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Year R topic this half term: Spring to Life!

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The children so enjoyed our topic last term ‘People Who Help Us.’ We were very fortunate to be visited by the police service, the fire service, a dental nurse and of course Simba and the guinea pigs! These visits really did ignite the children’s interest and promote so much discussion, role play and learning. We are grateful to those who gave their time to come and tell us about their important roles. We hope that your child enjoyed telling you about these special visits!

One of the other highlights of the term was celebrating Chinese New Year; making Chinese music, dancing like a Chinese dragon and making money envelopes, lanterns and Chinese dragons. 

This half term our topic is ‘Spring to life!’ Please click here to read this term’s newsletter which briefly outlines the topic and explains a little about what we will be focussing on across the curriculum. 

As always, you can find more information about what we have been learning each day on Tapestry in our ‘Walk and Talk’ post. 

The Year R Team 

Rotten Roman Soldier Day

Year 4 had the most fantastic day on Wednesday 8th February. We were so impressed with the children's costumes and how amazingly they embraced the whole day. 

We had lots of fun doing a variety of activities whilst collecting as many denarii as possible. The day started with a Roman soldier lottery. The children had to choose a letter which would become their Roman name. Did you know that names ending in the suffix -us were male and -a were female. We had lots of names such as Julius, Julia, Claudius and Claudia. The children were also given a ranking in the army, ask them what they were!
We learnt about Roman mosaics and designed our own shields using the traditional colours: red,gold,black and silver. 
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The children's Roman numeral knowledge was put to the test in a maths challenge. They had to solve problems using lolly sticks to make different numerals.
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No Roman Soldier day would be complete without putting the children through their paces with training. Roman soldiers would have had to carry their heavy kit and armour during 20 mile marches. These would have had to be completed in less than 5 hours. To replicate this, the children had to carry heavy bags around the playground whilst marching and following orders – in Latin!
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Another activity saw the children learning about the weapons soldiers would have used when growing their empire. The children built catapults and enjoyed putting them to the test in a catapult competition. One of our favourite parts of soldier training was learning to throw the pilum (spear). Watch out Mrs Woods!
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We all had the best day and lots of fun whilst learning about life in the Roman Army. 
We are now looking forward to starting our Geography topic after half term. We hope you all had a good week. See you Monday!
The Year 4 team

Year 6 Bikeability February 20th – 24th

Dear Parents and Carers,
Our first week back after half term is our week of bikeability. All children will need to bring in their bikes and helmets for the week (unless you have previously requested they borrow a bike/helmet on the permission form sent last half term).
For their daily cycling lesson, children will need to be dressed appropriately. They will need to wear trainers and tracksuit bottoms or leggings each day. Wide bottomed of flappy trousers need to be avoided as they can get caught in their cycle chains. School jumpers or cardigans will be worn daily. There will be no additional PE lessons on this week.
Classes will ride each day in all weathers, so please make sure the children have jackets or coats with them even if it is a dry start to the day.
Lunches will run as normal so children can bring in a packed lunch or order a school lunch. Music lessons will also be attended as normal so children will need their instruments in on days when they have their usual lesson.
Bicycles will be stored outside each class each day. Children in 6C will bring their bike in through the side gate between the hall and 6C's classroom. 6P and 6B will enter via the regular school gates.
Please make sure all children arrive at school in plenty of time as gates will be opened at 8:30am and  locked at 8:50am.
We are looking forward to a great week of gaining confidence on our bikes and learning more ways to stay safe on our roads. Fingers crossed for a lovely week of sunshine.
Many thanks for all your support to help make this a successful week,
The Year 6 Team.

Year 1: ‘A Toy’s Story’ update

The children in Year 1 have loved learning about toys this half term. They learnt about how teddy bears have changed over time and enjoyed creating their own versions of ‘Build a bear’ as an example of a modern teddy bear.

 

blankThey have also loved exploring their creativity as ‘illustrators’. They have learnt about the author and illustrator, Mike Brownlow, and have enjoyed learning about his illustrations in his book ‘Little Robots’. The children have explored different using felt tips and pencils and have created their own ‘Little Robots’ ready for a class book.

As our project, ‘A Toy’s Story’ draws to an end this week, the children are looking forward to setting up their own toy museum and sharing with you what they have learnt about toys. Please come along and visit your child’s classroom on Wednesday 8th February, 8.30-8.45am to see their toy museum.

Year 1 Team

Year 6 Big Cake Give Away 10.02.23

Dear Parents and Carers,
As part of our Agents of Change plan, the Year 6 children voted to bring in cakes for the whole school on Friday, 10th February. This will be an act of kindness to mark the last day of our Well Being Week at school. The letter outlines the details and we hope everyone can join in and share a cake.
Many thanks,
The Year 6 Team
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