Thank you to all parents and carers who have booked an SLC appointment so we can share the progress your children have made during the autumn term. Your children have been busy preparing for these and they look forward to sharing some of their amazing learning with you which they all feel so proud of.
If you haven’t yet booked, please scan the appropriate QR code for your child’s class from those below to do so.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Haycock
#LovePlover
We have had a great first day back in Years 3 and 4. Our new expedition title is: From Bean to Bar. The guiding question our children will be answering is: What’s the cost of a bar of chocolate? Instead of simply considering the financial cost of a bar of chocolate, we will be working closely around ‘Fairtrade’ and looking at how farmers in equatorial countries are supported by the ‘Fairtrade’ foundation.
The children played a ‘Catchphrase’ style of game to work out the expedition title and guiding question – well done to Alec in 4H who used the clues on the screen to solve our conundrum first!
This afternoon we became chocolate connoisseurs by tasting a range of different ‘Fairtrade’ chocolate products. We have been considering the appearance, aroma, taste and texture of these different chocolates so that we can produce our own chocolate ‘bark’ later in the term.
Mrs Haycock
#LovePlover
Year 4 have been busy exploring the factors and factor pairs of different values today. Well done every one. When using the manipulatives as modelled and instructed, you all managed to succeed today!
Be ready to find more factors and factor pairs of more challenging values tomorrow, folks!
Mrs Haycock
#LovePlover
This year, we combined our Celebration of Learning with our Christmas Celebration, as the story of Christmas reinforces what we have been learning about people that need to leave their homes to find safety.
We started by sharing what we have learnt this term and then acted out the Nativity.
Well done to everyone involved – the acting and narrating was great and the singing really put us in the Christmas spirit!
Thank you parents and carers for all your support this term.
The LKS2 Crew would just like to take this opportunity to wish you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Mrs Graves
Our children would like to invite you to attend their Student-Led Conferences (SLCs), which will take place during the first two weeks of January. The conferences are scheduled for Thursday 8th, Tuesday 13th, and Thursday 15th January, with appointments available between 3.30pm and 6.00pm.
Please click on the link for the relevant class below, or scan the QR code, to book an SLC appointment.
During the conference, your child will share and discuss their learning and HoWLS from the Autumn term.
Should you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher.
Just to confirm, we will be holding our Year 3 and 4 Christmas Celebration and Celebration of Learning on 16th December at 2pm at St Aidan’s Church, Wheatley Hills (not Friday 5th December).
Please book tickets via the letter that has been sent home this week.
Apologies for any confusion,
Mrs Graves
Exploring shadows has been so much fun this afternoon. We have used light ray torches and opaque objects to solve the following problem: I like to have a long shadow behind me when I am performing on stage. Where do I need to ask my technical lighting team to place my spot lights to make sure my shadow is just how it like it?
I’m not sure who was more excited about the arrival of our new equipment from the Ogden Trust team, the kids or me!
Special shout out to Joe, Zuzanna and Pheobe who realised that it was darker under the tables. They decided to carry out their investigation on the floor and under a table. This meant that they had blocked as much natural light from outside as they possibly could, meaning their torch light and shadows created were more easily seen.
Mrs Haycock
#LovePlover
Well done 4H! Most of us can sort sources of light from non-sources of light! I loved watching you sort these cards and listening to your conversations about why you were placing items in the columns you placed them in. We just need to remember that the Moon is NOT a source of light. It simply reflects the sun’s light down to us on planet Earth which is why we can see it in different shapes at different times of the month. If it was its own light source, it would look the same all of the time!
Mrs Haycock
#LovePlover
4H have been working really hard to improve the pace at which they can find words in a dictionary and writing their own definitions for subject specific vocabulary. It’s amazing how a little bit of healthy competition changes the dynamics of a task!
One day you will be able to find words quicker than I can. For some of you, that day might not actually be very far away! Well done everyone.
Mrs Haycock
#LovePlover
Year 4 are making some marvellous strides with their use of manipulatives to support the building of their knowledge of multiplications facts and their inverse division facts.
I enjoy teaching this maths groups so much. They really do challenge themselves and support each other at the same time!
Well done every one…you all make me so proud and happy to be your teacher!
Mrs Haycock
#LovePlover
