The Courier

Class 3LS children brought their favourite books in from home as English homework yesterday. The children talked about them in their lesson and made recommendations to their friends. They then completed simple book reviews and cover drawings.

Class 3SS then got together and to read their favourite book and discussed it as a group after.

Class 3SS have taken their understanding of 2D shapes by learning some new vocabulary such as quadrilaterals, polygons, irregular etc. and we spent time discussing and classifying shapes in relation to their qualities.

CLass 3LS have been studying the paintings of the Impressionists. They have tried hard to mix the right colours and have used different ways of applying the paint to add texture.

Class 3LS have been learning lots of foods in French. Here they are playing a card game in order to reinforce their knowledge of key vocabulary. They have also watched a video clip with a song called ‘les cornichons’, (the gherkins).

Class 4C have been evaluating their amazing expressive portraits. Their paintings show excellent exaggeration of expression and powerful use of colour to emphasise emotion.

Year 4 researched the causes of deforestation then considered changes that could be made in school to help reduce it. They have each written a persuasive letter to Mr Thackway, asking him to make one small change that could make a big difference.

While the girls were out on a match fixture, the boys in 5F created their own compositions. They chose their own title and content, the only stipulation being to use at least one melodic instrument. The resulting compositions were very impressive, especially as they were achieved within the space of one lesson.

Crescent School warmly welcomed Lower Sixth Princethorpe Biology students and the Planet Princethorpe Team to undertake bio-diversity sampling in our grounds.

Year 5 helped with the sampling methods and identification and we have found out that the grounds here have a higher level of Bio-diversity than other sites. This is our starting point and with the planned wildflower bed and bug hotel we are hoping to increase this further. The sampling will be retested later in the year. 

Class 6W have risen to the challenge of healthy eating. They have all been having fresh fruit or vegetables everyday for break. Hopefully they have felt the benefits and will keep up the good habit.

Class 6W have been studying physical descriptions in their French lessons. They have learnt hair colour, eye colour, and adjectives to describe height and weight. Here they are labelling a variety of people.

Class 6W have composed music using percussion, chime bars and their own instruments. Working from a choice of titles, they structured their compositions with a beginning, middle and end, and incorporated changes of tempo (speed) and dynamics (volume). The next stage is to write their compositions out using graphic notation.

As part of our work on Percy Jackson we have written news reports. The children have tried to incorporate higher level grammar within them eg: passive, subjunctive, relative clauses and adverbials.