The Courier

Reception have had great fun recently exploring rhyming words using the story of Stick Man. The children also created Stick families and used them in their own imaginative storytelling. Take a look at some of our wonderful Stick creations.

Class 1S have been developing their pointillism skills inspired by the artist, Seurat. They enjoy our lessons on a Tuesday afternoon and are excited to show their friends on our weekly show and tell Teams meeting on a Wednesday morning.

They have been exploring different ways of creating the dots, some with their fingers some with pens and stampers but most chose to use the trusted cotton bud!

Class 1S have been practising their knowledge of the days of the week and their order. We have been playing Monster SNAP! and some of us have learnt how to sign the days of the week in British Sign Language.

It has been fun finding creative ways and helping us learn.

We received a lovely email from the Millward family all enjoying a Home Learning project, Mrs Millward wrote:

"Yesterday Mrs Byrne set Charlie the challenge of making a car. Charlie decided this should not be a little toy car but one that his sister could ride in and enjoy! It became a family task, my husband and Charlie the engineers, and me, Alfie and Emily on decoration. It was so lovely to see the kids so enthusiastic and working together as a team 

We all had so much fun, and the pure joy in the children’s faces when Emily got in and went for a ride is a memory of lockdown I will never forget. (Nor the moment the wheel fell off!)

Anyway, I’m sure you hear often about the negatives of home schooling but I wanted to share a little happiness this morning".

Thank you Mrs Millward, what a lovely story and we are so please Emily loved her car.

Crescent School

Class 4M have been learning about life in the Indus Valley. They have been very creative in how they've presented their findings, with a variety of videos, presentations, games and posters. 

In Maths this week Class 4M have been exploring 2D shapes, their properties and reflective symmetry. They were set a challenge to do draw a mirror line, start with one triangle and build up a symmetrical pattern using only triangles. What they did to one side they had to do to the other side, so that it was a perfect mirror image. They all did so well, and some examples are here.

Grace in 5F is a very keen historian and has been enjoying following her interest during home learning. She has taken part in a live online talk from Historic Royal Palaces about the myths and legends of the Tower of London, with historian Lucy Worsley. 

Grace says, "My favourite story was about the Princes in the Tower. They were King Edward’s sons but they were locked away by the king’s brother Richard because Richard wanted to be king instead of them. The Ravenmaster told us about the myth about the ravens leaving the Tower and the Tower and the kingdom would crumble into dust." 

Much to her excitement, Grace's question appeared on the screen and was answered by the renowned historian, Lucy Worsley. 

Grace added, "Lucy Worsley’s job is my dream job. I watch her on TV a lot and she is my favourite historian and presenter."

We are really pleased to see Grace enjoying expanding her history knowledge.

Each week I set 6W a different challenge, this is completely voluntary and some challenges appeal to some more than others.

This week it was building models in whatever form they wanted (but not on the screen). I just wanted to share a few with you from Isla, Amelia and George R.  Making models can be a great way to relax.

Year 6 have just completed a four week project on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected religious communities and how they have had to change the way they worship and serve the community in these difficult times.

I have been impressed with the research and the evidence they have found to support their opinions and views.  Class 6W have also been creative in how they have demonstrated their understanding, through videos, through PowerPoints, through voice recordings and of course some outstanding written work.

As a cohort these children have seen these changes first hand and I hope it has been insightful for them to study.

It is so important that we can have a smile with the children as we teach them remotely. Last Friday for PSHE we donned our wigs as it was national Big Wig day - I can't say all the wigs were big but they were varied and bright and brought a smile.