The Chronicle

We hope the 'Joseph Dream' will last forever! Junior 6 have been working on their summer production and creating a wealth of laughter and fun memories to last a lifetime.  We have been so proud of the standard achieved by our current J6 in their performances of 'Joseph' this week. In spite of not having their usual audience, they have shown excellent teamwork and have risen to the high expectations that have been made of them. Everyone has been a part of this, and we hope that in years to come the video will be a lasting reminder of the excellence demonstrated in what has been a very strange year. We are all looking forward to the final video!

This week Junior 5 have been busy with the production, having performed it three times. Tuesday’s run through was filmed, and they all behaved like angels and sang like birds! Thursday and Friday’s performances were to LIVE audiences (Years 3 and 4) and, again, our wonderful pupils sang their hearts out. We were immensely proud of them.

On Tuesday, our J5Rs went into the Forest School area with Mrs Clark and Mrs Thomas – their task was to build a structure and to make it as stable, strong and creative as possible. Some wonderful hedgehog hotels were constructed!

What a busy week in Junior 4! We watched the incredible Joseph production and came away in awe of what the Year 6 and 5 children can do.

J4B have learned so much about the Viking way of life and produced some very informative posters about a chosen area of interest. They have consolidated their learning from drama on Viking Gods this week. 

4B said, 'see you soon' to Miley today. Miley is starting at a new school next week, and we all wish her well. Miley is a wonderful child, she has a heart of gold, and we will miss her dearly. We will be at your next cake sale though Miley so keep baking! 

This week 4W have used Google earth to pinpoint different places in India. They have explored the cities of Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata to find examples of physical and human features. Working in partners, they have located research from secondary sources to become more familiar with the language spoken, the flag and the culture.

This week in Junior 3, the children have enjoyed designing and creating their own crater pots, made from clay. Their designs were beautifully created and their pots expertly formed.

The week has also been full of singing and both classes were magnificent in their performance of their Joseph song.

In Maths, their learning of angles continued, which included a lesson outdoors, where the children had fun exploring their surroundings for examples of right, acute and obtuse angles.

As we edge closer to the end of term, Mrs Van Zyl and Mr Stedeford continue to be thoroughly impressed with the children’s endeavour and progress. Well done, everyone! 

Well after nearly three months, Junior 2 were delighted to welcome Mahnoor home from her lockdown visit to Pakistan. All the children were so excited to welcome her at the steps on Thursday morning. Tired and excited, she came back from her 10-days isolation in a London hotel. Pupils made her cards and we had balloons to herald the return of our class mate - all of us delighted she was home safely. Mahnoor has worked tirelessly on SEESAW to keep up with lessons and it’s great to see her smiling face back in class.

Other excitement this week has been the transition day where children found out who their new classes and teachers would be and we welcomed some new pupils who are all ready for September. Very exciting. Happy Weekend everyone!

This week in Maths has seen everyone learning to recognise coins and notes and the values that each one is worth. This built up to adding up amounts and trying to work out which coins could be used if we went shopping.

In Science we continued to investigate seeds and an experiment was set up to see if seeds really do need sunlight to help them to grow, with the use of some fast-growing cress seeds. We have checked on our beans from last week and they are beginning to sprout, but we are yet to report back about which grows first; the root or the shoot?  Watch this space!

Compass directions was the theme for Geography this week, using them to determine which way we would travel in if we were going from one place in the UK to another. Naughty Elephants Squirt Water was our fun way to help us remember the directions on the compass.

It has been all systems go in Reception this week as we warmed up our vocal cords and were filmed singing a medley of songs for the Year 6 production of ‘Joseph’. Keep your eyes peeled for us in the upcoming film!

More fun was had as we practised our tennis skills in Games – we are getting pretty good at using a tennis racquet now!

We have been busy writing about the seaside, and also looking at differences between seaside holidays nowadays and in the past. Some of the bathing costumes made us laugh because they are so different! Our week ended with another lovely Mandarin lesson – Mrs Huang is so pleased with our accents!