Best of British
On Friday we went to Parklands to watch their 'Best of British' performance. It was a fantastic show full of singing, dancing and laughter. It was obvious that a lot of hard work had gone into the production. Here is what some of our class thought of the show:
I liked that the teacher…
NSPCC Visit
Year 3 and 4 were visited today by Chris and Joan from the NSPCC. We learned that NSPCC stands for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. They spoke to us about the different worries and problems that some children might have and we thought about how this might make some…
Times Table Fun!
In Maths this week Year 3 have been focusing on multiplciation. We have been practising our times tables as well as learning to use grid method for written multiplication. To help us learn the 3 x table facts we have been listening to a 3 x table song to the tune of Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars, the…
Science
During our science lessons on light we have been learning about Isaac Newton and his theory of colours.
We then created our own puppets and performed a shadow show dramatizing the dispute between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke over Newton’s theory of light and colour.
Some of us even wrote…
Times Tables Champions
Just look at all the children who have reached the top of our times tables ladder. They all know their times tables facts up to 12 x 12, as well as the associated division facts. Well done! Some children are very close to reaching the top of our ladder, so keep up the hard…
Parklands Science Buskers
Last Friday some Year 8 & 9 pupils from Parklands came and worked with our class.
They worked with the children on a range of sound investigations. By the end of the afternoon, all the children had made their own instrument. It was great fun, if a little noisy!
très bon
Year 4 love their French lessons!
Today they all used the laptops to listen to French, read French words and sentences and even spell words in French!
It was a very quiet lesson, as they all had their headphones on, but the children can now say the names of different countries in…
Book Week
The children have been involved in all sorts of activities to celebrate Book Week this week. The whole school composed a story together.
Reception started the story and each class added to it. Year 6 edited the story and read it out in celebration assembly on Friday.
The children in year 4…
World Book Day (or week) in Year 1
WOW! What a great week we have had celebrating our love of books and reading in Year 1! Our focus this week has been on books containing monsters. We have read 'The Gruffalo' and 'The Gruffalo's Child' and learnt some great songs too! In English we have been writing descriptions of the Gruffalo…
Book Week
Year 5 have had a fun filled week. They have been involved in a wide range of activities throughout the week, including:
A book scavenger hunt
Reading with parents on Bedtime Story Day
Linking maths to reading by creating graphs about the frequency of letters on the page of a…
Southlands Quiz
Well done to all the year six children who took part in the Southlands quiz! We won the runner up trophy for our general knowledge.