The Courier

This week these children have been awarded full Junior da Vinci awards:

• Roisin in 5F for Science and DT
• Kian, Kiran and Gloria in 4C for English
• Harry in 6W for Art, along with Mithun in 4C
• Oliver and Penelope in 3SS earn theirs in Maths and Beau in 3SS achieved hers in PSHE
• Hazel in 2W receives her for Geography and Aria in 4C gains hers in Computing

Well done all.

Mrs Symons
JdV Lead

This weeks Word Wizards and Top Quizzers are:

Word Wizards, achieving the highest word count from successfully quizzing this week, are:

• 3LS  Elliott
• 3SS  Klara
• 4C    Ava
• 5F    Zac
• 6W   Harry

Top Quizzers who have quizzed on the most books successfully or made a noticeable improvement in quizzing scores this week are:

• 3LS  Gwen
• 3SS  Finn
• 4C   Theo Mc
• 5F    Harry
• 6W   Oliver

Great work all.

Mrs Nelson
Teaching Assistant

Year 3, 100k Word Superstar this week is Ria in 3LS.

Well done.

Garage and Gigs are the most important games to show your progress.  

Pupils who have reached landmark % on automatic training mode in the Garage and Gigs and therefore are awarded JDVs for Maths Practice this week.

• Jahnavi 3LS has completed 48% and then 72% of the training course.
• Lilah 4C has completed 48%, 72% and then 100% of the training course.

Results for Battle 11-18 January- all classes against each other- average score per class member.

• 1st 3LS 51
• 2nd 4C 40
• 3rd 3SS 21

Most valuable players in the whole competition:

• 1st Alfie 4C
• 2nd Kiki 3LS
• 3rd Jahnavi 3LS

Well done, 3LS! 🏆Most improved speedsters in the studio are:

Battle between 3LS, 3SS and 4C- 18-25 January 2024. 

TT Rock stars will block 2x, 5x, 10x and 11x on jamming if you are efficient at them, so you cannot pick easy ones just to score more points in the competition! 

Please note only the children should play on their account or it influences the level appropriate to them.

Reading certificates have, this week, been awarded to:

• Eve (RP)
• Max (RP)
• Evie (1Q)
• Sofia (1Q)
• Marcie (2W)
• Vihaan (2W)
• Juliette (2E)
• Lara (2E)

Well done to you all.

This week's Scientists of the week are:

Year 6 pupils chose an area in electricity to research for homework.  Then they created their own poster to show their findings.

This week's Artists of the week are:

• Maggie 6W - Excellent understanding of tone to add depth to a sketch

• Hattie 6W - A bold and expressive landscape sketch

• Albert 6W - Sensitive use of tone in his landscape sketch

• Harry 6W - A well-planned landscape sketch

• Ella 4C - A fun and expressive portrait

• Mithun 4C - Excellent use of contrast to give depth to his self-portrait

• Taran 4C - An excellent expressive self-portrait

• Esme 4C - Lovely tone and expression in her self-portrait

• Feranmi 3LS - Effective use of tone and mark making

• David 3LS - Creative use of mark making

• Nellie 3LS - Excellent tonal portrait

• Uma 3LS - Sensitive use of tone in her portrait

Mrs Thackway
Head of Art