Science
Circulatory System
Year 5 and Year 6 have been exploring the blood, what it is made of and how it works. We have learnt about red blood cells, white blood cells and plasma and what their role is.
We have been really creative and acted out how the blood works, travelling through the lungs to collect oxygen, moving through the heart and being pumped out around the body distributing oxygen and nutrients. The children really enjoyed the lesson and can hopefully tell you all about it at home.
Help at home – Ask your child about what the red blood cells, white blood cells and the plasma do. Can they draw you an image to show their understanding of how blood moves around the body?
World Book Day
Thank you for coming into Nursery and sharing some of our World Book Day activities with the children. We love reading in Nursery and it’s fabulous to see the children so passionate about their favourite stories.
We’ve also been enjoying stories in the sunshine at forest school this week.
Next week, we’ll continue with our ‘growing theme and will listen to ‘Oliver’s Vegetables‘ by Vivian French. We’ll be talking about the different foods that we eat and where they come from.
Help at home: We’re learning all about Number 3. Can they find a way to represent 3 at home? They might bring you 3 objects (they don’t have to match), they could draw 3 marks or clap 3 times.
Forest School
Year 3 are really enjoying their forest school time so far this half-term. After learning about the importance of nature time in reading lessons last half-term, the pupils know the benefits of learning outdoors and the positive effects it can have on our mental health. With the weather slowly getting better (we hope), we’ll try and get outdoors as much as possible to make sure we are keeping happy and healthy.
Help at home:
Please remember/remind your child to pack a spare pair of clothes and wellies every Friday!
A school Trip to the Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum
On Wednesday, we had a fantastic time at The National Railway Museum. We were so excited to go on on our first ever school trip – especially travelling by coach! All the grown ups were super impressed with how well-behaved the children were. Well done, Reception class.
We enjoyed looking at different trains and making comparisons of old and new. We had lots of fun watching the miniature railway and it led to lots of great discussions about trains, tunnels and transport. We even played a game of spotting Mrs Kendrew and Mrs Rippon at the miniature station! We also had fun sitting on the Japanese Bullet train.
To end our wonderful visit, we drew our favourite train of the day!
The Hundred Decker Rocket
We’ve been reading The Hundred Decker Rocket, by Mike Smith.
The story inspired lots of discussion around keeping our planet clean and why this is important.
In our writing, we designed our very own rocket deck that we will be making next week- this is where we need your help…
Please send your child into school with an empty shoebox next week. The children will be creating their very own deck, based on their designs.
Have a happy and healthy week and thank you as always for your support.
Mrs. Kendrew, Mrs. Rippon, Mrs. Small and Mr. Smith
Living and Learning – Strong emotions
In Living and Learning this half term, we’re learning about emotions and friendships.
We’ve talked about recognising emotions in ourselves and others and the benefits of speaking openly about them.
We discussed 6 key emotions
- Happy
- Excited
- Tender
- Scared
- Angry
- Sad
Empathy
What is empathy? Empathy is being able to know how someone else is feeling, even when you aren’t in the same situation. Sometimes we call empathy being able to “put yourself in someone’s shoes” and see things from their view.
We explored some situations in which children may have different emotions to one another. It’s important to be respectful of those emotions and acknowledge the importance of sharing them. Keeping feelings to yourself can have a negative impact on your mental wellbeing.
Where can I go for help with my emotions?
- talk to a trusted adult at school
- talk to a trusted adult at home
- talk to a friend
- put your worry in the Living and Learning box
Help at home by encouraging your child to express their emotions. Use the feelings wheel (above) to help. Compare the words in each segment of the feelings wheel – for example, does irritated feel different to furious?
World Book Day in Year 1!
Year One had a fantastic time celebrating World Book Day!
We started with a Love of Reading assembly, where we shared The Storm Whale by Benji Davies and performed our daily poem, There’s a Bear in There by Michael Rosen. The children were also so proud to present their own wonderful versions of The Storm Whale!
Next, we were lucky enough to listen to a seminar by Laura Baker, the author of The Full Stop that Got Away. The children loved hearing about how stories come to life and were inspired by her journey as a writer.
We then spent time in our very own reading café, exploring and sharing a variety of books with our friends. It was wonderful to see the children so engaged and excited about reading.
To finish the day, we designed front covers for the stories we wrote last half-term, using our imaginations to bring our ideas to life. What a fabulous day celebrating our love of books and stories!
Help at home:
- Read together every day and talk about the story.
- Ask your child to predict what might happen next in a book.
- Encourage them to create their own stories and illustrations.
- Visit the local library to discover new and exciting books!
World Book Day – Love of Reading Assembly
We can’t wait to talk to you about our favourite books and perform Joshua Siegal’s poem ‘Not Just a Book’.
World Book Day – Wordsearch
We’ve enjoyed talking about our favourite books and choosing some key words from the books to make a word search. This afternoon we are going to try completing our friends’ wordsearches.
World Book Day – Read How You Want
We’ve really enjoyed a relaxing start to our World Book Day! We chose a book from our Book Club collection or from our KS2 Honesty Library and read it wherever we wanted with whoever we wanted.
Reading in a ‘desk den’ was a popular choice …
… as was our favourite seat …
… and the brightly lit reflection area.
PE: Rugby skills
This half-term in PE, we’re focusing on developing our rugby skills. We began by getting familiar with the rugby ball—practicing throwing, catching, and bouncing. Working in pairs, we passed the ball to each other, improving our coordination and teamwork. To build awareness of space, we also played a game of piggy in the middle, challenging us to think strategically and move effectively.
