Picture News for Parents – May 2024
School News
Repeating Patterns
We’re straight back to it in Hedgehog Class this morning with maths. This morning, we have been learning to identify units of repeating patterns. We then had a go at making our own repeating patterns!
Olympic Fun Run 🏃
The children completed their sponsored fun run this morning, it was lovely to see everyone trying their best and encouraging each other. We can’t wait to find out how much money has been raised.
A special thankyou to Mr Gittins for starting the run for us and cheering everyone on and to our fantastic Friends who have organised another brilliant fun run!
Weekly Celebrations 24.5.24
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 Amelia for ‘Wisdom’ – For always producing high standards of written work.
Year 5 Alex for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – For showing more participation in lessons. He is always confident in explaining his answers.
Year 4 Robyn for ‘Trust’ – For putting trust in others at school – it is lovely to see!
Year 3 Isaac for ‘Perseverance’ – For showing perseverance every day in school. Isaac is a pleasure to teach.
Year 2 Zander for showing ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Perseverance’: Zander has been working hard with his assessments all week. He persevered when things got tricky and spent time checking through his work. Well done Zander!
Year 1 Laurie for ‘Respect’ & ‘Wisdom’ – Laurie is a star! He is first to put his hand up, always willing to contribute and has a fantastic memory for the things we have learnt. Keep it up Laurie!
Reception Cody for ‘Trust’ & ‘Perseverance’ – Cody has worked incredibly hard this term in phonics. He can confidently blend all of the sounds together and always participates well in lessons.
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Other achievements…
Laith has achieved his 5m badge in swimming! What a fantastic effort Laith, well done!!
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Making a model of a church and a mosque
This term, the children in Hedgehog Class have been learning about “special places”. Our work has included learning about the features of a church and those of a mosque. Today, the children were set a challenge to make a model of a church or a model of a mosque using everything that they have learnt about churches and mosques this term. I think they all did a fantastic job!
Open the Book
Our friends from the church came in this morning for Open the Book. This morning, we were learning and thinking about the story “Jesus Calms the Storm” which links with our school value focus for this month, “Peace”.
Well done and thank you to the adult volunteers as well as the volunteers in Owl Class!
Weekly Celebrations 17.5.24
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 – EVERYBODY! – For being absolute superstars during their SATs this week. They were determined, calm and ready for action everyday! Well done Year 6 we are all very proud of you.
Year 4 Evie for ‘Friendship’ – For always being a good friend to others
Year 3 Emelia for ‘Perseverance’ – For trying especially hard in PE this week with Miss Hindley
Year 2 Harry for showing ‘Respect’, ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Perseverance’: Harry is becoming a fantastic writer. His imagination, enthusiasm and attention to detail mean his writing is a pleasure to read. You’re a superstar Harry – keep it up!
Year 1 Freddie for ‘Trust’, ‘Friendship’ & ‘Wisdom’ – Freddie is a super friend. He is kind, fair and funny! He is also keen to contribute in our class discussions and share his ideas. Well done Freddie – keep it up!
Reception Memphis for ‘Wisdom’ – Memphis is a book of knowledge! He is always willing to share his amazing facts and wise answers with the class.
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Other achievements…
Laurie has achieved his Level 3 badge in swimming, great work Laurie – well done. He also was awarded ‘Player of the week’ at football. A busy week!
Brooke has been sewing every day this week as a distraction from her SATs. She sewed this all by hand and didn’t even need any instructions to follow. Amazing!
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Flower Identification
This week at forest school, the children were given some photographs of different woodland flowers that they then had to go and find in the Drumbles. When they had found each flower, they had to match it to the right name and description. We even managed to find a yellow archangel; a flowering plant that we haven’t seen at the Drumbles for a couple of years!
Nettle Soup Making
Last week, the children got to make nettle soup using the nettles they had collected the week before. They enjoyed cooking over the campfire and although only a few of them actually liked the taste of the soup, most of them did try it!