Food bank
The Moles class collected all the food from yesterday’s Harvest donations and took them to a food bank this morning.
The Moles class collected all the food from yesterday’s Harvest donations and took them to a food bank this morning.
The Moles class learned some regional signs last week and this week. Yesterday the Moles class did a video call with Mrs Brinsden’s sister at a mainstream school in Newcastle and asked her some signs in her region which are different to ours. Chatted to 3 deaf girls and asked them some questions and they asked the Moles class pupils some questions.
This week, Foxes class have been learning how to change verbs into past tense by adding ‘ed’. The children wrote their own lovely sentences using past tense verbs. Well done!
The children practise their spellings in school using playdough, or magnetic letters, as well as writing and fingerspelling – even with their eyes closed!
This week in science the children made their own switch for a complete circuit. The children successful made a complete circuit last week but realised there wasn’t a switch. They designed their own switch and used in a circuit to see if it worked. We discussed reasons for switches as they help keep us safe. Also, they save money on the electricity bill one student said.
In English, the children worked hard on writing their own poems for the Harvest Festival. I was proud of their ideas and what they suggested linked to Harvest.
Hopefully you managed to come to the Harvest Festival and saw how well they did. 😊
In Religious Education, the children have been learning about Judaism and how they celebrate Shabbat. Shabbat is known as the Jewish Day of Rest from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday each week. The children thought of activities that could be done during Shabbat and what activities couldn’t. Activities such as playing board games, going on a walk, reading and going to the synagogue were suggested.
The Year 6 classes had a great time baking shabbat bread on Wednesday! I think they enjoyed eating it even more. Hopefully they shared some when they got home.
I hope you have a lovely half term – two weeks this October half term! Please enjoy, rest and stay safe!
The children went to Celtic Harmony few weeks ago and went into a Roundhouse, to show them what life in the roundhouse’s was like. It has inspired the Moles class to make some models of the roundhouse. We used wooden round bases, wooden sticks, straws, clay, and a few more materials. The children were very creative, and also had fun making them.
The children really enjoyed celebrating the school’s 50th birthday!
They had so much fun in designing a new logo for the future and learning a dance from the 70s.
They loved looking at the old school photos and meeting John Smith, the comedian.
The pupils learned about the Romans as part of their History and Art lessons, including mosaics. They enjoyed designing and creating their own mosaic coasters.
We have been learning to make roundhouses. The children were inspired at Celtic Harmony when they saw a real roundhouse. We have been making our smaller versions, the children have enjoyed creating their designs.
This week the children have been learning about similes and metaphors – hopefully the children we be able to explain what these are if you ask them.
They wrote sentences using similes comparing their classmates and staff to different things. They all laughed at ‘Miss Cornwell eats like a _____’.
In maths, the children have been estimating and rounding, which has been challenging for them but they have tried very hard. For example 252 rounded to the nearest ten is 250 because 2 is closer to 250 than 260.
In science, the children made a simple circuit independently and were able to draw this using scientific symbols. We also went searching for appliances that uses mains electricity or batteries. This is linked to the homework.
The children LOVED Celtic Harmony and will share photos next week 🙂
Next week on Wednesday is parents evening just as a reminder.
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