Spring 2

Welcome to Spring 2! This half term is full of exciting opportunities for sports, reading and Easter!

PE Workshop! 

At the end of the last half term, we were lucky to participate in a Squash workshop! We learnt some different Squash skills involving where to bounce the ball to score a point and by the end of the workshop, were able to play a game of it! I am delighted that some of the children enjoyed the workshop so much that they have signed up to Squash lessons outside of school!

Escape Room Fun!

Last week, we were fortunate enough to be joined by teachers and students from Wellington College where we participated in an Escape Room activity! The children worked in small groups to solve a number of riddles in order to solve the combination on each box lock! Thankfully, all of us made it out alive and there was a team who also managed to complete the final challenge and unlock the huge black box where they each received a certificate! The children were so polite and used their excellent teamwork skills in order to solve problems. 

World Book Week Fun

Last week, we had World Book Day and our week was jam-packed with exciting activities and experiences! We have revamped our book corner and based  on the beautifully illustrated book 'The Worry Tiger.' We have created a calm and tranquil space where we have books organised into different categories and a reading tent so we can fully immerse ourselves into our book! Throughout our English lessons, we focused on the book 'The Emotional Menagerie', which is a book of poems focusing on emotions from A to Z. The book tied in nicely with the theme of 'Wellbeing' and promoted how feeling a range of emotions is completely okay! Each child was given an emotion to write about, and they produced amazing poems about these! We dressed up on World Book Day and enjoyed guessing which bedside table belonged to the teachers; we looked for clues about what books they were reading and anything else that tells us about their personalities. I have to commend all the children for their amazing effort in dressing up this year! We have completed some book speed dating where many of us found new books to try reading and widened our reading repertoire as a whole class! We read as a flash mob and celebrated the joy of reading everyday!

Young Voices

On the first day back after half term, the choir attended the Young Voices event at the O2 Arena in London. Well done to all the children who attended and a huge thank you to the parents who came to show their support. It was a rather long day, but it was very special! All the children have been awarded a certificate to highlight how proud we are; not just because they sang beautifully, but also because of the behaviour expectation they consistently set!

This half-term...

This half term is another very busy one! We have our Easter Service on Tuesday 24th March, and we would love if you could join us! We have Easter fun day on Wednesday 25th March and we also have our Year 6 class trip to the Harlington for the annual 'Think Safe' event. 

In English this half term, we are going to be continuing to use narrative books in order to drive our writing outcomes. We have been using the books 'The Promise' and will look at an extract from 'Shadow of the Minotaur'. In English, we are really focusing on working independently for extended amounts of time and using a thesaurus to up-level our vocabulary further. We are also trialling out some new handwriting pens too!

Maths lessons will focus on the domains where children need support (as identified from the practice SATs papers we have completed). We will start by looking at shape and geometry and will spend a considerable time looking at Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.