Welcome to the Darlinghurst Primary School blog!
Reception –
This week the Reception classes have started a really
interesting topic about ‘Lifecycles’ and we have talked about butterflies and
frogs starting as eggs, then going through many changes to become adults. We
have been looking at real caterpillars in our classrooms, talking about how
much they are eating and how fast they are growing. We are really excited about
the 5 caterpillars going into the cocoon stage and emerging as butterflies!
For our writing we have enjoyed labelling pictures of different animal
lifecycles and for our maths we have been thinking about the days of the week
and the months of each year.
Year 1 –
Welcome back everyone…it’s been a long time but we are
looking forward to letting you know about our fantastic learning in Year 1 this
week. Out topic this term is The Seaside and as you all know we are preparing
to find out further facts through our visit to the beach on Wednesday (Katey’s
Birthday!!)
Here’s what the children have said they have enjoyed this
week.
Katey said ‘I loved going to the allotment and finding out
that the radishes we planted last term were ready to be picked and eaten…yum,
yum. The radishes were growing underground and we had to pull it out like
the Enormous Turnip’
Edward said ‘I loved my Art lesson today. I thought
about drawing portraits with pastels of someone very special…I can’t tell you
who yet because it’s a secret!!’
Ethan said ‘I loved writing my sea poem. I wrote about
underwater sea creatures and how they looked’
Abbie ‘I loved my Maths lesson. I had do take away
sums. I had to be clever because I had to count back’
So as you can see we have had lots of fun and look forward
to next weeks learning where we will be thinking about more creative poetry,
fantasy stories under the sea and using the skill of multiplication.
Have a great weekend and keep safe!
The Year 1 Team.
Year 2 –
This week we have been learning about Olympics and we have
been researching the website ‘Get set go’. They have been using atlases to find
the countries competing and have really enjoyed writing their own Olympic
poems.
We have been learning to tell the time and incorporating it
within our day.
Next week, we will be learning about mini beasts with
exciting things to do and looking forward to our year group trip to Colchester
zoo!
Year 3 –
We have had an amazing week in 3C, learning all about the
Olympics in London that will happen this year. We have started to investigate
about different events that occur. Jay found out that there are 36 different
events that will be held in London this year. The events will include very
exciting sports, such as; hurdles, tennis, cycling, swimming and football. We
will continue to find out about what happens in these events over the next few
weeks.
We have also had the opportunity to design our own very own
games that could be used in our sports day. Jacob was incredibly happy with his
design because he thought it was very fun!
In English we have been practicing our comprehension skills
by identifying key information in a text. We then designed a comic strip that
showed Miss Crumbie key points in our stories. John was really pleased with his
work because he thought it was the best work he could have done.
In maths we have been investigating different types of
angles and Thomas said that it was super enjoyable because he learnt lots of
new things, had fun and really enjoyed measuring angles.
Our science lesson this week involved investigating a
variety of trainers that different athletes might use. Cody learnt about the
different patterns on the soles and thought about the materials used, we then
discussed the textures of the soles and began to test for grip.
We hope you have a great weekend!
3C, Miss Crumbie and Mrs Johnson J
Hello
everybody!
We
have been having a great time in Class 3B this week.
We
have learned all about right angles, how to measure them and what we call
angles that are bigger/smaller than a right angle. We have also been learning
more about positional language.
We
have used some interesting connectives to improve our sentences and created
comic strips based on our favourite books.
Here
are some of the things that some of the children have enjoyed learning this
week:
I
liked when we were measuring angles, because it was interesting we used right
angles to see if an angle was obtuse or acute- Holly
I
also enjoyed learning about right angles in Maths and I liked it when we
printed our hands to make Fathers Day cards.- Ellie
My
favourite thing was when we did the right angles, because I learned quite a
lot- Ryan B
I
really liked doing our Fathers Day cards, painting our hands and splogging it
on the card- Ryan C
Doing
the Fathers Day card and putting our hands in the paint felt nice and
refreshing- Hannah
I
have enjoyed English particularly the reading because it was exciting finding
out what was going to happen in the book- Shaun
Thanks
for all your contributions children.
Enjoy
your weekend.
Miss
Bernard
Year 4 –
Well what a frantic start to the final half term in Year 4.
With the Olympics around the corner all of our energy has been driven into
learning about the origin of the Olympic game, the torch relay and emblems and
logos that symbolise the Olympics. We can’t wait until the torch arrives (p.s.
it’s currently in North-East England).
In core subjects, we have been learning about friction
(Science), area (Maths) and explanations (English). We had great fun explaining
Olympic sports and our partners had to guess what we were talking about.
Anyway, next week we’re learning about countries and sports so check back to
find out more.
Year 5 –
This week we have been going down to year 6 for our maths
and english lessons. We have also listened to a spike milligan poem and tried
to write our own poems. We have done lots of p.e. outside on the field and have
enjoyed playing rounders.
Year 6 –
What an amazing week for Year Six. We have been busy
planning for our Business Enterprise Day Next Friday 22nd June. On
the day we will be selling cakes, drinks crisps, washing cars, making smoothies
amongst other things. Year six have also been busy cooking with the
year five teachers and can now prepare a two-course meal!
Well done Year six….working as hard as ever.
