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Headteacher: Liz Heymoz
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
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Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
Fax: 01707 665431
Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Year 6 – 24/11/17
/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret JoyceIn Science this week, we learnt about and modelled the 4 components that make up blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. In English, the children have been busy writing and editing recounts from Traction Man’s perspective, with the target being to convey the egotistical personality of the character. Some wonderful language […]
19th November – 24th November in Y3
/2 Comments/in Year 3 /by Margaret JoyceYear 3 have enjoyed starting their new science topic Light and Dark this week. We thought about what life would be like without light and tested whether humans could see without any light sources – we can’t! We have also created sculptures and pictures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy this week which was great […]
Week 11
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceThis week in science, we have been learning about taking repeated measurements to improve reliability. We created autogyros with different blade surface areas, and timed how long they took to fall. In this lesson, we required our maths skills to calculate the surface areas and find the averages of our results. We have now concluded […]
Week 11 Blog
/1 Comment/in Year 1 /by Margaret JoyceThis week the children have continued to engage in activities based around Traction Man. They all enjoyed developing their ant team learning power to work in small groups and delegate character parts. There was some brilliant acting from many budding actors and actresses! We all enjoyed watching them perform in class. In Maths, the children have […]
13th – 17th November in Y3
/2 Comments/in Year 3 /by Margaret JoyceWe have had a fun filled week in year 3, reading, acting out and writing about Traction Man. The children have been immersed in their learning and are eager to start writing their Traction Man recounts. As part of Anti-Bullying week we created an anti-bullying pledge and celebrated our similarities and differences. Please watch one […]
Week 10: 17th November
/0 Comments/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceThis week we started our writing focus on a wonderful book: Traction Man! The children have embraced all the activities that we have been doing in class: hot seating, whole class discussion, examining scenes from the story etc.. On Monday, many of the children brought their favourite toys into school and talked about the adventures […]
Week 10
/1 Comment/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceAll different. All Equal This week in Year 5, we have taken part in anti bullying week. On Monday, we began by celebrating our differences. The children created mini books that their classmates filled with positive messages. Watching the children read these was a real joy and I wish I could have captured all […]
Week 10 Blog
/2 Comments/in Year 1 /by Margaret JoyceThis week the children enjoyed listening to and engaging within lots of activities based around the book, Traction Man by Mini Grey. They retold the story in story parts and imagined what it would be like to be Traction Man. In maths the have continued to explore numbers to ten using a tens frame using […]
Year 6 – 17/11/17
/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret JoyceSchools around the country have this week been taking part in Anti-Bullying week. The focus has been that each of us is different, yet we are all equal. We have been reflecting on our class book, Wonder, in which the main character is treated differently because of facial defects he was born with. We also […]
Year 2 Blog Week 9
/1 Comment/in Year 2 /by Margaret JoyceIt has been all about balancing and rebalancing this week in Year 2. In maths, the children have been looking at rebalancing number sentences. The children identified the number in their calculation that was near a friendly number (multiple of ten) and used a beadstring to rebalance their calculation. How would you rebalance the following […]