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Important Dates for Diary

Monday 14th October-Friday 18th October - Year 6 Residential

Thursday 17th October - Arctic class assembly 2:45pm

Thursday 24th October - Mediterranean class assembly 2:45pm

Friday 25th October - INSET DAY no school

Monday 28th - 1st November - HALF TERM

Monday 4th November - First day of term

Upcoming Workshops:

Monday 14th October - Robin Reading Workshop 9:15am

Tuesday 15th October - Owl Reading Workshop 9:15am

Thursday 17th October - Sparrow Reading Workshop 9:15am

Friday 18th October - Woodpecker Reading Workshop 9:15am

Attendance week ending 11/10/2024

Overall school = 97.02%  Lates = 86

Best attendance: 1st Everest 100%  2nd  Rhine 99.65% 3rd Robin 99.09%

Punctuality: Well done to Primrose class with 100% for punctuality.

Reception

This week, Reception have enjoyed reading the story 'In Every House, On Every Street' by Jess Hitchman. We learned about what the characters in the story like to do in their homes, which led us to think about what we like to do in our homes too. We role played with the items you  might find in each room of a home and discussed what we did that was the same and what was different. L in Daffodil class explained, "In my house we are playing, but not just playing, we are drawing."

Lots of children said that they enjoy snuggling on the sofa with their family and many enjoyed baking with their parents in the kitchen similar to the children in the book. We then explored building different types of homes using the construction equipment in and outside the classroom. We also drew and wrote about what we like to do in the different rooms in our homes.

 

 

Year 1

This week, as part of the RW curriculum, the children in Year 1 had an exciting opportunity to visit St Andrew’s Church in Enfield Town.  They learnt that Harvest is a time when Christians thank God for his beautiful creation and for all the food they have.  The children said "harvest is about food",  and W said he is thankful for his "roast dinner!"

  

Year 2

The children were totally thrilled to find abandoned mysterious rucksacks in their classrooms on Monday. The rucksack belongs to a global explorer, the children are in the process of becoming global explorers themselves. This is all linked to our wonderful new book for writing called Dear Earth by Isabel Otter. They have also been researching endangered animals that are in the story such as blue whales and rhinos.

 

Year 4 

In Geography this week, Year 4 explored how rivers shape the land. We learnt that when the river and the rain wear down the land, we say that they are eroding the land. We explored how a V shape valley is formed:

1. The fast-flowing river carrying boulders cuts down (erodes) the rock.
2. Hillsides become unstable and soil and rocks move down towards the river.
3. The stone and rock gets washed away.
4. Over time, a V-shaped valley is formed.
5. The river winds round interlocking spurs.

As it flows, a river carries bits of rock, stones, gravel and tiny particles to other places. This is called the river’s load.

We also learnt that when a river slows down, it doesn’t have the energy to carry its load anymore, so it drops it. 

The proper word for this dropping is ‘deposits’.  When a river deposits its load, we call it deposition.

With modelling clay, our task was to make our own model of the upper course of a river.  We really enjoyed this task.

Did you know that when the river is winding around the feet of the mountains we call it spurs?  The spurs make a zigzag shape.

   

Year 5

Year 5 have been busy sculpting their own gargoyles this week. We looked at specific gargoyle examples and practised the skills of slip, score and blend to give their unique gargoyle an authentic appearance. The children will now build on their knowledge by planning their final design, followed by their final clay model of a gargoyle. We now see the importance of blending so that cracks don't appear! The children thoroughly enjoyed the process, and we look forward to sharing some of the final sculptures with you next week. 

 

Year 6 

Our budding Year 6 artists are moving forward with their artwork project. They are creating a piece of work inspired by Frida Kahlo's The Dream (The Bed). Last week the children thought about themes they could use to link the concepts of life and death. This week the children investigated the kinds of medium they might use to produce their artwork. They practised with, and analysed, water colours, charcoal, pastels and sketching pencils. Initially, they focussed on just a small part of their overall piece. They critiqued each medium and said whether they thought it worked well with their design. This week the children will be working on their final pieces of artwork. Watch this space to see the finished products. 

   

  

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