Conquering fears at Castle Howard
Today, Year 3 and 4 visited Castle Howard for our end-of-year trip. It was amazing to see the children in a different environment. Different personalities shone through from each of the children. We saw quieter children showing confident and brave personalities. So many children (and staff) took on new challenges, children (and staff) were trying new activities and the whole class showed such friendship and love as they cheered each other on. The children showed great care towards each other and towards other children (often younger) who were enjoying the different areas of Castle Howard.
Here is a video with snippets of our day. See if you can spot the member of staff conquering their fear to cross the wobbly bridge – helped over by a pupil, cheered on by the class!
Times Tables Rockstar Champions
Well done to this week’s Time Tables Rockstar Champions. This week 17% more of you were active than last week with a total of 78% active in the week.
This week our top ten were rocked by Maylee, Siana and Phoebe with Maylee and Siana scoring over 500 correct answers in the week!
Living and Learning: I can say something good about myself
Our Living and Learning statement last week was about saying something positive about ourselves. This is something that many of us find hard to do. So Y3/4 have been working really hard at recognising our strengths and we have realised that there are LOTS of good things that we can say about ourselves.
Why not have a chat at home about all the things your child is good at? It’s great for our mental health!
Writing: our short stories (part 2)
We have been busy developing our descriptive writing in class and have produced some fantastic mini-stories. The children had lots of fun imagining that they were sneaking somewhere to pinch something – of course this is something that they’d never dream of doing in reality, but it was great fun imagining!
We hope you enjoy some more of their stories!
Daisy Edward Ellie Harley Jacob Kara Louie Olivia Phoebe Will Willow
Times Tables Rockstars Champions!
Well done to this week’s Times Tables Rockstars champions.
It is great to see that, this week, 22% more children were active on TTRs than last week!
The children have really noticed this past two weeks, when learning about division, how much easier the division calculations are when they know their tables. Keep practising for 10 minutes a day to help learn your tables!
Writing: our short stories
Year 3/4 have been developing their writing skills using lots of description. We have had a wonderful time imagining being really naughty and pinching some food – of course they would never dream of doing this in reality but we had great fun with developing our writing!
Here is our first instalment of their short stories…Ava Brooklyn Caleb Dexter Eliza Jack Leah Maylee Siana
We will have some more for you later in the week! Enjoy!
Living and learning: Body Image
This week we have been discussing how that, although we are all unique, we have similar interests and lives.
We thought about things that we are good at, what we can change about ourselves and things about ourselves that we can’t change. We had some really good discussions! Here are a few pictures of our work.
We also discussed consent, and all the children gave their consent before these pictures were taken!
Hand to Mouth visit
Last week, we were lucky to welcome Hand to Mouth back into school. Hand to Mouth is a Christian charity that come into schools to work with children to explore Christianity and their own spiritual journey.
Throughout the day, Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 visited a journey where they could explore ‘Christianity as a living faith’. The children visited the journey in pairs and explored different stations throughout.
Throught the day, each class had a visit to learning about different aspects of Christianity as a living world faith.
In foundation, they learnt all about African worship. In the session, they made our very own Kufi Hats and danced around the classroom to some African music.
In year 1,2, they learnt all about different churches and got to make their own church.
In year 3,4, they learnt what worship was and how different this can look around the world.
In year 5,6, they learnt all about justice and what this entailed.
Living and Learning: I know what a drug is.
This week in Y3/4 we have been learning about drugs and, in particular, medicines. We have studied how they can be a good drug if used properly, but also how they can be a bad drug if not used as directed.
They studies the packaging of a variety of medicines (Don’t panic! They were all empty!)
Then they had great fun acting out various scenarios to help them know how to be safe round medicines.
Times Tables Rockstars Championship
Well done, Year 3! Look at the percentages for this week. You have nearly all been on this week (up 30% to last week!) and the amount of time you’ve spent on each day has risen. Well done! 
The highly-anticipated championship results are in! Well done to the following children for winning a place on this week’s leadership board.
Your dojo points have been added – claim your prize from Mrs Welsby on Monday. Lookout, on Monday, for the updated leadership board.