Active Schools Dance Festival
As part of our involvement with Active Schools, two teams of dancers have taken part in the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 dance festival today at Ralph Thoresby. With a total of eighteen routines performed, it was a great showcase of dance.
Congratulations to all the children who performed their routines with confidence on the ‘big stage’. A special well done to our Key Stage 1 team who won the award for ‘Best Choreography’. A great achievement!
Thank you for Miss Marsden and Mrs Charlesworth for running the after-school clubs in preparation for the event.
Thank you as well to parents who helped with transport.
Password Protected
We’ve been building on our e-safety in Year 3. We recapped what a bad password includes:
- best friend’s name
- pet’s name
- parent/guardian’s name
- own name
- favorite holiday
- something related to the sport team that you support
We then discussed what a good password include:
- random words
- random numbers
- numbers in a random order (not 12345678)
We talked about the need for safe passwords as we don’t want anyone to be able to use our app profiles or, when we’re older, to protect our private emails and our money when we use online banking.
Year 3 then had to answer a series of questions including:
What should you do if someone you know keeps asking for your password but you’ve already said no?
“Tell a parent about it! No means no and they should respect that!” explained Christina.
“Ignore them and tell a parent!” added Billy.
The class then had a task to come up with a safe password for a fictional character. They were provided some details about this person first. See some suggestions, below:
Can your child suggest a safe password for you to use?
Brilliant Bowlers
Today Year 3 learnt how to be brilliant bowlers. We learnt about the different typea of balls: slow ball, fast ball and spin ball. We practised these terms by running slowly, quickly or spinning. 
We then got into groups of six, each with a bowler. We started bowling underarm and scored points based on how far and how accurately we could throw the beanbag.
Lots of points were scored so the challenge was increased. We progressed to using one hand to throw and another to aim with one foot facing forward.
Great bowling skills Year 3!
Making Equal Groups
In Maths, Year One have been learning about multiplication and division. The children worked practically to make equal groups of 2, 5 and 10 as an introduction to dividing.
Green Fingers
Last week, as a part of our ‘Green Fingers’ topic, we planted some cress seeds and will be monitoring their growth throughout the topic.
As a class, we read the story ‘The Tin Forest’ and were inspired to recycle rubbish and put it to good use. The children brought in old tin cans and used them as plant pots! To plant the seeds, the children worked together to read and follow a series of instructions.
Gardening
We have been gardening this week and the children have been sharing their experiences of gardening at home-it appears we have some keen gardeners out there!
Why not ask your child what they planted encouraging them to use the language first, next, then and finally.
Homework
Last week, the children were asked to get creative with their homework and show what they know about teeth.
Yet again, the class produced some outstanding pieces of homework. It is always an absolute pleasure to see such amazing creations. It is clear that, the children have thought through their work and spent time reflecting on their learning. Well done Year 4!
Computing
This week, in our computing lesson, we’ve been using lots of skills:
- We logged on independently using our individual details.
- We found an image of a British tree and its leaf using a search engine.
- We copied and pasted these pictures into a blank word processing document.
- We labelled the document with the name of the tree.
- We logged off the computers.
Creative tree homeworks
We were really impressed by the quality and variety of the creative homeworks this week. Here are a few of our favourites:
Measuring length
In our maths lesson today, we used a trundle wheel to measure the length of the playground.
It’s about 26 metres in length.