Nursery
In nursery this
week, we made ‘Angel Delight’ faces. The children really enjoyed making the
faces using bananas, raisins and cherries. They then got to take them home to
eat. We also went to the hall and celebrated birthday assembly with the rest of
the school. Finally on Friday Mrs Barrington had us singing the Beatles classic
Ob-la-di,ob-la-da.
Reception
This week we have been learning
all about Autumn and the seasonal
changes that take place during this time of the year. We have been very
busy making hedgehog handprints, moving squirrels, leaf prints,
blackberry smoothies and rolling conkers in paint! We have also been
looking at the story of The Gigantic Turnip.
Warren (RN) "I liked making an Autumn picture with leaves."
Flourish (RW) "I like Autumn because I like to see the leaves fall from
the trees."
The Reception Team
changes that take place during this time of the year. We have been very
busy making hedgehog handprints, moving squirrels, leaf prints,
blackberry smoothies and rolling conkers in paint! We have also been
looking at the story of The Gigantic Turnip.
Warren (RN) "I liked making an Autumn picture with leaves."
Flourish (RW) "I like Autumn because I like to see the leaves fall from
the trees."
The Reception Team
Year 1
1K have enjoyed writing Golden sentences in
English. The children are very good at using adjectives and have designed and
described their `Dream Shoes`,
In maths we are learning about subtraction and have
begun to record our own subtraction sentences.
In ICT we have started to `Touch type`. This is
proving quite tricky but we will persevere!
Jan and Children in 1K
Year 4
The children have
brought in their fantastic homework this week. We have been very excited to see
the different sarcophaguses the children have been making! This week in topic
the children have been comparing rich and poor Egyptians and have made models
to represent this.
In Science the
children have been learning about food chains. They have learned some new words
too: producer/consumer/predator. In English the children have been looking at instructions
and starting to make their own based on their imaginary den. They have been
thinking about Stig’s dump to help them.
Some of the
children have taken part in Bikeability this week. It has been great to see
some of the children to keen to learn how to be safe on their bikes.
This week we have had some fantastic Egyptian
homework in from the children. Some of them must have spent hours making their
mummies.
In maths we have been looking at handling data, the
children have looked at tally charts and made pictograms.
This week the children finished their adventure
story and have now written instructions on how to make a den. The use of sheets
was very prominent in the making of their dens.
For Science we looked at food chains. Please ask
the children about the ones they can remember.
Year 5
This week in 5J we have been looking at the
dreadful working conditions for children in Victorian times. We have learned
about factory workers, street sellers and chimney sweeps.
If you are not sure what a ‘pure finder’ is, do ask
your child who will be delighted to tell you! We have been writing recounts to
show our Victorian knowledge as well as our skills with connectives.
Next week we will be exploring the delights of the
Victorian classroom. Make sure you read the letter concerning this for details.
In science, we have been learning about different
types of gases. Mrs Johnston made her own fire extinguisher using vinegar and
bicarbonate of soda – we identified the gas as carbon dioxide.
Well done to everyone for managing their ‘My Maths’
homework. There will be more this week so keep up the good work.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Johnston
5W have had a
great week. We went into the coal mines and experienced what it was like for
children working in Victorian mines. Well done to 5W for transforming the class
into the mines and back again with little fuss. After we wrote about our
experiences and produced lovely recounts of our hard days work, come and see
them on display on the open evening.
We have learnt
about children in Victorian factories and Queen Victoria’s family in French but
still know the facts in English. Why not test us and ask us for some facts
about child labour in the Victorian era. This week has definitely helped us
realised how lucky we are coming to school.
Year 6
Year 6 have been working hard as usual and are
getting ready for their visit from The Essex Wildlife Trust next Thursday. When
they will be digging up the field and cooking pancakles!. They will all have a
very busy weekend learning their times tables ..won’t you year 6?
Mrs B
