This week in Acorn Class we have been learning about Lunar New Year. We looked at who celebrates this, and how they do so. We focused on spreading good luck, positivity and happiness, using traditions from around the world to do so. This has included exploring food sensory trays, making fortune cookies and envelopes to share with our loved ones and creating snake pictures to represent the year of the snake! In maths we have been focusing on the number 4. We have looked at how to form the numeral in a range of ways, including using paint, numicon and counting amounts! Great job Acorns!

Reception has had a fantastic week of inquiry into space, exploring the texture of the Moon and learning about the planets. We studied Neil Armstrong’s historic achievement and created our own flags to place on the Moon. It was wonderful to hear the children discussing how becoming an astronaut requires intelligence and dedication, inspiring them to work hard in school so they, too, could one day travel to space. We thoroughly enjoyed designing our own imaginative aliens, which seamlessly led into phonics activities focused on distinguishing between ‘alien words’ and real words. Our two enthusiastic alien characters, Obb and Bob, made this learning experience even more engaging.  

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Year 5’s week started off with P.E where the children focused on hand eye coordination and balance with Mr Sritharan. In project learning this week, they explored contour lines which show how the physical geography of a landscape can affect the way the land is used for different types of farming. In English, the children planned their own exciting battle sequence and started to write their own innovative mythical story. In maths, we looked at different types of fractions and the children were able to identify and calculate accurately to create equivalent fractions. Within puppets, the backdrops are looking fantastic, as well as the props!  In Science, we explored the stages of the human life cycle and had discussions around what happens within each of them. In PSHE, the children shared their aspirations and dreams for the future, along with comparing these aspirations to a different culture. In R.E, The Five Pillars of Islam were discovered where the children showed great engagement and created some lovely posters explaining their importance.  Reminder for next Tuesday, please could the children bring in any old/spare clothing or an apron to wear during puppets as they will still be painting their backdrops. Thank you! 

In Year 6 this week we have been thinking about our goals and aspirations for the future. We reflected on careers we would be interested in and have thought about our pathways in which we may get there! In maths, we looked at the very start of algebra, substituting numbers into algebraic terms. In English, we have worked hard to recap all of our key learning from our writing unit and have started to write our own flashback stories, using devices such as metaphors, time adverbials and flashback phrases. We are looking forward to our visit from the Guide Dogs Association next week and have homework to help us prepare for the visit.