Spring term
It’s been another great term with lots of brilliant learning. Here are some of my highlights:
- Grace and Addam were voted as our new school councillors.
- Kostas has settled in and demonstrated excellent learning in maths.
- Talha and Jack have made excellent progress in reading.
- Emre has made brilliant progress in his writing.
- Sarah has made great progress in her maths.
I hope you all have an enjoyable holiday!
Egg rolling… in the snow!
Despite the weather, egg rolling still happened in the back playground on Thursday. A path was cleared so there were no snow drifts to contend with and there were some eggstraordinary egg rollers. Here are the winners from each class.
Have a relaxing break.
Perfect performance
On the final day of term, twelve children from Key Stage 2 performed at the annual Allerton Grange dance showcase. Despite a few nerves, all the group performed brilliantly. Being the first to show our dance, the children could then sit back and enjoy the rest of the routines by other local primary schools and students from Allerton Grange.
Well done to all the children who attended the after-school club and worked with the Allerton Grange dance leaders to learn this routine – your hard work really showed.
Thank you to all the parents / carers who came to support the event.
Happy holiday!
It’s been a great term with lots of fabulous learning. Here are some of my highlights:
- Lanas has made lots of progress with her reading.
- Molly has made super progress in literacy and maths.
- Ravinder has had a brilliant term and is excellent at explaining his learning and applying it in different ways.
- Jennifer showed off some excellent sewing skills when we made the hand puppets.
- Lennox and Isabella were chosen as our new school councillors.
- Pavan and Zachary have really impressed me with their hard work and determination in all lessons.
The Year 3 and 4 production was brilliant and all the children in the class made an important contribution. However, I was especially impressed by Bailey and Ethan’s acting skills.
Have a great holiday. See you in two weeks!
Super Science Day!
My task during Super Science Day was to make slime by causing a chemical reaction to happen between different materials. The children worked brilliantly together to make some pretty disgusting, gooey slime!
Alien hand puppets
Last Friday afternoon, we were supposed to have our science themed day but because of the snow it was postponed. Instead, we learned how to sew by making alien hand puppets. Some children found it quite relaxing and enjoyed it. However, some found it really frustrating! Fortunately, we all persevered and everyone made and decorated a puppet.
Spring has sprung!
Spring has sprung…well it’s supposed to have done.
Even though spring is not quite here, Year 1 have been springing all term and have made a lot of progress. The learning continues to impress us along with the changes we are seeing in attitudes and general behaviour. Here are some of the changes we have seen this spring term:
- Abdullah and Pohnum are trying to be much more independent
- Daanyaal and Abigail are making fantastic progress in maths
- Matteo, Nico, Hibba, Harry and Pippa are impressing us with their use of phonics
- Archie, Owen and Elias have been learning some new art skills
- Megan has found a new talent: creating art using photos
- Grace and Oliver have become our new school councillors and have already been to a few meetings
- Handwriting is no longer a chore for Zach and Enya – we’ve seen a massive improvement
- Noah and Aleena have noticeably improved their listening skills while Sam and Stan have taken on more responsibility
- Neive and Hannan showed some great writing skills when writing instructions (Neive was allowed to be bossy!)
- Well done to Matthew: he has improved his spelling scores this term
- Pavan and Saleem have made excellent contributions to our SEAL lessons showing how we should think about other people
- Isobel, Edward and Nishaan have started to take ‘safe risks,’ meaning that they are contributing more and not so worried about making mistakes
As you can see, we’ve been very busy this term. Have a relaxing holiday and come back for more learning on 15 April.
Super Science Day Talk Time
We don’t normally set specific homework tasks in the holidays, but we encourage you to spend some time discussing the nine science activities your child will have taken part in, especially considering what they have learnt. The learning objectives were:
- I know that dyes are made up of other colours
- I know why objects float
- I can create a gas with a solid and a liquid
- I know that static electricity creates a charge
- I know about irreversible changes
- I know the effects of a chemical reaction
- I know what exercise does to my body
- I am aware of acids and alkalis
- I know what happens when you mix water with oil
Check out the pictures from the day to help jog your child’s memory of each activity… Can they match the learning objective to the photo?
More Super Science Day
Is it magic? No! We learnt that opposite charges attract so the balloon’s negative charge is attracted to positive charges on clothes, hair and walls. This is what makes them stick to each other.
Super Science Day
We used static electricity to make the can roll without touching it!
