What an amazing and varied week!

We have had three wonderful visits this week that have given all the children experiences they will never forget.

On Monday Mrs Belshaw Sam's mum came in to talk to each class in Y3/4 about a family relative who was a soldier in World War Two.  She spoke about his experiences and even brought in some of his possessions from the war.  The children were fascinated and asked lots of questions.  His hobbies after the war were particularly interesting.  Thank you so much Mrs Belshaw for giving up your time and coming in to talk to the children.  They really enjoyed it and so did the teachers!

On Wednesday Bishop Tom Williams came to visit the school.  He came into every class and spend time talking to the children and answering questions.  The children had prepared for this visit by learning about his role and all the names and symbolism for the special clothing he wears.  They wrote very mature and thoughtful questions.

He was very impressed with all of them.

Then on Thursday George Sampson, who won Britain's Got Talent in 2008, came in and dedicated a whole morning of his time to talk to the whole school about his journey.  How he entered the competition in 2007 but didn't get to the live shows, through determination and hard work he not only came back and entered the competition again a year later, but he went on to win it, aged only 14.  He was truly inspiring to the children.  He told them that they should never give up and work hard to follow their dreams.  He is also an excellent role model to boys who are interested in taking up dance.

All the children took part in a dance work shop where they learnt to 'wave', 'pop and 'free style'.  The children in Y3/4 showed confidence and smiled throughout the whole morning.  Thank you George for giving up your time for us.  Thank you to Miss Sampson too for working hard alongside her brother to help the children and teachers learn some new dance skills.

Well done to all the children who presented their projects this week there have been some very professional Power point presentations.  We learnt loads about gas masks from Philip who made his own and the box to carry it it in! And Harvey who brought in a genuine gas mask to share with his peers, well done boys.

This week we will continue with Rugby, please remember your kits.
Mrs Morgan's class have been practising their assembly on our Come and See topic, 'Community'  This will take place on Wednesday morning at 9.15am in the hall for parents of children in Mrs Morgan's class.

Week beginning 18th January

Last week the children took part in rugby training on Monday afternoon. This will continue up until half term.  Some children may be selected to take part in a tag rugby competition. All the children enjoyed the session and worked hard. They must remember to bring their PE kits in, including trainers and tracksuit bottoms if they wish as it will take place outside of the weather is suitable.

In English we have been learning about character emotions, flashbacks, camera angles and mood changes through scenes and music. The children are sequencing the story and using role play to convey emotions.

In Maths Y3 are continuing to learn written methods of addition and subtraction and apply this to problem solving.

Y4 children have been working on short division and will continue with this this week and move on to short multiplication. These methods are in line with our calculation policy which can be found on the maths section of our website. This can help you guide them with their homework. 

In topic the children learned about the outbreak of World War Two and are producing a radio broadcast similar to Chamberlain. 

The projects on WW2 that have come in so far have been incredible. It is wonderful to hear children talking about their great grandparents with pride. This attitude will ensure that their bravery will never be forgotten. 

Thank you for your support 

Happy New Year to you all.
Y3/4 began 2016 in the same style as they ended it. They lead an assembly for the whole school about the Epiphany. With only an afternoon to practise the Y3 children read exceptionally well, with clear and confident voices. The singing was beautiful and their behaviour was outstanding. We were very proud of them. With the Christmas performances we expected nothing less that perfect!
In English and Maths this week we have been recapping topics from last term and the children have been keen to get back into the school routine.
In our topic we have begun to compile a set of class questions that we would like to answer over the next term about World War Two. I can see already how enthusiastic they are about the subject.
Thank you to Daniel Harrison's grandad who has provided us with his first hand experience of the War, even though it was through a toddler's eyes. The information about evacuees was very interesting.

We have begun our new topic called Community in RE.

In English we will be looking at a variety of genres through the World War Two topic such as plays script, recounts, film clips and poetry.

In Maths Y3 will begin with addition and subtraction skills and calculation methods.
Year 4 will begin next week with multiplication and division skills and calculation methods.

For homework we would like all the children to produce a project to present to their class in 2 weeks. This can be similar to their Viking  projects, in the form of a PowerPoint, model, poster, written work or art work. We would like these to be in by Friday 22nd January.

Could the children in Y3 learn their 3 x tables for a text next Friday? Could the children in Y4 learn their 4x and 8x tables for a text on Friday? New spellings will be given out next Friday when they have been introduced in class. 

Thank you for your ongoing support