The Courier

Class 3S have thoroughly enjoyed making a clay sarcophagus each. They thought hard about the types of design to use to decorate the lids and had to work hard to make the correct shape with the clay and tools.

In 4C this week, we've been delving deeper into problems involving time and length in Maths and developing the skills we need to write effective inventor biographies in English. In RE, we've been exploring what is important to Hindus, with a particular focus on symbolism and gods and goddesses. We have considered what it means to make assumptions about people based on appearances in PSHE. We've also completed a writing assessment this week, working very hard to showcase the skills we have developed in writing so far this year and in previous years. 

Class 5F have been reading Goth Girl and the Ghost Of A Mouse by Chris Riddell. This is set in Ghastly Gorm Hall, 5F imagined they were tour guides using descriptive language and adverbs of possibility.

These were recorded and are available for families to listen to on Seesaw.

Mental maths is being tested this week in 5F as children try to calculate all the factors contained in a number. Skills in times and dividing tables are needed as well as halving, numbers knowledge and the divisibility tests earlier in the week. Children really challenged themselves with some big numbers beyond tables!

In Geography classes this week, we have been learning about the COP27 conference taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Year 6 thought about their impact on the environment by making their own carbon footprints and considering ways they could reduce the carbon dioxide or methane produced by everyday activities. This will fit in very nicely with the ‘Switch Off Fortnight‘ campaign that The Green Team club are going to talk to the school about in our assembly next week.

This annual event was established by UNESCO, over 20 years ago, to highlight the important role that science plays in bringing peace and development to society. It helps raise debates about important problems such as global warming.

On Thursday 10 November, pupils in their Science classes took part in quizzes, researched famous scientists and learnt about the amazing broadcaster and biologist, Sir David Attenborough.