Learning In Action

Junior 5

Junior 5 have been channelling their inner genies in Music and Drama lessons this week. We have been practising how to loosen up, throw away our inhibitions and dance like there’s no-one watching when coming on stage as genies in our rehearsals for Aladdin’s Friend Like Me song. Cartwheels, somersaults, springs, stag leaps, break dancing, body-popping were all explored in our attempts to bring life and energy to this cracking song. Mrs Paphitis taught us a fantastic fast-moving dance routine which really challenged our minds and bodies which, after a few practices, we started to perfect. Keep practising, Junior 5. You are going to be stage superstars in this year’s Summer Show!

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Junior 4

Junior 4 have had another fabulous week of learning! In History, they have completed a wonderful Viking display. They have also been 'green fingered' and have seen their sunflower seeds starting to burst with life! In English they have begun studying a new genre-short stories and after listening to their first book/story about a girl who exaggerated how she hurt herself, Junior 4 became authors, and wrote their very own exciting and detailed short stories. They were fabulous and engaging. Well done!

 

 

 

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Junior 3

Junior 3 have had a brilliant, slightly shorter week, making excellent use of their creative skills. Alongside baking unleavened bread for a Passover meal to help the Holy Communicants, the children have also been busy painting their own Greek vases and finding out about repeating patterns from ancient history. In Maths, we have been actively furthering our fractions knowledge and exploring equivalence, comparing, and adding fractions along with our times tables. Who knew they could be so useful?  As part of their new science topic on plants, Junior 3 scientists undertook a very delicate procedure in their science lesson this week – a flower dissection. Goggles on, to prevent any pollen getting in our eyes, we carefully peeled back the layers of our daffodils and tulips to reveal so many different parts to a flower. We were amazed to find out that there is so much more to them than just petals. Each part has its own special function - just like each part of our own bodies. We can’t wait to learn more about this amazing topic and explore the flowers in our own gardens and parks.

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Junior 2

This week has flown by! The children have continued investigating length in Maths and working through lots of problem-solving questions. We have been writing character descriptions of the old man in the book we are studying and loved thinking about how he would make a good friend for someone of a similar age based on his characteristics. Science saw us investigating minibeasts and conducting our own research using iPads. Next week, we will use these skills to create a fact file on our favourite rainforest animal. Year 2 are extending their knowledge of the layers of the rainforest and have some fun actions to remember them. In Music, the children are enthusiastically learning songs for the end of year production and Mrs Olden is very impressed. Religious Education lessons have focused on the Road to Emmaus and the Rosary and the children have even made their own, we wonder if they can remember how to use it? 

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Junior 1

Having a long weekend meant that Junior 1 were raring to go again when they were back in school on Tuesday. We have begun to look at how to create a fact file about a minibeast and learnt the importance of headings, sub-headings, and the use of a ruler to underline them! This is something we are going to build on this coming term. We have continued to count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s this week in Maths; this time making groups and sharing to introduce the idea of division. In Geography we found out about a very cold place – Antarctica. After some initial research about the place, we had a quiz to complete, answering questions about what we had learnt and then drawing some animals that live there. In Forest School we went on a minibeast hunt, linking in with our English and Science topics and managed to find centipedes, hoverflies, spiders, ants, earwigs, and beetles!

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Reception

This week in Reception the children have been learning about trains and thinking about seaside destinations in the UK. We have been pretending to go on our own train adventures and taking part in some seaside activities such as jumping over the waves, building a sandcastle, looking for crabs in the rock pools and eating fish and chips. This has led into some fantastic writing about what we would see and do at the beach.

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