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Reception Roundup

Please click on the link below to read all about what the Reception classes have been learning this week. 

Reception Round Up - 11 Mar 2022 

Mrs Pullen and Mrs Emery
Reception Class Teachers
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Year 1 Visit St Mark's Church

1SS and 1LS walked from school to St Mark's Church in Bilton on Monday afternoon carefully carrying their clipboards. They were on a mission to explore the church and to identify its internal and external features, that they have been learning about in their RE lessons.

Mrs Bevan volunteered her time to show the children around and to tell the children about the history of the church, she also explained how the church is part of the local community.

It was a lovely sunny afternoon, and the two classes enjoyed sketching the features, asking questions and finding out about this historic building that sits so close to their school.

 

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Class 1LS Forest School

1LS enjoyed their first Forest School session this morning and we were very fortunate to have the sun shining on us.

The children enjoyed looking for the signs of spring in the site and used the flower ID books to work out what flowers had bloomed. They enjoyed exploring the site and thinking of their own activities to do. There were several small groups building campfires. They tried really hard to light them but we were unsuccessful this week.

Some of the children created a bug hotel, complete with a swimming pool, for all of the local insects to enjoy. There was also a lot of teamwork going on to move a very large log up the grassy hill to a campfire.

It was lovely to see all of the children engrossed in different activities and we are all looking forward to our next session.

Miss Humphreys
Teaching Assistant - Forest School
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Class 2W PE Games

Children in Year 2 applied their growing, aiming and controlling skills to create a new game in which they could score points. They then taught their game to a different pair of children and practised together. Not only was this lots of fun but also evidenced of creativity, practice and mastery.

Mr Webb
Class 2W Form Teacher

Class 3Y Science

Class 3Y are keeping tree diaries. They have 'adopted' a deciduous tree, in the school grounds, and will be observing and recording the changes they observe over the next few months. They identified the bark, shape and bud type of their tree. Here are a few photos of Class 3 botanists.

Mrs Johnson
Head of Science and DT
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Class 3Y Foodie fractions

There was much excitement in the air as 3Y experimented with fractions using a range of edible treats. They were able to separate the food into different groups and write the corresponding fractions as well as comparing and ordering them, they also found fractions of amounts. The best bit of course was eating them at the end!

Mrs Yates
Class 3Y Form Teacher
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Class 3Y Music

Class 3Y has been studying the Ancient Egyptians in Music lessons. This week they used percussion instruments to depict various gods and goddesses. They thought about the characteristics of each god or goddess and chose their instrument and how to play it accordingly. Some very dramatic sounds were created, particularly for Anubis, the Death God!

Mrs Barnes
Director of Music
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Class 4M World War II Artefacts

Year 4 have really engaged with our topic on World War 2. Many have family stories to share and they have been able to bring in precious artefacts.

Maisie created a family tree to show her family during the war period. Edward researched his Great, Great Uncle who was a signal man involved in the battle at Dunkirk.

Alice's Great Nan has written her own autobiography and we enjoyed hearing about her life during wartime.  Sam O brought in his Great-Uncle's Helmet which he modelled and said it was really heavy! Sofie brought in very precious medals and letters from WW2 which belonged to a family friend, it was incredible to see these up close. 

Mrs Yates
Class 4M History Teacher
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Class 6W Magical Grammar

Class 6W have been consolidating their grammar knowledge with Miss Quirke this term. Our challenge this week was to fulfil the title 'Magical Grammar' by using different presentation styles to show creativity and mastery of their grammar knowledge.

It made me smile that the children thought this was a fun activity but didn't actually realise how many higher order thinking skills they were using.  Our next step is to peer assess them and present them to the class.

Mrs Webb
Class 6W Form Teacher
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Class 6W Preparing For Their Next Steps

Class 6W were visited this week by Mrs Austen from Rugby Free School who came to talk to them about moving schools. Whatever school the children are going to, they do have similar worries.

Mrs Austen talked a lot about resilience and turning their worries into positive experiences instead with a growth mindset (which is very much in line with our whole school target). The children found it very helpful.

Mrs Webb
Class 6W Form Teacher
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