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Year 2 National Poetry Day 2021, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 10:00am
National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year, National Poetry Day takes place on 7 October 2021, and the theme is Choice.
National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together.
The Day starts conversations, it encourages love of language – and best of all, it’s open to absolutely everyone to join in, quietly or noisily in rewarding and enjoyable ways. As the artform’s most visible moment, it showcases the ways in which poetry adds value to society.
Here are amazing Year 2's...
F2 National Poetry Day 2021, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 9:58am
National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year, National Poetry Day takes place on 7 October 2021, and the theme is Choice.
National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together.
The Day starts conversations, it encourages love of language – and best of all, it’s open to absolutely everyone to join in, quietly or noisily in rewarding and enjoyable ways. As the artform’s most visible moment, it showcases the ways in which poetry adds value to society.
Here our wonderfull F2 students...
F1 - National Poetry Day, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 2:00pm
National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year, National Poetry Day takes place on 7 October 2021, and the theme is Choice.
National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together.
The Day starts conversations, it encourages love of language – and best of all, it’s open to absolutely everyone to join in, quietly or noisily in rewarding and enjoyable ways. As the artform’s most visible moment, it showcases the ways in which poetry adds value to society.
Below there is our wonderfull F1 classes from Miss Kealey...
National Poetry Day - 2 year olds, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 1:52pm
National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year, National Poetry Day takes place on 7 October 2021, and the theme is Choice.
National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together.
The Day starts conversations, it encourages love of language – and best of all, it’s open to absolutely everyone to join in, quietly or noisily in rewarding and enjoyable ways. As the artform’s most visible moment, it showcases the ways in which poetry adds value to society.
The following video has all of our wonderfull 2 year olds...
Year 1 National Poetry Day, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 1:46pm
National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year, National Poetry Day takes place on 7 October 2021, and the theme is Choice.
National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together.
The Day starts conversations, it encourages love of language – and best of all, it’s open to absolutely everyone to join in, quietly or noisily in rewarding and enjoyable ways. As the artform’s most visible moment, it showcases the ways in which poetry adds value to society.
In this video you will have both Miss Markey and Mr Chamberlain classes...
Year 2 Science, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 10th Oct 2021 @ 11:26pm
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 2 have been looking at 'living things and their habitats' in our Science lessons. We visited Father Michael's Garden, looking for signs of wildlife and plants. We then went over to our EYFS grounds and Edible Garden to hunt for minibeasts! We found all sorts of creatures hiding under leaves, under logs, in the grass, in the soil and on the trees and bushes! Great work bug hunters!
Year 5 Spellings 11.10.21, by Miss Flynn
Date: 10th Oct 2021 @ 11:23am
Year 1 - Harvest Festival, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 2:39pm
Year 1 have been learning about the Harvest Festival this week! Within the lesson the children created their own Harvest Festival and were able to create a list of all the items there, as well as label all the different fruits and vegetables! Great work Year 1!
Thursday 7th October 21: Yr6- The Wolf Wilder, by Mr Glen
Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 2:23pm
Thursday 7th October 21: Yr6- The Wolf Wilder
Today Yr6 work really hard and were all totally brilliant. We started green screen mark filming of the script, were the children had to become characters in the script. We also explored the use of green screen and the techniques that we will use to create our own silent movie of “The Wolf Wilder”.
We started by blocking a section of the piece and gave yr6 the opportunity to make improvements based on constructive feedback on their listening skills. They were able to follow complex directions/multi-step instructions without the need for repetition and they participate confidently in a range of different performances, role play exercises.
We were able to film different sections of the book as a rough edit cut and we will review them next week when we start filming for real. Excellent work!!
Wednesday 6th October 21: Yr5- Ice trap- Shackleton, by Mr Glen
Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 12:48pm
Wednesday 6th October 21: Yr5- Ice trap- Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition
Two amazing sessions with year 5 today. After we had warmed up, and play our new game “Shackleton” based on the game “Pirates” we continued exploring the incredible expedition made by Sir Ernest Shackleton. We start looking at the scripted piece (that we will be performing later in class) from the last session, where they carefully listened to the next part of the development of the project and could answer questions that were posed. They followed all instructions and they can recognise when it is need to ask for additional information or clarification.
We started green screen mark filming of the script, were the children had to become characters in the script. We also explored the use of green screen and the techniques that we will use.
They had to rehearse reading the script aloud, which we then recorded to create the audio track for the film.
Everyone participated in role play, showing an understanding of
character by choosing body language or inflection in their voices or facial expressions to indicate a person’s emotions in the story.
Everyone took direction extremely well today, and I was amazed at how well the performed and waited as each scene was filmed or set up.
Excellent work again from both groups as they used body language and the inflection of their voices to communicate to the audience.
Tuesday 5th October 21: Yr3- Stone Age Boy, by Mr Glen
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:02pm
Tuesday 5th October 21: Yr3- Stone Age Boy
Yr3 were brilliant today. We recapped on the last session, where they carefully listened to the next part of the development of the project and could answer questions that were posed in our agreed format. They followed all instructions and they have started to recognise when it is need to ask for additional information or clarification.
We started green screen filming of the book “Stone Age Boy”, were the children had to become different elements in the story (Tree, animals, ETC) they all move together and how to participate in a role.
They had to rehearse reading the stories aloud, which we then recorded to create the beginning of our audio track for the film.
Everyone today participate in role play tasks, showing an understanding of
character by choosing body language or inflection in their voices to indicate a person’s emotions in the story.
Everyone took direction extremely well today, and I was amazed at how well the performed and waited as each scene was filmed or set up.
Excellent work again from both groups as they used body language and the inflection of their voices to communicate to the audience. Next week we will continue to film the rest of the book, and audio narration to film.
Year 5 Weekly Spellings 04.10.21, by Miss Flynn
Date: 3rd Oct 2021 @ 4:16pm
Year 1 - Acting Annie & Annie-Rose, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:41pm
Our English book for the start of the year has been Alfie Gets in First, the children have been fantastic at sequencing the story, working out the beginning, middle, and end, as well as beginning to use time adverbials such as firstly, next, after that, and lastly to describe what happens in the story! They also impressed with their amazing acting too, and put on a great performance of the story!
Year 1 - Plant Hunters, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:35pm
Our first topic this year in Science is learning all about plants, and to begin we started with a plant hunt around the school! The children explored to find the plants and ticked off all the ones they could find, well done plant hunters!
Year 1 - Measuring fun!, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:29pm
Last week in Year 1 we learnt all about measuring, and all the different ways we could measure length and height. The children loved measuring using cubes and paperclips, but especially loved measuring length using their handspans! We've even begun using rulers to measure using centimetres, well done Year 1!
Thursday 30th September 21: Yr6- The Wolf Wilder, by Mr Glen
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 3:25pm
Thursday 30th September 21: Yr6- The Wolf Wilder
Two exceptional session with Yr6 today. I was absolutely amazed at the level of work from both classes, and their input and creativity. We continued exploring back story of “The Wolf Wilder” and the subtext, set in the beginnings of the Russian revolution. The class listened very carefully and made fantastic contributions to the lesson or asked relevant questions on the topic, which help the group move one together. They activity engaged in the questioning and gave their own structed opinions and thoughts based on their learnt knowledge in the groups they were split in to and demonstrated brilliant team work and communication skills and all completed the tasks set. Next week we will be looking in to the setting (blocking) for our silent movie, based on the text. Excellent work by all.
Wednesday 29th September 21: Yr5- Ice trap- Shackleton, by Mr Glen
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:42am
Wednesday 29th September 21: Yr5- Ice trap- Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition
Two amazing sessions with year 5 today. We continued exploring the incredible expedition made by Sir Ernest Shackleton, where the class listened very carefully and made contributions to the lesson or asked relevant questions on the topic. They activity engaged in the questioning and gave their own structed opinions and thoughts based on their learnt knowledge. Our warm up game “Shackleton” is designed to warm up the body and the mind, as it helps the children focus on the tasks and the subject matter. All of the children then took part in the 3rd draft reading of our script and they contributed and collaborated in the editing of the script to make it more suitable to the speech of a Yr5. I was totally blown away in how supportive the classes were with each other and help others with words or with other needs in the group.
Excellent work year 5, next week we start filming.
Tuesday 28th September 21: Yr3- Stone Age Boy, by Mr Glen
Date: 28th Sep 2021 @ 3:10pm
Tuesday 28th September 21: Yr3- Stone Age Boy
Yr3 were brilliant today. We learnt more about the time period and recapped on the last session, where they carefully listened to the next part of the development of the project and could answer questions in the agreed format. They followed all instructions and they have started to recognise when it is need to ask for additional information or clarification.
We played our warm up game, that is designed to increase listening skills and to help children in the decision-making process and to get them focused on the task ahead.
We started a blocking rehearsal of the book “Stone Age Boy”, were the children had to become different elements in the story (Tree, animals, ETC) and we looked at how they move together and how to participate in a role. This was then peer evaluated with WWW (what went well) and EBi (even better if..). From this the children are learning how to use feedback to improve their performance.
Excellent work again from both groups as they used body language and the inflection of their voices to communicate to the audience. Next week we will start to block out the rest of the book, and start to film.
Year 5 Spelling Homework 27.9.21, by Miss Flynn
Date: 26th Sep 2021 @ 12:07pm
New to F2 September 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 25th Sep 2021 @ 11:06pm
New to F2
The children in Foundation 2 have had a brilliant few weeks settling into school ?
They have loved exploring the outdoor area, singing songs ? ? dancing ?? and joining in with lots of different activities in the classroom.
We are all looking forward to the year ahead! A super start F2!
New to F1 September 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 25th Sep 2021 @ 11:02pm
F1 2s
The children have all started to settle in really well ? We are loving getting to know the children and their little personalities ???
Music ? and song ? time has been a big hit within the 2 year old room
The children have been keen to join in and have enjoyed showing us some of their own dance moves ????
We are slowly starting to introduce circle time and have some topics in place to explore, which will bring about some exciting new activities ?
Last week we enjoyed:
•sand / water play
•puddle splashing out on the big playground & visit to edible garden
•musical instruments and dancing to the music
•Painting
•playdough
School Council 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 25th Sep 2021 @ 10:59pm
“I have learned you are never too small to make a difference.” - Greta Thunberg
What is School Council?
The School Council is a group of children who meet regularly to discuss issues within the school. There is one Children’s School Councillor from each class in F2, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
Why do we have a Children’s School Council?
•To empower children to have a voice.
•To improve the school according to the children's point of view.
•To make sure each class has a platform to voice their opinions.
•To discuss and raise issues.
Our School Council representatives
F2 - Orla and Teddy
Year 1 - Zain and Zofia
Year 2 - Ollie, Thea and Halle
Year 3 - Martyna and Mason
Year 4 - Owen and Katelyn
Year 5 - Olivia and Noah
Year 6 - Liam and Aeva
Yr 6 Drama Club 23rd September 21, by Mr Glen
Date: 24th Sep 2021 @ 3:18pm
Absolutely brilliant 1st session with year 6 tonight. We played some games and started to look and act out three different Pantomimes. Amazingly silly fun
Friday 24th September21: Yr4- Escape from Pompeii, by Mr Glen
Date: 24th Sep 2021 @ 1:57pm
Friday 24th September21: Yr4- Escape from Pompeii
We had our third sessions on Pompeii today with Yr4. We started with a warm up and a game and then we looked at current news reports from the volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands and compared them to the event in Pompeii in 79AD. Each class had to divide in to four/five groups and they had to create a live BBC news report of the events in Pompeii during the eruption. Each person interviewed had to have a “back story” and a real name from Pompeii and put a back story to their newly created character. Good strong work from Yr4 cannot wait for next weeks session. Well done Yr4
F2 - Development Matters 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 10:21pm
In July the DfE published a revised version of Development Matters, the government's non-statutory curriculum guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
The DfE have stated that changes to content are minor and providers will not need to alter any planning based on the September 2020 version that they may have already made.
You can download your own copy here ??????
"Minor changes include: updated links, making minor tweaks to wording for clarification purposes, updates to the Introduction and Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning sections to ensure the wording is aligned with the aims of the reforms and reflects the most recent research and evidence ensuring the document is accessible, inclusive, and easier to navigate which includes a new design, layout and colour coding.
No major changes have been made to the curriculum guidance under the seven areas of learning and therefore this update should not impact planning based on the early adopter version of Development Matters."