It has been a really exciting week in Year 1! We have been learning about Diwali and Bonfire night. We learnt about the stories behind why they are celebrated. We also explored poetry and used our senses to write poems about fireworks and bonfire night.
We completed lots of fun activities! We made Diva lamps, firework pictures using a salad spinner and we even made our very own yummy hot chocolate!
Today in computing all the children created a script that creates buttons that draw different shapes when clicked.
A great first week back at St Clement’s Stay and Play. The children had a fabulous time exploring and playing with their friends. Song time again was a popular part of the session. This week, we enjoyed ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ and ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It’.
Come and join in the fun every Wednesday, 9am – 10am, St Clement’s School Hall.
Years 5 and 6 have completed the ‘Time 2 Shine’ program, delivered by Dare 2 Dream. They have enjoyed developing their team work skills, confidence and resilience.
Today in computing all the children created a script that creates buttons that draw different shapes when clicked.
This week we have explored non-fiction texts about autumn. We learnt that we can find out information from books and computers. The children found out lots of facts about autumn as well as exploring things such as conkers, autumn leaves, pine cones, sticks and plants.
We also made our own autumn information books. Make sure you check them out on display as you come into Early Years.
Last week was Book Week and the focus was non-chronological reports. In year 5, we decided to write about Egyptians, but in the style of Horrible Histories. After reading a range of information texts to retrieve facts, we wrote our own reports using headings and sub-headings. We chose our favourite section to redraft and added illustrations.
Did you know Egyptians often fed the brains of bodies they were mummifying to the cat? Crazy, but true.
Have a look at our finished writing and art work.
This half term has been extremely busy for Year 3 and has finished up with a wonderful display of our reports outside the classroom. All children researched information necessary to write about either a tiger or gorilla. Year 3 used a skeleton plan to record their information in words or short phrases and then used this to write their own reports. Have a read and see what you can learn about these amazing animals.
Have a look and see if you can see some of the features.
Can you spot the main heading and sub headings?
Is the report written in the present tense?
Has the writer organised their information into paragraphs?
Has the write included prepositions or a noun, www sentences in their writing?
Year 3 have quickly become experts and know lots of information about gorillas and tigers. Ask them more when you see them around school.
This half term Year 6 were looking at electrical celebrations and had to make a prototype of a product they would like to light up. The children linked this with their Frozen Kingdom topic . They chose penguins and lighthouses. They had to make the circuit using wires, cells, bulbs and bulb holders . The children presented their prototypes to the class.
