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On Friday 18th November, School Council arranged “Break the Rules Day” to raise money for Children in Need.
School Council established a list of rules which could be broken, designed a poster to be displayed around school and promoted the day across social media.
The whole school had lots of fun breaking the rules and we raised nearly £250, which was donated to Children in Need.
Here are some photographs showing the excitement around school…
This week in Acorns we have been listening to, talking about and performing music. We explored different kinds of instruments and the sounds they make, and then played along with the beat of different songs. It was great fun!
We also began learning more digraphs in phonics, exploring words containing ‘sh’ and ‘ch’. In Maths we have been finding one more and one less using equipment to help us, such as number shapes and ten frames. We enjoyed finding one more using ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story, and finding one less by singing ‘Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer’.
In English we have read some stories about ‘Mrs Armitage’ by Quentin Blake, which links to our Marvellous Machines topic. We have enjoyed exploring different types of vehicles and finding out how they work.
From 13th – 17th November, as part of our ongoing PSHE work, we recognised “Anti-Bullying Week”.
All classes across school have completed work around the theme of “Make a Noise” to encourage children to speak up if they feel they are being bullied or know someone else who is.
Many classes looked at the definition of bullying and talked in detail about how to be a good friend.
Here is a selection of photos showing work from the week…
In Flourish club the children have been experimenting with chocolate. They created their own designs and were able to re create them using chocolate and sprinkles. The children worked on turn taking and learned how to safely melt the chocolate. 
In Art this week the children have used a variety of techniques to create Jackson Pollock style artwork. Firstly, the children created digital art using 2paint to select the wet paint tool to give the effect of the paint dripping. Then the children used paint and marbles to also create the drip and splash effect. Well done everyone!
This week in art the children in Birches class have been looking at artwork by Sir Frank Bowling. They looked at examples of his ‘poured paintings’ and experimented by creating their own versions. The children really enjoyed watching the paint run down their pieces of paper!
As part of our French lessons, Sycamores have been learning how to tell the time. We first recapped the times in English using small clocks before discussing the language for hour in French. The children became more and more confident in speaking the time in French before we began to write the time in sentences. Great work Sycamores!
This week in Mathematics we are exploring the numbers 4 and 5, looking for them in the environment and representing them in different ways.
We decided to set up a shop and used 1p coins to make different amounts. We sorted all of the items we wanted to sell. talking about why they belonged in each section of the shop, then we made price labels for the items. Some items were more than 5p, so we carefully counted out the right number of coins to make each amount.
We’ve even started to create a cafe within our shop, so customers can have a drink and snack when they finish their shopping!
Making a sign
Making price tags
Let’s go shopping!
Careful counting
This week seen the return of the very popular Ninja Warrior after school club! We all had a great time navigating our way around obstacles, balance beams and the big climbing frame. We were also able to play on the mini go-karts, wiggle cars and the net swing. Great skills everyone! Next week we will be encouraging the children to create and their own ‘obstacle course’ using a variety of PE equipment.
