The Courier

In Class I we have begun to work with clay in our art lessons. Our learning objective was to create a tile with either curved or straight edges.

We used our learning in maths to recognise 3D shapes as our clay started out as a sphere shape and after rolling it and using a tappy stick it turned into a cuboid.

We finished our lesson by putting our own unique design on our tiles.

Mrs Byrne
Art Teacher

Class I have been learning how to use time connectives (first, next, then, finally etc) to order instructions. The children had to write instructions to tell someone how to make a jam sandwich and there's no better way to learn than to make your own. Lots of fun was had making our sandwiches, writing instructions and most of all... eating our jam sandwiches! 

Class II children quickly tuned their minds back into thinking mathematically this week with a game of number bingo! Using their mental agility to answer clues in order to cross off their own pre-selected numbers and be the first to gleefully shout out "BINGO"!

What do you do in games when the playground is too icy to go outside? Just Dance in the Hall! Class II had a fantastic time building gross motor skills, co-ordination, fitness and dance skills while having a large dose of fun. 

Continuing our learning on Jewish practices and celebrations we are moving towards celebrating Passover. In preparation, we had a very energetic lesson dramatising the story of Moses and in small groups sequencing the events to help us understand the bigger picture better.

Mrs Stapleton
Class III Form Tutor
Head of RE
Head of PSHE

Following on from our learning on algorithms, Class III have been enjoying coding on Code.org and Tynker.

Some of us have become very confident and challenged themselves and have been awarded Junior da Vincis in Mastery.

Fantastic work Caspar, James, Kai and Stephanie!

We have been revising our knowledge of fractions this week and have made good progress in working out equivalent fractions. Class III worked well in pairs to spot different ways in identifying fractions. 

Mrs Stapleton
Class III Form Tutor
Head of RE
Head of PSHE

Both Year 5 classes have been practising their culinary skills in DT this week, concentrating on cutting, slicing, snipping and grating, all in preparation for designing and making their own salads.

In art lessons this week both Classes VF and VY have completed their abstract musical instruments in the style of Braque.

They are currently on display on the top shelves in the library where they look absolutely stunning.

This week Classes VF and VY have been enjoying the practical aspects of maths. They have used matchsticks to create different types of triangles, appreciating the variety in the length of the sides and angles. Much excitement came from weighing rice, using different scales to read grams and kilograms. We raided Mrs Byrne's collection of measuring cylinders to make different capacities of water and we have begun to compare measurements and convert between different units too. 

Of course, cooking and baking is a great way to hone these skills and fits in nicely with this half term's DT topic. It's also the perfect family activity for a cold and snowy weekend and the Year 5 teachers are always happy to sample any 'maths cooking'!

Year 5 were excited to welcome Chris back from Rugby Youth for Christ for their RE lesson this week. Chris and I have been working together to ensure there is consistency in their learning and he enhanced our key question of 'What would Jesus do?' with some fun and insight into what the bible teaches.

Mrs Stapleton
Class III Form Tutor
Head of RE
Head of PSHE

Children from Classes III to VI are enjoying their Friday lunchtimes playing a variety of games and enjoying each other's company.

We are always on the look out for more games to add to our collection. If you haven't managed to find quite enough space for all of those Christmas presents yet and would like to pass on some of your family games then we'd love to have them. 

Please send any games, lego or puzzles into the School office.

Mrs Yates
Class VY Teacher