The Chronicle

This week Junior 6 have been enjoying a week of curriculum enrichment activities.  They held their annual 'bake off', where cakes are decorated in a fabulous style, ranging from Covid bugs to unicorns and chip butties.  The creativity was a sight to behold, and they all looked delicious!

On Wednesday the children chose the movie 'Holes' to watch and brought a selection of movie snacks to enjoy.  Under normal circumstances we would also have walked to Costa in Kenilworth, but this year Costa came to us and we enjoyed hot chocolate, smoothies and cakes as well!  Another delicious day! 

We have taken part in sports activities on the field and designed and made masks ready for next week.  All in all, it's been a great week!

We had an exciting time making cookies in Science this week. Part of our Science topic is to understand the effect of heat on a mixture. The J5s observed that the cookie mixture started off gloopy and sticky and after heating in the oven, it became soft but not sticky, and when cooled the mixture became brittle. The cookies were delicious!

In English, our J5s used a range of ambitious vocabulary and an array of figurative language to describe a magical planet that they imagined they had landed on. In Maths, we finished off our fractions topic; ready to move onto decimals and percentages.  Another great week for J5!

Junior 4 have been learning about Hans Zimmer, a German film score composer and record producer, whose works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements.  His film scores have included Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King and Dunkirk, to name but a few. 

Capturing the sense and scale of drama, J4 have been looking at the majesty and beauty of our home – the Earth – as if seen from space.  In groups, they used their imaginations and drew what they thought our Earth would look like, each talking about their creation in turn. This culminated in pupils using  instruments to compose music to accompany their imagery of Earth from space.  What an enchanting experience we all had!

Earlier this week, Junior 3 lifted off on their space ships on a mission, as scientists, to discover a new planet. Determinedly, they tried their best to use fronted adverbials, imagining and describing crazy worlds made of broccoli, marshmallow and darker worlds full of jagged rocks and mysterious lakes. With their scientist’s cap still on, the children also learned about the formation of soil, discovering what happens in each process.

In Maths, the children worked carefully to calculate fractions, deepening their understanding of mathematical terms such as ‘unit and non-unit fractions’. We are all delighted with everyone’s effort and enthusiasm towards their learning. Well done Junior 3!

In Science, we have been using our observational skills this week, as we look closely at a variety of flora and fauna in our local environment. In pairs, we recorded what we observed and then described the leaves and some plants. After our investigation, we listed and drew all the trees and shrubs into their right categories. In addition, we also looked at plant leaves, such as pineapple, spinach, strawberries and red chard.  The children have enjoyed the Plants topic and we look forward to our home grown cress and egg sandwiches next week.

In History we have been imagining what life would be like living as a young person in a mediaeval castle. Thinking about the different jobs available and whether or not we would be a suitable applicant. The pupils found that life would be very tough and scary living within the walls of a castle.

Junior 1 have continued to work extremely hard this week in all areas of the curriculum. Our Science lessons have been great fun as we continue with our animal theme. This week, we learnt all about amphibians, before writing a list to explain what their features are. We also labelled the different parts of a frog and even got to make our own origami frogs by folding the paper very carefully. The most fun was had when we tried to make them jump all over the classroom!

In Maths, we have been practising how to add and subtract to 20 and beyond, by combining and partitioning numbers to ten first. We learnt that we could then add tens to solve number problems with larger numbers.

Finally, we have filled our time with lots of Easter activities, so please look out for some ‘egg-citing’ things coming home!

This week, Reception have enjoyed following and re-enacting the events of Holy Week. We learnt that Jesus’ joyful entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday - when he was hailed as a king - soon turned into the sad events of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Reflecting on this, we discussed how Jesus must have felt at the Last Supper, as we shared bread and ‘wine’ (blackcurrant squash!) just as Jesus did with his disciples.

Linking to Holy week and Easter traditions, we enjoyed tasting hot cross buns and making our own out of clay, remembering to make the cross for the top. We have also been busy consolidating and revising this term’s Maths topics, in addition to singing sea shanties in Music and making Easter cards too!  Phew!