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Happy Friday! A huge thank you to all those parents who attended our Parents Sharing Assembly today. It was great to share our learning from this term with you in person. This week in Hazel Class, we have worked hard in Maths, completing our unit on Multiplication and Division and our extended writing piece in English. We continued our Science topic of Electrical Circuits, thinking about which materials are good electrical conductors and insulators. On Tuesday, we started a challenge, in preparation for our Eden Project visit on Thursday. We had to design a third biome and persuade the directors of the Eden Project, that our choice of biome was right for their next venture. There were some super designs. Yesterday, we visited the Eden Project and learnt all about our climate culture and how we could reduce our carbon footprint. The children had a great time but did find the Rainforest biome a little warm! We finished the week with some P.E. in the classroom as the weather has been awful today - Joe Wicks did assist in parts! In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. After Easter, the children will start on some new topics, including evolution, The Middle East and careers in Life Skills. Have a great Easter break, get out and have fun together, hopefully it will stop raining soon! See you in two weeks. Mr F   Happy Friday! A huge thank you to all those parents that I saw this week at Parents Evenings on Wednesday and Thursday. It was great to talk to you about your children, the progress that they have made this year and their next steps. This week in Hazel Class, we have worked hard on assessments in Maths, reading and our extended writing piece in English. We continued our Science topic of Electrical Circuits, thinking about what components in a circuit look like as symbols in a circuit diagram is and what is included in one. On Monday, we had a great time on the field in the afternoon, leading our teams around in our Fun Fitness afternoon. It was superb - thank you Mrs Ahmad and the Year 6s for leading this. Yesterday, we had our final session in the pool. It was great to see the progress that the children had made with their swimming over this term - I am very proud of all of you Hazel Class, great job! We finished the week with some Tag Rugby and got a little wet at the end of the session! We also explored different filming techniques in Computing. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. A new set of Wider Curriculum challenges is available on this page and on Dojo, I would love to see a piece from each child by next Thursday, I have had some good pieces so far, including an electric video (excuse the pun) and some super French flashcards. Next week, the children will be working on an exciting task in Geography, in preparation for our trip to the Eden Project. We will continue our work on Electrical circuits in Science and will finish our work on Multiplication and Division in Maths. Don't forget, next week is our trip to the Eden Project in St Austell, Cornwall. Therefore, on Thursday, the children will need to be in school by 8.30 so that we are prepared and ready to go. The children are very excited about it and I am really looking forward to it - look out for photos next week. Have a great weekend, get out and have fun together. See you on Monday Mr F   Happy Friday! This week in Hazel Class, we have worked hard on multiplying numbers in Maths. We continued our Science topic of Electrical Circuits, thinking about what an electrical circuit is and what is included in one. In our English unit on figurative language, we have been writing our stories, which we will complete week. On Monday , in Geography, we explored what a Biome is and what the six major biomes of the Earth are. Don't forget, the payment for our upcoming trip to the Eden project is live on School Gateway now. On Tuesday, we had World Wildlife Day, when we all dressed up as animals and had a Minibeasts habitat workshop with Alex from Devon Recycling. (see photos) We finished the week with Red Nose Day, and some amazing jokes, which we shared and then our best efforts went forward to the North Tawton Comedy Club Assembly later in the day. Ours were: What do you call a Grizzly Bear with no teeth? A Gummy Bear! Why do seagulls fly over thee sea? Because if they flew over the bay, they would be baygulls! In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. A new set of challenges is available on this page and on Dojo. Next week, the children will be continuing their work on Multiplication and Division in Maths, writing their invent pieces in our unit based on the use of figurative language in English, the rest of the week, will be assessment based, as we look at progress over the term. Don't forget, next week is Parents Evenings. I have had several people sign up so far but there are still lots of slots available. Parents Evenings Next week - commencing 20th March, I will be holding Parents meetings, for you to review your child's/children's progress. There is a sign-up sheet outside my room for you to book an appointment with me. Appointments will start at 3:40pm each day and will run to 6.30pm on Wednesday 22nd March and 6.00pm on Thursday 23rd March. They are scheduled for 10 minutes per child. If you can't get to school to book an appointment, please let me know via dojo/the office/or your child and we can book your appointment. If you have multiple children on one night, please leave a gap between appointments so that we can all keep to time as much as possible. If you can't come into school on one of those nights due to childcare or work commitments, I can offer you a telephone call instead. Please let me know as I would like to see as many of you as possible to discuss your child's/children’s progress and the year ahead. Sign-up sheets are outside the classroom now, please sign up. Have a great weekend, get out and have fun together. See you on Monday Mr F Happy Friday! This week in Hazel Class, we have worked hard on multiplying numbers in Maths. We continued our Science topic of Electrical Circuits, thinking about what an electrical circuit is and what is included in one. In our English unit on figurative language, we have been planning our stories, which we will write next week. On Monday , in Geography, we explored what a Biome is and what the six major biomes of the Earth are. Don't forget, the payment for our upcoming trip to the Eden project is live on School Gateway now. We finished the week, with a visit from Rowenna from Reading University, who are conducting a research project into how children learn modern foreign languages. The children undertook a variety of activities based on grammar, phonics reading and writing French, with a French song and active break in the middle. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. Today the children will bring home their spellings for next half term. Thank you for the pieces of Wider Curriculum Home Learning that I received. A new set of challenges was sent out this week and is available on this page and on Dojo. Next week, the children will be continuing their work on Multiplication and Division in Maths, writing their invent pieces in our unit based on the use of figurative language in English, the rest of the week, will be Science based, as it is Science week, therefore, there will be visitors and workshops for the children to take part in. Don't forget, that next week, Hazel class will only be in school on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, due to industrial action - please see Miss Penny's letter for further details. Parents Evenings In the week commencing 20th March, I will be holding Parents meetings, for you to review your child's/children's progress. From Monday, I will have a sign-up sheet outside my room for you to book an appointment with me. Appointments will start at 3:40pm each day and will run to 6.30pm on Wednesday 22nd March and 6.00pm on Thursday 23rd March. They are scheduled for 10 minutes per child. If you can't get to school to book an appointment, please let me know via dojo/the office/or your child and we can book your appointment. If you have multiple children on one night, please leave a gap between appointments so that we can all keep to time as much as possible. If you can't come into school on one of those nights due to childcare or work commitments, I can offer you a telephone call instead. Please let me know as I would like to see as many of you as possible to discuss your child's/children’s progress and the year ahead. Sign-up sheets are outside the classroom now, please sign up. Have a restful weekend, wrap up warm and get out and about. See you on Monday Mr F Happy Friday! This week in Hazel Class, we have worked hard on multiplying numbers in Maths. We started our new Science topic of Electrical Circuits, thinking about what static electricity is. In our English unit on figurative language, we have written some descriptions of characters. The children have used metaphor, simile and personification, as well as some ambitious vocabulary and their new best friend - a thesaurus, to create character and setting descriptions, which we will weave into a story next week. On Monday and today, we have been working on creating board games based on Medieval Monarchs The children have had some very creative ideas and have now completed work on these, so no more cardboard please, my cupboard can't take any more! (See photos) On Wednesday, we celebrated World Book Day, the children looked resplendent in their costumes and enjoyed book based work, looking at the books The Night Shimmy and Can you Put Rainbows in Space? (See photo). We finished the week with a real challenge to our fitness and agility from our P.E. coach, today we played a great game of tag rugby. (See photos) In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. Today the children will bring home their spellings for next half term. Thank you for the pieces of Wider Curriculum Home Learning that I received. A new set of challenges will be out next Monday. Next week, the children will be continuing their work on Multiplication and Division in Maths, writing their invent pieces in our unit based on the use of figurative language in English, in Science, we will continue our new unit based on electrical circuits , in Geography, we will work on our Biomes unit , and in Computing, we will work on Video editing. We also have the people from Reading University, who are running the language project, in on Friday morning at 9.00, which will be very exciting. Have a restful weekend, wrap up warm and get out and about. See you on Monday Mr F  |
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