The Courier

Year 1 children have been exploring their five senses.  They were delighted to begin with taste and quickly recognised that chocolate and lemon are at opposite ends of the sweet-sour scale.  No prizes for guessing which one Maya is tasting here!

As an introduction to 3D shape in maths, and to secure naming of 3D shapes before we move onto the properties (faces, edges etc), the children were set a challenge to construct something using 3D shapes or connect 2D shapes to make 3D shapes. The only stipulation was that they were only allowed to include shapes they know the name of. Not only was this lots of fun, but the children had a real incentive to learn the names in order to finish their models.

Class 2W children have been reading and discussing a variety of dragon tales.  This week we have become creative authors ourselves by planning, writing and editing our own dragon stories.

Last Friday in their English lesson each child in 5F received a Christmas card. All the Christmas cards were handmade by children from a Polish school in a little town called Krotoszyn. The Christmas cards are a start to our new pen pal project in Year 5. The Polish children are learning English and the pen pal scheme we are introducing will help encourage them to learn the language so they can use their English in written conversations with our pupils.

The children introduced themselves and described their looks and personalities in the letters attached to the Christmas cards. Over the next week, our children will respond to the letters, thinking about what is important to share and being aware of using good English. We will then send them back to the Polish school. We hope the project will help us make new connections with children from a different background and that the children will enjoy learning about each others lives and experiences!

It was lovely to see the excitement on their faces as the children received all these beautiful cards!

Class 5F showed progress in working with decimals by creating a selection of questions. They were able to apply their skills to addition with the aid of Post It notes!. This meant that the pupils could use each other's numbers in their calculations and then feedback to each other to agree if they were both correct or not.