8 years ago
Posted on 15th Jun 2018 by Admin

Class 3 Spellings – to be tested on 22.06.18

15.6.18

8 years ago
Posted on 13th Jun 2018 by Admin

Science – Planting Beans

Yesterday we started our ‘Plants’ topic in Science. The children enjoyed planting beans and then writing a set of instructions, explaining how to plant beans.

8 years ago
Posted on 10th Jun 2018 by Admin

Class 5 weekly update

We had a very busy and exciting first week back in Class 5!

English

We continued our novel study of Goodnight Mister Tom and children wrote the most amazing diary entries from the perspective of Willie. They were asked to show his changing emotions as he faced having to go home to London and many of their diary entries were so emotive they moved Class 5 adults to tears – what a fabulous start to the new half term!

Maths

Year 6s continued to tackle mixed problems, to consolidate many of the skills learnt over the past year, with a particular focus on converting units of measure. Year 5s completed their work on decimals and practised multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.

Science

Children started to present their half-term homework on Sir Isaac Newton and it was wonderful to see the children’s pride in sharing their hard work with the rest of the class.

Enrichment Activities

Year 5s had a fantastic day at Adcote School last Wednesday and enjoyed a range of bushcraft activities. They have now been given the task of creating a display to show off the activities which they took part in. Photos of the day will be uploaded in the next couple of days.

On Thursday, Year 6s were visited by D & T staff from The Corbet School who set them a challenge with specific rules and criteria. They had a super morning and they will be writing letters to The Corbet to say thank you for visiting us.

History

Year 6s have been researching the role of the Home Guard during World War 2.

Sports Day Preparation

Please can children ensure that they have their PE kit, including trainers, in school all week. Thank you

8 years ago
Posted on 10th Jun 2018 by Admin

Class 5 spellings to be tested 15.06.18

Spellings out 08.06.18

8 years ago
Posted on 10th Jun 2018 by Admin

Weekly News 11.06.18

School Photos

Just a reminder that the school photographer is visiting on Tuesday 12th June. If you would like photos taken of younger/older siblings, who do not attend either Bicton School or Nursery, please arrive at the main office at 8:30. There is no need to bring your child earlier than normal if they already attend school or nursery, as staff will take them to the Hall to have their photos taken (individual, with siblings and as a class.) Please ask if you have any questions.

Drink Prices Increasing

Please note that all drinks available from the school kitchen – milk shake and fruit juice – will be increasing to 50p from Monday 11th June.

Class 2 Parents’ Lunch

We are looking forward to Class 2 parents and family members joining us for lunch this week. There is a special menu being served on Friday and the menu for this week is available from the main office.

Arthog

Please could the final Arthog payment be made by Friday 15th June at the very latest. Thank you.

Gardening Day

We have our next gardening day coming up next Saturday 16th June from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Refreshments will be served throughout the day and we would love to see you if you are able to spare a couple of hours to come along and help.

Letters out this week

Year 6 leavers hoodies – thank you for the orders received so far

Year 5 Languages Day – please return as soon as possible

Class 4 trip to Discovery Centre – please return as soon as possible

Hope you’ve had a nice weekend.

8 years ago
Posted on 10th Jun 2018 by Admin

School Photos Tuesday 12th June

Just a reminder that the school photographer is visiting on Tuesday 12th June. If you would like photos taken of younger/older siblings, who do not attend either Bicton School or Nursery, please arrive at the main office at 8:30. There is no need to bring your child earlier than normal if they already attend school or nursery, as staff will take them to the Hall to have their photos taken (individual, with siblings and as a class.) Please ask if you have any questions.

8 years ago
Posted on 08th Jun 2018 by Admin

Class 4 weekly update

English – We have looked at the key features of a newspaper report and planned and written our own reports based on the wedding of Zeus in ‘Who let the god’s out?’ We have focussed particularly on ensuring the headline is short and snappy, effective use of paragraphs to describe what happened and included quotations, captions/photos, facts and opinions using the text to support our ideas.

Maths – Year 4’s have been finding lines of symmetry and completing a symmetrical figure. Year 5’s have been calculating angles on a straight line and calculating angles around a point.

Topic – We have been understanding the factors that decided the power of the Ancient Greek city states. The children were split into groups to plan an argument for one of the opinions, e.g. the long walls, navy, army, slaves. They used information in groups to plan their argument and presented this to the rest of the class.

RE – We started our new topic ‘What do Christians learn from the creation story?’ The children discussed what ‘temptation’ means and discussed/wrote about who is being tempted and by what.

Art – Designing and making a Greek patterned tile in a mosaic style.

Spellings – to be tested on Friday 15th June – Spellings 8-6-18

I hope you’ve all had a good week – I’ve heard that you have all been working very hard!

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas

8 years ago
Posted on 08th Jun 2018 by Admin

Class 2 Weekly Update

English: This week we have started our new book, ‘Not Now, Bernard!’ The children have acted out the story and today have written character descriptions. Some children thought of adjectives to describe each character and made a mind map of their ideas, some have written sentences about their chosen character and some children have used sub-headings to sort their descriptions e.g. what they look like, their personality and behaviour.

Maths: The children have been introduced to position and direction this week. We have discussed lots of vocabulary to describe turns e.g. quarter turn, half turn, three quarter turn and whole turn. We have been describing where objects are using the vocabulary, above, below, in the middle, left, right, up and down.

Science: We have thought about Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores this week in Science and learned about the different animals that fall into each category.

PE: We have been practising hard for Sports Day in PE. We have been practising running races, egg and spoon race, bean bag race and the sack race.

Handwriting: We do a lot of handwriting practise in Class 2 and most children have now become confident in using leaders and descenders in their everyday writing. Some children are now joining their writing!

Spellings: To be tested Friday 15th June 2018.

Spellings 8.6.18

Phonics Screening: Year 1 children will be doing their phonics screening next week. Please encourage your children to practise their sounding out and blending in preparation for this and any reading during the weekend would be greatly appreciated!

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

8 years ago
Posted on 08th Jun 2018 by Admin

Concord College Choir Competition

Dear Parents/Carers of children involved in the Concord College Choir Competition,

Please can you encourage your child to go onto the choir page of the school website and use the backing tracks to practise the songs we are learning for the competition. The competition is only 2 weeks away and we want to make sure the children are ready and confident.

Thank you for your support,

Miss Barratt