17th May 2013

Nursery

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle has proved a very popular story in nursery.  It has really helped the children develop their understanding about the days of the week and healthy eating.  Our little caterpillars are on display in the nursery for you to look at.  We are hoping the weather warms up for next week so we can get outside in the school grounds.  Next week will shall be thinking about what we would like to be when we grow up and our dreams and aspirations.

4CA

This week 4CA have been working on directions in maths and have been using a compass to help. They have also been able to link this with their geography on reading maps. In English the class have written a persuasive letter as part of their half termly assessment. In History the class have continued to look at rich and poor Tudors. Science was very exciting this week as the children melted chocolate buttons in their hands while watching a video of Michael Rosen’s chocolate cake. Then the class looked at reversible change.

5J

This week in maths, we have been learning about equivalent measures relating to capacity.  This is an ideal time to examine how much liquid various bottles and cartons hold e.g. milk, orange juice, washing up liquid, shampoo, squash etc and discuss this with your child.  This will really help your child build up a firmer working knowledge of capacity.  We have also been learning about pints and gallons – looking at how many pints of milk are equal to a litre will reinforce their learning too.

In science, we made pop up flowers to show off our knowledge of the parts of a flower.  A visitor from WHSB was very impressed with 5J’s vocabulary.  We also planted potatoes in our new planter.  We should be able to lift up the sides to see how well the potatoes are growing.

Mrs Johnston tried one of her clever science tricks with a milk bottle and a balloon.  The result was a big bang as the balloon popped!  This was not the idea, although the children always find a bang exciting!  Look out for next week’s blog to find out what should have happened!

Year 6

Well Year 6 have had a tremendous week and completed their SATs. They have all been a credit to the school and worked extremely hard; we are very proud of them too. They are all working hard now on our Business Enterprise Project, our Southend on Sea project and rehearsing for their end of year show. As well as daily maths , science and English lessons…we don’t stop learning!

10th May 2013

Nursery

Another busy week in Darlinghurst nursery.  We have been looking at healthy and unhealthy foods and have made posters showing our food pictures.  Most of us now have a water bottles and hats to keep in nursery.  Thank you.  We shall be continuing to look at food next week and hope to hear The Hungry Caterpillar story.

Reception

It has been another busy week in Reception.  We have been learning about plants and farms.  The children have enjoyed planting their own beans in jars. We are hoping to be able to watch them grow.  We have been talking about fruit, vegetables and healthy eating.

In Maths, the children have been learning about subtraction and have been writing their own addition and subtraction sums.

We continue to enjoy the sunshine and outside activities, so please remember a sun hat!

Thank you

4CA

This week the whole of year 4 went to Westcliff High school for boys on Wednesday afternoon. The children were treated to an activity set up by sixth formers called ‘around the World in 80 days’ It was great fun and we all found out lots of information.

In maths we have been working on the 9 times table in lots of different ways. For English we have been creating a persuasive leaflet.