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!
