Stay for Sums on Wednesday!
This week, instead of ‘Relax and Read’ we are inviting you to stay and take part in some mathematical activities with your child. Dig in the sand, cut and stick on the technology table or splash in the water. See you there!
Don’t forget our Monster Assembly on Thursday!
SATs Week
The children will be taking their SATs next week from Monday to Thursday. Next week can you make sure the children come to school with a bottle of water every day and make sure they get enough sleep!
We’ll be running a SATs breakfast club from Monday to Thursday from 8.10 in the dining hall. As in previous years, a free healthy breakfast will be on offer for the Year 6 children.
All the children have worked very hard in their preparation and have a positive attitude to the week ahead. Well done children.
Reception celebrated the Royal Wedding
- We designed Kate’s dress!
A big well done!
Some of the children competed in a tennis competition yesterday and I am happy to say that the Year Four children came second in their group and the Year Five children came second out of a staggering five groups! The children played with great skill and were gracious runners-up to Talbot Primary. They are going through to another round where they will compete against more schools – fingers crossed for another excellent result!
Well done to Sami, Connor, Iona and Rishitha in Year Four.
Well done to Adam, Jatinder, Kiran and Cydnee in Year Five.
Light and Dark
For the next few weeks, our mini-topic is all about Light and Dark.
Here are some examples of what we’ll be learning in class:
- To be able to know that light is essential for seeing things.
- To be able to recognise that there are many sources of light and they vary in brightness.
- To know that shiny objects need a light source if they are to shine and that shiny objects are not light sources.
- To be able to suggest how to find out about where a reflective strip will shine brightly.
- To investigate shadows.
Have a look at the following websites to support learning at home:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/…/science_5_6.shtml
www.firstschoolyears.com/science/light/light.html
Calculating area
Measuring skills
Swimming
There is no swimming next week or the first week back after the Easter holidays. Consequently, the next swimming session will be on Wednesday 27 April.
What is Learning?
This week Year 1 have been thinking about the word “learning.” They were asked to think about different questions:
- What is learning?
- How do we learn best?
- How do you go about learning something new?
- How do you know you have learned something new?
They are working really well together and came up with some great ideas about learning!
