Homework heroes
Year 5, who are brilliantly creative, submitted some fantastic homework this week.
Kirsten recreated a Roman building and drew a solider who was carrying a shield and sword.
Another submission used scratch (a computing program used for coding interactive stories).
Poppy displayed facts – ‘Did you know?’ style – alongside a Roman road.
Eve made a model of an aqueduct which is a bridge with amazing arches used to transport water.
Evie’s fact book, which was handwritten, must have taken her ages!
Lots of the submissions contained brilliant artwork! Well done, everyone!
Challenge your child!
Can you spot the examples of parentheses or relative clauses? You might see:
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Homework Review
We really enjoyed reading all of our stories in this week’s homework review. There were some fantastic tales that really showed off the writing we’ve worked on so far this year.
First, we summarised our story for the people on our table using only ten words. Then, we swapped with someone else on our table and told them what we liked about it.
We then had the chance to wander around the class to get a snippet from lots of people’s before settling down to read another one and tell them what we thought.
We nominated stories to be shared on the website, giving reasons why we felt that story should be shared.
Farai’s was nominated because Thomas felt like he’d written like a Tom Gates story and he loved the cliff hanger.
Kai’s was nominated by Martha because he’d put lots of effort in and used great adjectives.
Lory’s was chosen by Rohan because it was action-packed.
Josh’s was chosen by Farai because he used some great verbs and sentence openers.
Lego in out Big Topic lesson
This term, Year 3 have been looking at Transport through their Topic lessons.
For the past week, we’ve been sketching and designing our very own Roman chariots. These chariots must match the design criteria that the class created, listed below.
- It must be able to move.
- It must be able to be pulled by horsepower.
- It must be able to hold a person.
- It must be able to move over rocky terrain.
Have a look at some of the class’ fantastic designs below:
The class then went on to work as a team to construct their chariots.
Have a look at our finished models, below.
Living & Learning
This week in Living and Learning, we were learning about all of the 8Rs for learning. We introduced a new member of our class to the 8 Rs and explained what they meant.
Year 3 had to remember the 8Rs. They also discussed how they could use the 8Rs to support their learning.
Aadil pointed out: ‘I use the 8Rs while we are sitting on the carpet during lesson time. I make sure I’m ready by having eyes on the speaker, empty hands and a silent voice.’
Hashim added: ‘When I’m stuck in a lesson, I use my resilience so that I don’t just give up. I keep on going to do the best that I can.’
Sasha stated: ‘Mrs Burgess uses her 8Rs for learning also. Right now she is remembering and reflecting on our Living and Learning sessions’ Well done, Sasha!
Avraj added: ‘I am responsible by making sure I remember my swimming kit on a Tuesday and three school rules everyday!’
Writing
Following the Hobgoblin History of Britain performance last week, Year 3 have been looking at a number of historical recipes in writing.
This week, the class made traditional Viking flatbread.
We then went on to plan, write and edit our own recipes for the flatbread.
We talked about useful adverbs that made sense in our recipes. These included: gently, roughly, finely, carefully and precisely. We also talked about how bread has changed since the days of the Vikings.
Christina said: ‘I liked the Viking bread because it’s new to me. It’s not like our bread, it’s thin and hard – quite like a flapjack.’
Amrit added: ‘ It was mouth-watering!’
Sukhmani said: ‘It’s amazing!’
Leah thought – ‘It’s like a flamwidge because it’s half sandwich and half flapjack!’
Well done, Year 3.
Chariot construction
With our chariot designs complete, it was time to begin to build them. The children used clamps and saws carefully and safely. Accurate measuring and sizing proved a little tricky at times. During our lesson, I saw some superb teamwork, lots of resilience and impressive DT skills.
Living and Learning
Although this week’s Living and Learning statement is about summarising the work on the 8Rs we’ve been focusing on so far this half term, this week we had a visit from Dove to talk about body image.
We explored where pressure comes from for us to consider our appearance too much. Some really interesting videos showed us just how much an image we might see in professional media can be manipulated. Then, we discussed different points of the video in groups.
When we were sharing our thoughts, we had some really thoughtful and mature points to make:
Super writing
Year 4 have been busy writing their very own recipes. All of the children have worked hard to structure their work according to the purpose. It is always great to see children using their learning environment (walls) and dictionaries to aid their writing.
Mr Owen and I have also given the class the choice of a pen or pencil to write with. Some of the class have a preference and we have seen such an improvement in handwriting and presentation.
Keep up the good work, Year 4!
Half term boys gymnastics
Active travel winner
To mark International Walk to School month and our recent promotion of the Park and Stride site at Marks and Spencer, we are running a prize draw every week in October.
All children who make an active journey (bike, scoot, walk or park and stride) every day for each week are entered into a prize draw.
Each Friday in October, we will select a winner at random to win a £10 Love2Shop gift voucher.
Here’s our first winner. Keep up those active journeys to be in with a chance to win the next prize.
