"They will soar on wings like eagles" (Isaiah 40:31)
Respect / Responsibility / Courage / Trust / Perseverance / Compassion
Year 4 and 5 from Herons and Grebes have been learning to play a mash-up of House of the Rising Sun and Amazing Grace inspired by this performance by the Blind Boys of Alabama.
In this video the children are practising reading tablature from the page to pluck the melody.Â
They are getting excited to perform this in assembly next week!
The unit this half term in PE is gymnastics; Children beginning by learning about points and patches on their body which they can use to balance on. They also learn various jumps and then move on to learning to perform different types of rolls including: pencil, egg, sideways tuck, sideways shoulder, teddy bear and forward and backwards. The children then work in pairs and small groups to build a sequence of balances, jumps and rolls which are linked with ways of moving. They build their confidence in order to perform these routines in front of others.Â
The children have begun to notice the different muscles being used in gymnastics in comparison to other sports they have participated in PE. Grebes observed there are a lot more core muscles being used!Â
Watch this space for some photos and videos of their successful final routines!!Â
Kingfishers have learnt about Viking shields and enjoyed designing and creating their own in preparation for our Viking day.
Kingfishers are enjoying this book as part of the school topic of ‘Dragons’.
Each week the chapters they read are used as a starting point to build on reading skills including; inference and retrieval. They are also developing their vocabulary and writing skills using what they read from the book as a focus.
Kingfishers talent show gave a fantastic variety of acts including dance, gymnastics, rhyming and singing. A great time was had by all including the judges.
Kingfishers Spring term class book ‘The Secret Explorers and the haunted castle’ by S.J King
The Year 1 children have been learning about place value in Maths this week. They have been looking at tens and ones within numbers and have really focused on the teen numbers 11-19. The children have found that the tens framed pictured made it is easy to identify how many tens were in a number. They have also practiced counting, writing the numbers and identifying different representation of numbers up to twenty. The children have also developed their problem solving and reasoning skills by answering questions which are slightly more challenging and require them to explain their answers in more detail.Â
This half term the children will be learning gymnastics in PE with Mr Ward. They have already had two sessions and have really enjoyed learning the different types of rolls such as a sausage roll and a blunt pencil roll. When talking to the children it was lovely to hear them using a brilliant vocabulary to describe their learning.
‘A point is a small part of your body’- Freddy Yr1
‘A patch is easier to balance on because it is bigger than a point. A patch is a bigger part of your body like your tummy or back.’ -Jack Yr2
The Bitterns have been learning all about the Vikings ahead of their exciting Viking day next week. We first looked at where the Vikings sailed from and the boats they would have arrived in. We also discussed the differences between life now and when the Vikings landed in Britian over 1000 years ago. We learnt about the shields the Vikings carried and the materials they would have been made from. The children then used their design technology skills to create a plan for our own shields. We made our shield out of cardboard and other recycled materials and then used patterns and bold paint to make them eye-catching.
‘Me and Jess made our shield together we worked as a team.’ Jake Yr2
‘I’m going to use tape and the blue straws to make my handle. I’m going stick the blue straw onto the tape so I can put my hand through to hold it.’ Jacob Yr2
‘I learnt that Vikings didn’t have horns coming out of their helmets.’ Freddy Yr1
‘The shields would have been lots of different colours.’ Charlie Yr2
‘ I learnt that the Vikings lived here 1000 years ago.’ Jake yr2
‘The middle of the shield is called the boss.’ Harry Yr2
‘The boss makes it stronger.’ Ava Yr1
