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The whole school have been participating in various Science Investigations for Science Week linked to their current topic. Year 3 Angelou were observing and measuring the length of shadows at different times of the school day.
Year 1 Kahlo and Year 2 Mandela invited Mothers, Grandmas or Aunties to our special stay and play, where they took part in a range of creative Mother's Day activities.
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We were astounded by how many entries we had received. The children really used their imagination and creativity to showcase a reading book. Well done to our winners, who all received a reading book as their prize.
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The children had a special World Book Day assembly where they were able to show the rest of the school their wonderful costumes. All the children are very excited and each class will be focusing on reading a book written by diverse authors and creating some wonderful work in the lessons today.
Every child will also be bringing home a £1 World Book Day voucher, which they can use towards buying a reading book.
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We have received many lovely entries for our Book in the Box competition. The children have really used their creative flair to recreate famous books by a range of familiar and diverse authors such as Roald Dahl, Micheal Bond, Floella Benjamin, Malorie Blackman to name a few.
We look forward to announcing the winners during our special World Book Day assembly this Thursday.
This week the children have been completing their D & T lessons. Firstly, the children have been learning different D & T skills, then completing the designing and making and finally evaluating their finished product.
Year Reception Rosen - Cooking and Nutrition: making fruit kebabs
Year 1 Kahlo - Textiles: making puppets
Year 2 Kahlo - Mechaniams: making a fairground wheel
Year 3 Angelou - Electrical system: making an electrical poster
Year 4 Farah - Structures: making a pavilion
Year 5/6 Jemison - Cooking and Nutrition: making a healthy pasta sauce
Year 5/6 Jemison had an amazing experience visiting the Science Museum. The children travelled by public transport and enjoyed exploring the different zones within the museum but also looking at different life cycles linked to their Science topic. The children also took part in various activities in the Wonder Lab.
This week the school are support 52 Lives and are focusing on 'Empathy' during our PSHE lessons. All the children took part in the 52 Lives Empathy assembly and will complete various activities during their PSHE, SMSC and RSE lessons and daily circle time sessions this week.
Empathy allows us to make sense of ourselves as well as those around us - whether we agree with them or not. Empathy is ultimately vital for success as it underpins the skills of great leadership, creativity and communication.
The children will have a better understanding or be reminded of the following:
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Today, we had each class perform their poems to the rest of the school. This children really enjoy reciting and performing with such confidence. We had some classes even make write and recite thier own poems!
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Today, Angelou class performed their assembly to parents. The children were very confident and were able to report facts about the inspirational Mary Seacole and how she was best known for her work as a nurse in the Crimean War. The children had also written their own poem about Mary Seacole.
Today, it was also Safer Internet Day, where the children had a special assembly and took park in various actitivities. The children were able to use their long term memory and were able to say what they should do if they did not feel safe online.
Today, the children took part in a live Kindness Workshop linked to 52 Lives Random Acts of Kindness Week with many other schools. The children made cards as a kind gesture for people who were important to them. Our school was selected and the children's work was shown during the live workshop.
The children will be bringing a Kindness Challenge to complete during half term. Please see the letter section for more information. The children will also bringing this home this week.
