Maths : ‘1 Minute Maths’ app
We often use the White Rose 1 Minute Maths app in school. It has 1 minute challenges to help children develop their quick recall of maths facts. It’s free to download on tablets or desktop devices.
Class News – Gymnastics and Art
This week in gymnastics, the children explored different ways of jumping and performed a sequence of jumps to the rest of the class.
In Art, we have started our Architecture topic. The children created collages using photographs of buildings designed by famous architects Christopher Wren and Zaha Hadid.
Help at home by listening to your child read regularly and providing opportunities to go on Times Tables Rock Stars.
PE – Gymnastics
All Year 1 and 2 classes are focusing on gymnastics in our PE lessons this half term. We have learnt that it is just another way of moving and balancing, which can keep us fit and healthy.
We have worked on low and high movements, balances and jumps so far. We are looking forward to getting the large apparatus out next week!
3,4 Class News – Topic
This half-term, our art topic is focused on architecture! We have learnt that architecture is about the design of buildings and will be focusing on two architects in particular: Sir Christopher Wren and Dame Zaha Hadid.
We have started the topic by looking at features of different buildings and using these to help us put them in chronological order. We are also going to be using different practical art skills throughout the half-term, starting with collage.
Help at home by talking with your child about different buildings they see when out and about. What do they notice?
KS1 Michael Rosen Day
This week we were lucky enough to connect with other schools all over the country to meet with Michael Rosen online. This was to celebrate Michael Rosen Day. He performed some of his poetry for us all and he talked about where some of his inspiration comes from. His main inspiration comes from memories from his childhood and many of his poems feature family members.
Help at home: You could share some of Michael Rosen’s books or poetry with your child. There are hundreds to choose from and so many of them are easily found online. I wonder which will be your favourite?
Reading: Michael Rosen
This week, Year 5/6 had an exciting virtual session with the amazing Michael Rosen! He shared some brilliant tips on how to write poems and even invited us to join in as he read some of his funniest ones.
Help at home: You can try writing a poem too! Michael suggested a few fun topics to help get you started, like family, school, food, or even silly rhyming jokes, like the one below!
Odd socks day!
Today is Odd Socks Day. We do this as part of anti-bullying week. As a school, we define bullying as hurting somebody physically or emotionally (including online) several times on purpose. This spells STOP.
We drew our own odd socks and discussed why we wear odd socks. The odd socks represent everybody being different. We should never treat others in an unkind way, because they are different to us.
We also made some posters that could be used in school to stop bullying.
Living and Learning – Anti-bullying and Odd Socks Day
This year, the focus of Anti-bullying Day has been respect. We watched the CBBC online assembly to start the day.
We have discussed:
- being respectful
- how to respond respectfully to other children
- that sometimes people have a difference of opinion
- the definition of bullying
- the impact on a person’s feelings if they have been bullied
- how to STOP bullying (Start Telling Other People)
In addition to this, we have been wearing odd socks today to represent how we’re the same and we’re different.
Help at home by asking your child how we know the difference between being rude, mean and bullying.
Living and learning: Odd Socks Day
Today is Anti-bullying day and to show our support of this, we’ve been wearing odd socks. This is to celebrate that we are all different and that we should stand up for discrimination and bullying. We discussed the different types of bullying including cyberbullying.
“Bullying is when you hurt someone physically or emotionally (including online) several times on purpose.” Junior Leadership Team
We talked about how bullying might make a person feel and how it is important that you Start Telling Other People.
Anti-bullying Day
This year’s Anti-bullying Day theme is ‘Choose Respect’. During our live lesson from BBC Teach we were asked to think about how we feel when some is disrespectful towards you. As a class we generated a list of words/ terms to describe our feelings.
This led to a discussion about choosing our words carefully when we speak to or about other people. Choosing to be respectful is a positive choice that we can all make.
Help at home: discuss how our words have meaning. How can we make up after a fight? What is the difference between having an argument and bullying?