many reading and writing activities. We have been honing our skills by completing a Monday morning comprehension activity, making sure we answer the questions in full sentences.

We have also read the well loved story ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak. The children used their knowledge of adjectives to describe the character of Max. They also used adjectives for the different monsters and then went on to create their own.

Mrs Glen-Roots and Mrs Hardwick have been absolutely thrilled with the work they have seen on Seesaw this week.

What another jam-packed week it has been for the Reception children at home and in Key Worker School!

The week started with a ‘Roar!’ as we embarked on our intrepid tiger topic, which saw the children finding out fun facts, creating their own tiger art, reading ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr and generally having a wild time!

We also had great fun exploring both weighing and measuring capacity in Maths and we even followed a recipe to make our own Play Doh.

Using pepper and hand soap, we investigated the effect that soap has on germs. Our super scientists discovered that soap repels the germs and gained a better understanding of its importance when washing our hands (which are squeaky clean now)!