Year 5 have been looking at how bees and other insects pollinate flowers and help the reproduction of plants and vegetables in our science lessons.
The children created their own paper chain flower. They had to put each sentence in the correct order which explained how the flowers are pollinated
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They created a lovely display.
On Tuesday 29th November 2016, Year 3 welcomed a special visitor into their classroom. Paul, came to help us learn more about rocks and fossils, which we are learning about in science. We learnt about different areas in the country where different type of rock comes from, the different types of rocks and also how the tectonic plates are constantly moving. We then looked at fossils and learnt a little bit about how they are formed, where you can fossil hunting and what you should take with you when you go. We had a great morning exploring all of Paul’s samples. Why not ask us about our favourite types of rocks and fossils in Year 3?
During PSHE this week in Year 5, children looked at effects and consequences. We discussed what the term meant and positive consequences and negative consequences. Children were given a number of scenerio’s where they needed to suggest what the effects or consequences might be to them. Children came up with some very sensible suggestions to these scenerio’s. Later, during the lesson children listed who their influences were and they shared with the class why they made their choice.
In Year 1, our Talk for Writing story is the Owl Babies. The children have enjoyed re-telling, role playing and writing the story of the Owl Babies. We know this story really well, so we decided to change the characters in the story. As a class we decided to change our characters to a family of monkeys. Our main character was changed to a baby monkey called Steve. We created a story plan and enjoyed using an app on the ipad called Puppet Pals to re-tell our story.
During PSHE this week, Year 6 looked at ‘How to keep our bodies healthy’. We discussed as a class what we thought was needed to keep our bodies functioning and healthy. As the lesson progressed, we created our own menu’s of what we would usually eat at different times of the day and discussed how we could make these meals healthier.
Monday was our big bounce – a – thon for Children in Need where all the children took part in bouncing on our trampolines from 11:15am to 3:15pm. On behalf of all the staff and children thank you for your sponsorship and support raising money for such a worthy cause.
On Friday 25th November, Roy Slim, who was a pupil at St Clement’s CofE Academy many years ago, joined us for a fun filled day.
He spent time with Year 1 and 2 discussing the history of the local area, which will help them in their topic this term.
Roy also enjoyed time with Year 5 discussing life in the RAF and memories from WW2.
The School Council met with Roy to discuss what life use to be like at St Clement’s. They were able to find out about school life and routines, the games they played and the subjects Roy liked most. See our school website for a full video of the interview.
It was a fabulous day enjoyed by all – Thank you Roy!
School Council
This week, Year 2 received a very important letter from The Dog’s Trust. It was asking us to help them find out how to look after a new dog that had arrived. We needed to find out how to keep him happy and healthy.
We investigated ways that we could find information and noticed that we had to use a special type of book, non – fiction.
We then found out lots of facts about dogs and how we look after them. Today we wrote our own non- fiction text that we can sent to The Dog’s Trust to help them look after their new dog.
In Geography this term, Year 1 are learning about our local area. We have been thinking about the different things we have in the area of Nechells. We used an internet app to see a map and explore our local street view. We found where we live and some human features in our area such as the shops we go to and our school. We know that human features are built by someone. Today we were extremely lucky to have a visit from Roy Slim who used to live in Nechells many year ago. We asked him clever questions about what Nechells was like and found out lots of facts!
Yesterday we had a great time at Handsworth Fire Station.
Mo showed us the different parts of a Firefighter’s uniform. We found out that they leave their boots inside their trousers so that they can put them on quickly.
The children then dressed up as Firefighters and we were taken on a tour of the fire station.
We saw the smaller fire vehicle and then the big fire engine came back. The Firefighter switched on the blue flashing lights and made us all jump with the loud horn! Next we saw the hose and the special cutting tool. Finally we saw the special pole and two Firefighters slid down it, they went really fast.
