Reception
This week we have
been reading The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and all of our activities have
been based on this story. We have made up our own stories about the characters,
we have been re enacting the story with puppets and have had a wonderful visit
to Thorndon Country Park to look for the Gruffalo with the help of the park
rangers. We have also been thinking about time, using clocks to make hour and
half hour times
1B
Hello everybody,
We have had a very good and busy week in 1B, as always. In
Maths the children have been practising using numberlines to solve addition and
subtraction problems. Some children have even begun to use blank numberlines
which is really grown up! In English we have continued to explore the story The
Smallest Whale by creating our own fantasy pictures based on the story, role
playing different characters and creating questions about the text. The
children also had lots of fun investigating sea sides now and in the past with
Mrs Dennis.
Here are some of the activities that some of the children
have particularly enjoyed this week:
Leo – I have enjoyed adding and taking away in Maths.
Mercedes- I liked adding and taking away on Education City.
Camren- When we roled playe The Smallest Whale story I
really liked it. I played the whale.
Amantha- I liked learning about the seaside and how it was a
long time ago an we danced to “I do like to be beside the seaside.”
Zoe- We made “Under the sea” pictures using different
materials. In my picture there was a cave, some sharks and fish.
Thanks for your contributions children.
Have a great weekend,
Miss Bernard
4CA
This week has been very busy in 4CA. For maths we have been
looking at time in terms of counting forward and back using word problems and a
blank number line. Everyone is so much better at time now. The class are now on
to writing up their discussion text after spending time on planning it. History
took on a new look this week as we visited Southchurch Hall. The class really
enjoyed it, had fun and thanks to Richard at the museum have increased their
knowledge on Tudors. They thoroughly enjoyed making candles and writing with a
quill. On Thursday everyone tasted the butter we made. We also wrote up our
Science experiment from last week and were tested on solids and liquids.
5J
Exciting news in 5J! One of our caterpillars has
emerged from its chrysalides – we now have a beautiful Painted Lady
butterfly. We are now waiting for the other two.
We have been honing our skills in reading scales this week
in order to solve problems relating to capacity, length, weight and
temperature. Please give your child every opportunity to continue this at
home or when you are out and about e.g. weighing fruit when out shopping.
Please remember we are at Chase High on Monday for an
Enrichment Day – everyone needs a packed lunch.
Year 6
Year 6 are having a great time and are all looking forward
to all the fun events coming up.
If you haven’t already heard, we held our Business
Enterprise Day last Thursday, which was a roaring success. Can you believe we
raised over £450 from all our sales? We are extremely happy and proud of our
achievements. Here’s what some of us had to say:
“My favourite part was finding out the total money raised!”
Lachlan 6N
“Erona and I got loads of customers who wanted their nails
painted. It was quite difficult, but we managed to keep going!” Melanie 6N
“I enjoyed running the stall where we played a card game to
win a prize.” Liam 6N
Mrs Blatcher and Miss Niemann were stunned by our efforts
and felt enormously proud. Well done us!
As well as working hard during lesson time, we have more
activities coming up. Stay tuned to hear about todays trip to Rollacity!
