Science – classification systems
Y6 had to take on the role of scientist as they were given free reign on a classification key!
Take a look at some of these fab examples…
Challenge your child! Ask them why we use classification systems!
Living and learning – self care techniques
Today, we had a great class discussion about how to look after and be kind to yourself. Take a look…
Marvellous Music
Check out our interactive celebration of our music lessons!
Jess said, “We’re learning about how to play different chords and we’re starting to write our own songs!”
Rayn smiled, “I like how we’ve already learnt a few songs. I’ve been really enjoying music and it’s been a real challenge.”
“We’ve been learning about majors and minors. Majors are happy notes and minors are sort of sad notes,” explained Musa.
“We’ve also learnt about sharps and flats. Sharps are black keys and flats are white keys,” stated Priya.
Emma said, “The notes on a treble clef are A to G.”
Habitats
During this week’s science, we were learnt what a habitat is and named a variety of animals in their habitat.
Looking for minibeasts
As a part of our current science topic, we’ve been learning about habitats and micro-habitats. We searched micro-habitats around the school playground to see what we could find!
Book Club – Oracy Book Wars
In today’s Book Club, we had a debate to find out who truly has the best book in the class.
Moh said, “Some R2s for debating are to use powerful, persuasive vocabulary, to speak loudly and clearly and to keep calm!”
We used sentence stems to make sure we were responding to others’ arguments such as “I hear what you’re saying but I disagree…” and “While you make a good point, I firmly believe…”
To develop our oracy skills, we made sure we were speaking fluently, at a good pace, projecting our voices and giving reasons for our choices.
Miss Wilson set the challenge and stated why her book was the best.
Next, we made notes to prepare for the debate.
Finally, we used our oracy skills to complete the Book War!
Special mention goes to Albie, Sami, Harris and Will who all debated excellently, as voted by the class!
The beating of drums
African drumming is proving to be a huge success in Year One. The children are enjoying learning about the African djembe hand drums. 
As each child plays on their hand made drum, they discover a whole world of history, tradition and culture – not just by passively listening or reading, but by actively playing and participating. 
This way they really experience the ethnic tradition and culture of West Africa.
Design and technology: bridges
In order to get the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (from our class novel) across the river, we’ve made bridges!
We had to work in pairs to make our sturdy structures!
We had to make sure we were reflecting on the design criteria and testing it every so often.
Stay tuned for the finished articles!
Phonics
Reception are loving their phonics lessons and are all gaining confidence in forming letters and making words.
Please practise the phonemes at home and encourage them to practise writing the letters and their name.
You can see how we form our letters here.
Learn how we teach phonics.
Phonics
We have begun phase 2 of our phonics learning and have learnt the phonemes s, a, t, p.
This week we will continue with set 2 g, o , c, k, ck
Has your child been talking about ‘phonemes’ and ‘graphemes’ yet?
Don’t worry- you can learn about these terms and how we teach phonics here.
As we learn new letters and their sounds, we also learn how to write them.
You can see how we write the letters here.
If you have any questions please email and remember to let us know about those ‘wow’ moments at home.