The Chronicle

Junior 6 have had a busy week tackling long division in Maths and studying The Highwayman in English, which has certainly stretched our vocabulary!

In addition, the study of Newton's properties of light have led to an understanding of how rainbows are formed and a demonstration of how light is split into colour through the practical application of Newton's colour wheel.

Our history topic of Titanic has continued to grasp our J6 imaginations, with the study of the transcripts from the fateful event. The children have formed their own opinions on who they thought was to blame for the disaster, with justification for their thoughts. They certainly have strong opinions on the matter!

Another super week, where we’ve read more of our wonderful class novel, Kensuke’s Kingdom. As the story is about being shipwrecked on a Island, all the J5’s have designed and written about their very own Islands. In their writing they impressively included a range of figurative language, including alliteration, personification and similes, and also included ambitious vocabulary. This novel has really grasped our interest and we can’t wait to read on!  

We have also been discussing how important it is to look after our mental health as well as our physical health, and we all came to registration dressed up and displaying/showing what makes us happy. By keeping happy, and doing things we love, we are nurturing our mental health, and in turn, keeping us positive!

Junior 4 have been expressing themselves to mark Children's Mental Health Week this week.

In each form time Mrs Wildey and Mrs Burley led an activity encouraging the children to express themselves.

On Monday each child was given a voice in remote 'circle-time'. J4W enjoyed telling something about themselves that no-one in the class yet knew! It encouraged the children to regard their form as a safe space where they can speak and express themselves without judgement from others. It was delightful to notice how positive the Junior 4 children were towards each other and how encouraging their comments were.

Tuesday saw the children learning to express their emotions through drawing, Wednesday created a feeling of wellbeing as they sang, danced and clapped along to music and Thursday form time saw a fun whole class games session.

On Friday we 'dressed to express', again, without judgement from our peers. A great week with a very important message for the children which is needed now, more than ever.

This week, Junior 3 have been celebrating Child Mental Health Week, raising awareness and learning about the importance of mental health.

Each day, we have thought about what makes us smile, the importance of spending time with our families, telling jokes and keeping in touch with friends. We have made physical activity a priority and thought about what makes us unique, writing similes about ourselves.

Austin

Ding

On Friday, we enjoyed ‘Dress to Express’, all dressing up in whatever we felt like that day. And, if we were ever in doubt, we watched videos of elephants doing cute things!

Junior 2H remained incredibly busy this week with a few new LIVE lessons added to the timetable to add variety and further learning for our keen and positive class.

Ms Holmes was delighted to see ‘multiplication arrays’ made from snowballs, which was a brilliant visual aid to learning all about numbers. Children are really enjoying finding new ways and resources to show their mathematical understanding.

Some of the children have been ‘reading for England’ in family groups cementing their love of the written word which has been a delight to see. Deforestation caused a big ripple this week as we lamented the tree-cutting situation around the world. This inspired one of our pupils and her little sister to create a wonderful presentation and posters.

Well done to you all.

We are extremely proud of the work which J1 have completed this week. They have certainly kept Mrs Glen-Roots and Mrs Hardwick busy, looking at all of their wonderful activities on Seesaw!

In Maths, we have been investigating the measurement of weight and mass. The children have been able to see how the balance scales look for lighter, heavier and equal. They also learnt the importance of precise measurements by baking their own cakes!

English this week has focussed on poetry, with the children learning and performing Nut Tree by Julia Donaldson, including actions. We then chose adjectives to describe aspects of nature before writing our own poems. In Science we have looked at parts of the body, learning new vocabulary along the way.

Geography has been all about the weather this week and finally our history topic has continued with the children comparing old and new teddy bears. Goodness me all of that in just one week!

Reception have been down on the farm this week – virtually, that is! There were plenty of ‘oinks’ ‘neighs’ and ‘baas’ as we explored different farm animals through poetry, speech bubbles, writing, radio podcasts and internet research. Leading on from this, we solved farm animal puzzles and even conducted ‘egg-speriments’ to make bouncy eggs in our Understanding the World lessons.

Maths has been no less busy as we set about deepening our comprehension of matching, pairing and combining numbers, wowing Mrs Convey in the process!

We also thoroughly enjoyed this week’s live Music lesson when we continued our Red Riding Hood topic by listening to Wolf’s Theme from Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev.