This week our school nurse Maria has been into class to tell Year 3 more about healthy foods and healthy lunchboxes.
Each group had to work collaboratively to create their own lunchbox. They were very interesting with many groups including lots of chocolate, sweets and biscuits.
Then, Maria told us more about the Eatwell plate and each group repacked their lunchbox to reflect their new learning.
Thank you to those who were able to meet with us last week at the Parents’ Evening. Wee hope you found the information useful. As discussed, reading skills and the love of reading are an important part of learning. To support your child even more, you can also listen to audio books online. This is a fantastic way to learn new words and heard how intonation is used in storytelling.
Here are some websites that you can visit for free, good quality audio books:
http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/stories/audio-stories/
http://www.storynory.com/
In year 3 the children have been exploring forces and magnets.
We have looked at what a force and magnet is and how we can demonstrate push and pull forces. the children worked collaboratively to build freeze frames showing push and pull forces in action. This was a fun activity for year 3 as the rest of the children had to guess which force it was. 
This week in Year 6 have been looking at Self-Control as one of the Fruits of the Spirit.
We looked at the definition of self-control and how we could best display it. We set up some scenarios and carried out some role play. We also discussed the time when Jesus was tempted in the Wilderness and showed an abundance of self-control.
This week has been the first full week of school for the new Reception children! They have been exploring their new environment and resources and learning the rules and routines of school.
Well done to the children for doing so well on their first week!
In RE, Year 1 have been exploring ‘patience’ – one of the Fruits of the Spirit. We thought about what patiences means to us. We know we have to be patience and wait for a lot of things such as lining up, sharing toys and taking in turns in speak.
We have been practising being patience and looked at different times we have to be patience. We thought about things we are looking forward to doing in Year 1, and how it cannot happen straight away. We know that we have to work hard and wait nicely for great things to happen!
‘I am looking forward to getting a number wizard award.’ Yusaf
‘I am looking forward to reading lots of stories in Year 1.’ Arooj
‘I am looking forward to making lots of things in the creative area.’ Eesa
Year 5 are learning the poem ‘Silver’ by Walter de la Mare and practicing reciting and using different intonations, rhythms and volume.
We also discussed the author’s use of poetic devices and vocabulary. We used some of these skills to write our own description of the images from the poem.
What a wonderful start to the new term for Year 3. This has been a very busy week getting to know each other and the teachers – Miss Groom & Miss Begum.
During our week we have spent lots of time learning our new routines as it seems everything has changed over the summer! From going upstairs, locating our lockers, a later break time and lunchtime, remembering to bring our own healthy snacks and walking very smartly and quietly around the school.
Year 3 have been discussing kindness and what it means to them. Some children wrote acrostic poems and others wrote prayers to express their understanding.
Welcome to Year 4! During our first week back at school, we have been discussing the fruit of the spirit and how we can show these qualities in our school life. We thought about all the ways we could show love to our friends and families and used these ideas to write a poem about the meaning of love.
Peace has many meanings and we talked about how the word can be used to mean quiet and hush as well as calm and serenity. We then wrote a recipe to achieve peace in our own hearts.
Year 1 have settled into their classroom and routines amazingly! They have really enjoyed their first week getting to know their new teachers and exploring their new classroom environment. The children were great at thinking about ideas for our class rules and how to keep safe in school. We have had lots of fun and we are looking forward to what the year brings.
Look at all the learning we have been doing!
