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Date: 24th Mar 2024 @ 1:39pm
In our Connected Currculum work this week we looked at the legacy of the Wright Brothers and why their invention was really important for the history of flight. We played a quiz thinking about our previous lesson where we learnt lots of facts about the Wright Brothers and then we worked in pairs to put some pictures and dates in the correct order in a timeline. We designed some modern day aircrafts using some of the invention ideas from the Wright Brothers.
On Friday afternoon we made some paper gliders in the style of the Wright Brothers and tested them out in the playground to see how far they would fly. It was lots of fun!
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 4:25pm
Many children were very upset today as it was the last day of Miss Doherty's placement. They can be such a caring class and it was lovely to see how much they cared. We wish Miss Doherty all the best!
In English this week, we have been exploring different balanaced arguments, with the aim of writing one of our own next week. We have learned about the past perfect tense and various cohesive phrases that we can use to link different parts of the argument together.
In maths, we have been learning about the volume of cuboids. Some children took a while to understand why the formula involves multiplying the width, height and depth but we got there! I love how enthusiastic the class are about their maths learning!
Miss Doherty also taught a lovely wellbeing lesson this week about positive affirmations. The children wrote secret post-its to each other about what they like or admire. The atmosphere was calm and everyone was very kind to one another- definitely something we need to continue doing regularly!
I also thoroughly enjoyed speaking to all the parents at our progress evenings this week. I hope you found it useful and can join me in celebrating the children's successes.
I can't believe its nearly Easter! Have a great weekend.
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 3:30pm
In Science this week, we had lots of fun trying different electrical components, see attached pictures!
Our main Scientific question was does it matter where we place the switch in a simple electrical circuit?
We learnt that it doesn't matter where in the circuit you put the switch - the effect is the same. The bulb glows because electricity flows through the thin wire inside the bulb called a filament and makes it hot!
Homework has been sent home, please complete and return by the 28th March.
Have a lovely weekend.
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 3:00pm
Today nursery have been taking part in different games for Challenge Friday. They have been using their knowledge of number to play dominoes and following instructions to play twister. They have had lots of fun!
Please take a look at our photos
Circuits and Switches in Science!
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 2:05pm
This week, in our science lesson, we were learning about electrical circuits and what the use of a switch is. We all made circuits that had to have a switch. We also used lamps and buzzers in our circuits, by joining the crocodile clips to different parts together.
We started off by making a simple circuit with a lamp, a cell and some wires. We knew that we had to make a simple circuit first so that when we added in the switch, we would be able to see if it worked.
We had to show our learning powers of resilience and collaboration. We learnt about the different symbols that are used in electrical circuits, such as the symbol for a lamp, a cell and a switch.
We were asked the enquiry question, does it matter where you put a switch in a circuit? We found out that it did not matter where we put a switch as long as the circuit was complete. This built upon our learning about conductors and insulators.
Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended parents meeting with Miss Ratcliffe or Mr Jones this week.
A letter is being sent out today about a trip to Alma Park Primary School which will take place next half term. Please make sure you read the letter and return it as soon as possible.
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 1:10pm
Reception have been very busy writing instructions about how to train our very dragons!
We decided that we needed to train our dragons to fly, to guard a castle and to breath fire. We very carefully wrote our instructions to send across the world to any and all would-be dragon trainers! Listen carefully to our recordings to see what we have written...
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 9:44am
For the last two weeks, Year 3 have been learning all about the artist Suzsi Corio and her marvellous mountain collages. We then created artwork using the following techniques: wax resist, brusho, sgraffito and printing.
Year 3 used their artwork to cut out different mountain shapes which they then combined to create amazing collages.
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 12:10pm
We had lots of fun on Friday raising money for Comic Relief. We all came to school dressed in something red and some of us even painted our noses red! We designed our own Red Noses for a competition and can't wait to find out who the winners are on Monday! We also decorated a circular biscuit in the style of a red nose! 
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 10:14am
Adam from Sublime Science finished off Science Week with KS1. He put on a exhibition in the playground all about how to create some rockets using fizzy water, a pump and mentos sweets. He used different sized bottles and changed the amount of mentos sweets that went into the fizzy water to see how far each rocket would go. Some rockets went out of our school playground!!
It was so much fun!!!
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 10:09am
Last week we celebrated British Science Week which had the theme of 'Time' this year. We started the week thinking about the idea of time and how we use it for lots of different things. We discussed how we can measure time and learnt how to use timers on the IPADs. We conducted some time challenges where we investigated the following activities:
- How many star jumps we can do in 30 seconds.
- How many times we can write our name in 30 seconds.
- How many many times we can say the alphabet in 30 seconds.
- How many blocks we can use to build a tower in 30 seconds.
- How many counters can be picked up with tweezers in 30 seconds.
We also had some science workshops by a company called 'Sublime Science' who came into school last Thursday and Friday. They were led by Dr Adam who conducted lots of experiments and we made some slime. We had so much fun!
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 1:03am
This week has been Science week and the children have enjoyed immersing themselves in science activities. On Thursday, they joined Adam from Sublime Science in the hall for a science assembly. Adam demonstrated how fun science can be and the children became very excited when they watched him carry out a range of science experiments.
On Friday, the children took part in science workshops where they got to make slime!
We had so much messy fun! We all had a wonderful day!
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 12:31am
This week the Parents/ Carers were invited into school to take part in a Dragon Making Workshop. The children and adults were asked to use a range of joining techniquesto attach boxes,card, paper, tubes, and straws together to create a dragon body and head. Then, they used paint and collage material to decorate their dragons. They worked hard as a team and both Mrs Cooper and I were proud to see all the children listening to each other, taking turns, sharing resources and helping each other. It was truly lovely to see. After the children completed their dragons they were asked to perform a dragon dance.
Look at their learning !
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We had so much fun!
Come and have a look at the dragons. They are displayed in the shared area.
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 12:02am
The children have been matching, identifying and naming 2d shapes. They have enjoyed using the mathematical language sides, vertices, straight, curved same, different, Polygon, regular, irregular and equal to describe the properties. They have used venn and Carroll diagrams to sort the shapes according to a given criteria. They enjoyed generating their own criteria to sort shapes and playing games where they have to guess the criteria. They found it a bit tricky but Mrs Cooper and I were super proud of how hard they worked.
Can you see how they have sorted the shapes?
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 11:44pm
This half term the children are learning about the topic 'Where would you prefer to live; Wuhan or China?' The children have been learning about the continent Asia, The country China, the city of Wuhan and the Hubei region. As part of the learning the children have been using maps and globes to locate Asia and the country China. They looked closely at aerial photographs and maps to identify the human features in Wuhan. They have been using geographical words such as mountains, rivers, hills, coast, sea, oceans and forests to help them describe what they can see. They looked closely at images of Wuhan and used them to create and label models of some of the landmarks.
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 11:26pm
The children have had a really busy half term and they have worked so hard. Mrs cooper and I both agreed that they desrved a really treat. The children had decided that they wanted to make pancakes, create models and paint pictures as a reward. They had a fantastic time!
Look at all the fun they had!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 11:16pm
The children have really enjoyed finding out about hot and cold places and using a range of research techniques to find out about different animals and the habitats that they live in. The children used google, images and books to find out information and use it to write non-chronological reports. Mrs cooper and I were so impressed. All the children displayed a real interest in their learning and motivated each other to complete tasks. They all agreed that this topic was one of their favourites!
Look at the concentration on their faces!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 10:59pm
In P.E,the children have been learning about throwing and catching the ball. They have been throwing the ball underarm and learning how to use a chest pass. They have been making a cup to catch a ball in a stationary position. They have been learning how to defend and have been using these skills to play simple games. The children have been working in pairs and have been bouncing, throwing and catching the ball whilst moving around the playground.
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 10:47pm
In Maths, the children have been learning about making groups. They have been looking at objects and then sorting them. They have then counted the objects in the groups and have used the mathematical words equal and unequal to describe if the quantities in the groups are an equal amount.The children have used this knowledge to solve practical problems and have worked collaboratively as a team to help each other.
It was lovely to see the children using the outside area to work mathematically!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 10:23pm
In Art, the children have been learning how to sketch penguins. They have been using continuous line to draw an outline and then looked at the different shapes they could draw to create the head and body. Then they used the side of the pencil to shade parts of the body. The children then used this knowledge to create a 3d display of penguins.
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The children applied all the skills they had learnt to create penguins with a range of different media. The display looks amazing outside Mrs Hughes's office!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 10:09pm
The children were surprised to see the weather change this week and were so excited to see the school playground covered in snow. When the snow is so thick there is only one thing to do. You guessed it SNOW PLAY!!!!!!!!!
Look at the fun they all had. We made snowmen and snow angels!
The children were sad to see the snow disappear through the day!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 9:57pm
As part of the topic 'Animals that live in hot and cold places.' The children learnt about the Continents and Oceans of the world and used
their map reading skills to locate cold and hot regions in the world.
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The children really enjoyed using the compass points to navigate around a map and are beginning to confidently identify and name some parts of the world.
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 4:07pm
Nursery's favourite part was looking at the fake snow using all their senses that the scientist made and popping the giant bubbles. The children were all very excited!
Take a look at our photos below
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 3:50pm
We have had a brilliant science week, 4AK's favourite part was making slime, have a look at the attached pictures.
For red nose day, we created our own unique red noses for the school councillors to judge on Monday, have a look at a few fantastic entries.
Have a good weekend!
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 3:41pm
Nursery had a fun-filled Red Nose Day. They designed a funny face with a red nose, played musical statues and played the 'keepy uppy' game with red balloons and enjoyed playing a traditional game of twister too.
Thank you to everyone who came dressed in red clothes and donated to a wonderful cause!
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 2:09pm
Last week at Ravensbury, we celebrated World Book day. The staff in year 5 came in dressed as characters from our current text - Toro! Toro! It was lovely to see the childrne in costumes celebrating their favourite book characters and others who came dressed for a comfy day of reading.
We began the day by moving all the tables and chairs to the side of the room to make space for lots of arts and crafts! We made book characters from cardboard tubes, including an excellent superhero and cats. We then went downstairs to take part in a parent session of get comfy and read. Thank you to all the parents who joined us. We even saw some groups of chidlren reading to one another which was really heart warming to see.
We also visited year 1 to share some books with the younger children. 5HC always impresses me by their ability to think from the younger children's points of view. They are calm and welcoming and are very happy to read to little ones and engage them as best they can.
Many of the children began the day saying they don't enjoy reading but I think we might have been able to change their minds!
