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6 years ago
Posted on 03rd Apr 2019 by

Midweek News 03.04.19

Fundraising Auction

If you haven’t already bought your tickets for Friday evening’s auction, why not pop along to the office and buy a couple for only £10 each. As well as the delicious food on offer and the great entertainment, we have some amazing lots to bid on, including our star lot of a week’s stay in a villa in Turkey!

Celebration Assembly

Just a reminder that it is our Easter Celebration Assembly this Friday starting at 9:25. Please can we ask that adults park at the Village Hall once the school car park is full. Thank you.

Garden Day

FOBS have organised another Garden Day this Sunday 7th April from 10:00 until 4:00. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day and we would love to see family and friends from the Nursery or School community.

We would really welcome any donations of plants or even seeds (runner bean seeds, Californian poppy seeds,  or seed potatoes.) Our next project is to build an irrigation system for the poly tunnel.

This Sunday we are making the Sensory Geo Trail, so if you have any rocks, pebbles, fossils, old crocks / broken pottery / old clay pipes or even painted pebbles, to add to our Bicton Rocks collection, we would be very grateful.

Thank you

 

6 years ago
Posted on 02nd Apr 2019 by

Class 5 spellings to be tested on 05/04/19

Yellow
brilliant

elegant

tolerant

brilliance

elegance

tolerance

vacancy

infancy

Green
extravagant

fragrant

triumphant

abundance

arrogance

radiance

annoyance

buoyancy

hesitancy

vacancy

 

Orange
brilliant

vacant

tolerant

brilliance

balance

tolerance

vacancy

infancy
6 years ago
Posted on 02nd Apr 2019 by

Class 5 weekly update

Well done class 5 on your fantastic work last week!

In English we were re-writing a dream sequence using creativity to add detail and description to the character’s surroundings, actions and experiences. The children came up with some interesting alternatives to ‘boring’ words that we shared as a whole class to create a word bank for everyone’s benefit. It was brilliant to see the children using such expansive vocabulary and it highlighted the hard work they have put into widening the range of words that they incorporate into their writing.

In Maths we looked at division and the bus stop method. The children’s confidence with this topic really took off during the week and they made great strides in terms of their buy phentermine online in canada efficiency, accuracy and understanding of how to use the method effectively. We looked at how to complete the process step-by-step as a whole class to begin with, before applying it independently. The next step was progressing onto problems that included a remainder in the answer. The children used their methodology to provide some brilliant reasoning where they analysed where a calculation was incorrect, what the mistake was and how to fix it so that the calculation was right.

This week we are looking at writing a series of diary entries that details how a character has escaped from a prison, as well as starting our new unit of work in Maths which is fractions.

6 years ago
Posted on 31st Mar 2019 by

Class 2 Weekly Update 29/03/2019

I would like to start by saying how lovely it was to witness the parent child dinners this week. Thank you so much for coming in to enjoy the Bicton Michelin-starred cuisine and spending some time in your child’s daytime setting.
In class the children have been working on their speaking and listening through whole class sharing time. They have used the 5 W’s very thoughtfully and have tried to find out more instead of just making a statement to their classmates. In Read Write Inc English the children are ready to move onto different book stages as they have just finished non-fiction texts on animals that can swim, parties and snow. They have made sure that when recording their ideas they have used conjunctions and adjectives.
In Maths we have been learning about mass and weight and have done lots of practical lessons using scales in order to predict and compare if items are heavier, lighter or the same mass. We measured in non-standard units of measurement which the children embraced and used lots of mathematical vocabulary and reasoning along the way. We finished the week by comparing masses and responding to questions like, ‘What can you say that is true about the apple and the weights?’
In Science the children have continued with their everyday materials topic by sorting materials by what they believe their properties to be. They have also been learning about transparent and translucent materials.
In History they have had a wonderful time comparing Victorian toys to their own today. They have also been practising their Victorian song which you will hear in the not so distant future.
In PE they have shown off their sports skills involving control, balance and speed with Embrace. They have had various apparatus circuits to master which all looked very exciting.
Well done to everybody for learning their spellings. The new list has gone into the children’s books for next Friday. A huge well done to Elodie too for getting Star of the Week trophy. Elodie has done amazingly well in every lesson and her attitude to learning has been outstanding.
I hope that you have a lovely weekend together and I look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mr Mavin

6 years ago
Posted on 29th Mar 2019 by

Class 1 round up

Read Write inc, Phonics

The children have looked at ‘ea’ – a cup of tea, ‘oi’ – spoil the boy and ‘a-e’ – make a cake.   We discussed what a spilt digraph is – special friends that need to split up but still hold hands behind their backs.

ea      oi      a-e

Literacy

Our story this week and for the next few weeks is Jack and the Beanstalk.  The children have focussed on how the story develops and how the characters are feeling.

The children have planted their own ‘magic’ beans and have discussed what a ‘bean’ needs to be able to grew healthily.  We have set up an experiment to see what happens if a bean has sun but no water, no sun and water, sun and water.  The children have made predictions about what they think will happen.

Maths

This week we have concentrated on measures, comparing height and length.  A beanstalk appeared in  the classroom and the children needed to work out how to measure it.  They came up with lots of different ideas – ‘measure it with cubes, then count how many’, pencils, feet, hands etc.  They discovered that Jack’s footprints are smaller than the Giant’s feet, so he had a higher number.

We have been very busy practising our class celebration song and the children are all looking forward to performing it next Friday morning.

6 years ago
Posted on 28th Mar 2019 by

Fundraising Auction Friday 5th April

Just a reminder that tickets are still available for our fundraising auction on Friday 5th April from 7:30 to 11:00 pm.  Even if you don’t want to bid on any of the amazing lots in the auction, it will be a great evening of food, entertainment and good company.

Tickets are great value at only £10 per adult which includes a complimentary drink on arrival, hot meal of lasagne/chilli/jacket potato with various fillings, range of salads and puddings, music from Mid-Life Crisis and the auction itself.

We hope you can join us!

Auction poster 18.03.19

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6 years ago
Posted on 26th Mar 2019 by

No After School Clubs this Friday, 29th March.

In view of the Easter Disco this Friday, there will be NO After School Clubs on.

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6 years ago
Posted on 25th Mar 2019 by

Dinner Money

The kitchen have requested that ALL outstanding dinner money and dinner money due for this week be paid by this Wednesday 27th March at the latest. Thank you.