RE.

PE.
Please note, this week was the last swimming lesson. There will be no swimming next week.

 

The children are enjoying our Handball skills and are beginning to use them in small matches.

Art
Over the last few weeks, the children have been developing their mixed media approaches to sea and landscapes, building upon use of mark making and colour. They started with mark making in their sketchbooks, inspired by various artists. They then went on to make their own sea/landscape and this week they developed their skills even further by adding stitch to their compositions.

Maths Day
On Wednesday, the school took part in a Maths Day challenge. Year 3 worked in teams to answer 5 challenges. They included Maths puzzles, number robots and visual estimation.

French
This week in French, we learnt about furniture and items we find in our classroom. Miss Lambie and Mrs Ellis were so impressed with how many the children remembered!

 

Reminders:

• Our KS2 children have been busy practising for the Stations of The Cross Service which takes place on Wednesday 2nd April. All children should be in the church hall by 6.15pm. There is an expectation that all KS2 children attend this service as it is a crucial part of their RE learning this term. We have been practising our songs, acting and reading so please encourage your child to learn their words ready for next week.
• As you are aware, we are planning to have our Easter Egg hunt in school on Friday 4th April. Please give permission and make payment via schoolcomms so that this event can go ahead. It is an important part of our fund-raising efforts!

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,
Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
Mon, Tu & Wed Th & Fr

Homelearning:
Spellings: Spellingshed
Maths: Mathletics and TT Rockstars.

Science Week

On Tuesday morning, the children took part in a workshop with a Science teacher from NBS. They looked at the forces of magnets, discussed their north and south sides and what happens when they are put together. They then went on to make a maze and use a magnet to steer a ball bearing around it!

For more information and investigations/ activities please visit https://www.britishscienceweek.org/?_gl=1%2A1jgr49s%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_gs%2AMQ..&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjOqG-oyJjAMVrpdQBh2SnTfYEAAYASAAEgIScPD_BwE  

Or here for some at home activities. British Science Week 2025 Home Learning Challenge

On Thursday the children were presented with this question to investigate:

They worked well using their Oracy skills to develop the question of their investigation to ‘Which type of biscuit will last the longest when dunked into cold milk?’

They then proceeded to plan their investigation before conducting it and recording their results.

We can’t possibly share the results with you as they children would like to repeat this investigation at home just to make sure it”s fair!

Maths

In Maths, the children have been learning to multiply and divide a 2 digit number by a 1-digit number with and without an exchange. They used part whole models to help them with their method.

History

This week the children explored the question:

Was Stone Age man simply a hunter and gatherer, concerned only with survival?

They are looking forward to their trip on Tuesday to expand their knowledge.

Please keep an eye on the weather as it is mostly an outside activity trip.

Have a look at this video for an idea of the activities.

https://celticharmony.org/schools/day-trips/stone-age-trip/

 

Mass and Lent Service

Next Wednesday 19th March at 10am is the LKS2 Lent Mass at the church, which falls on the Feast of St Joseph. 

The hymns to practise are:

• Open My Eyes, Lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo6gZAUuQ3E
• Blest Are You, Lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x04Fa8hjSs
• Nothing Can Trouble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8zog4nM0zs
• Will You Come and Follow Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Bq1YtpQL8

There are also hymns to learn for these as home learning from between now and the service.

There is a blog entry on each class blog with YouTube videos; as they need to learn the lyrics off by heart.

 

Reading books will now try to be changed on a Thursday when more adults are available.

 

This early spring weather has meant that our daffodils for Mother’s Day have already bloomed!

We are send them home today for an early gift but you will have to wait for your cards 🙂 

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie

           Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

 

Homelearning:

Spellings: Spellingshed

Maths: Mathletics and TT Rockstars.

Spring is nearly here and we need to plant out bulbs.

Please may each child bring in a plastic pot for their bulb planting next week.

Please see this photo for size.

RE
In RE the children have been learning about how people play a special part in all of God’s creations. They discussed how people can behave like God and made posters to give examples. They then reflected on their own actions and words and how they are a sign of God’s presence.

Maths
In Maths, the children have been learning to multiply and divide by 8. They have continued grouping, sharing, and using number lines and arrays to help them with their learning. Please practice these at home.
In capacity and mass, the children used gram and kg as a unit of measure for mass. They read scales, drew the measure on accurately and challenged themselves to read the scales in different intervals.

English
The children have been busy writing their own clerihew based on a book character of their choice, and towards the end of the week, they then presented them to the class.

Handwriting pens have started to be given out and the children are eager to try their best in all areas of wrting.

Handwriting pens are awarded when all writing:

• Is on the line.
• Is of correct size.
• Is joined in every lesson and subject.
• The child has been showing these skills consistently for some time.

When using handwriting pens they:

• Must be blue ink pens only, no biros or black.
• Are given their first pen and it is to be kept in class.
• Are to provide their own pens after their first one.
• Should not be used in maths books.

French
This week our French challenged us as we began to place adjectives appropriately before or after the noun they modify and understand that adjective spelling depends on number and gender.

Geography
This week we explored the question ‘Why does New Zealand have so many earthquakes?’ The children shred fantastic ideas before we learnt about the tectonic plates. We found this video clip, which illustrates the reasons nicely.

P.E. days are Wednesday (Swimming) and Friday

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,
Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
Mon, Tu & Wed Th & Fr

Homelearning:
Spellings: Spellingshed
Maths: Mathletics and TT Rockstars.