Christmas Dinner
We enjoyed eating Christmas dinner with the whole school!
Festive Performance by Max and James
Class Three were treated to a festive performance by Max and James, who have been working hard in their guitar lessons to grow as musicians! Both demonstrated super wisdom and perseverance when performing! Well done boys!
'Twas the Night Before Christmas' poem reciting
Class Three recited the poem, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas in church for our whole-school nativity performance this week. They sang all of the songs taught by Mrs Ennis beautifully too!
UK route planning using atlases
Class Three planned a route around the UK using atlases. We used our prior learning of grid references, compass points and coordinates to accurately describe our routes!
Performing different styles of poetry
In English this week, Class Three read and performed different styles of poetry. We identified the features of a quatrain and haiku before using pace and tone to accurately read the poems in pairs. Echo and choral reading supported the children in reading aloud before their performances.
Christmas trip to the Snowdome
Our Christmas trip to the Snowdome was great fun! We had lots of snow play, watched the pantomime, ‘Cinderella’ and visited Santa’s village!
Making Christingles
As tradition, in preparation for our service at Holy Trinity Church, Class Three made Christingles to remember Jesus as the light of the world!
Enrichment Morning - Orienteering
This week, Class Three had an enrichment morning which involved orienteering and lots of teamwork with excellent communication! We transferred our learning from geography brilliantly! The children were given pictures and had to build maps to represent the place accurately using symbols. A super…
RE - Exploring how Christians celebrate at Christmas
In RE this week, Class Three have explored how Christians celebrate at Christmas and considered why. We researched a range of Christian organisations and explored how people participate in the act of giving during the festive season, keeping a focus on the celebration of Jesus’ incarnation. The…
Subtracting fractions from mixed numbers
In maths this week, Year Five children subtracted fractions from mixed numbers. This involved using our previous learning to convert fractions and find common denominators, along with breaking the whole.
Multi-step problem solving
Year Six children solved multi-step problems involving fractions and mixed numbers this week. They recalled previous learning brilliantly and are getting swifter, at converting to find common denominators, each day!
Non-chronological report preparation
In preparation for writing our non-chronological reports, Class Three selected and researched a habitat in order to create their own big-write in the style of Animalium. The children considered the style of language that they will use within their writing and began to construct sentences using the…