Safer School Survey

Thank you for your Safer School survey responses. The comments received will be shared at our Safer School meeting next week and we will respond to any specific comments made.

After-school provision

Thank you also for the responses received regarding our after-school provision. These will now be reviewed and an updated after-school programme will be put in place later this term.

Calpol

We will only administer Calpol as an emergency after 1:00 pm. if a child is presenting unwell.  If you know that your child is going to need Calpol during the day e.g if they are suffering from toothache, parents must send Calpol in from home and we will only accept Calpol fastmelts or sachets.Thank you

Class 2 visit to Blists Hill – Wednesday 30th January

Just a reminder that Class 2 are visiting Blists Hill next Wednesday. Children can order a packed lunch from the school kitchen (please ask the office for a form if you have not already ordered) or they may bring a packed lunch and drink from home.

Condover/Arthog residentials

Thank you for the deposits received for our residential visits to Condover Hall and Arthog Outdoor Education Centre.

Letters home this week

Parent governor election letter

Choir letter

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson

English

This week the children looked at photographs of what it was like in the trenches during WWI.  They created some freeze frames to show different points in a soldier’s journey – going off to war, in the trenches and returning from battle.  They used photographs of their freeze frames as a starting point for writing newspaper reports this week.

Maths

The children have been working on decimal numbers this week and what happens when we multiply and divide by 10, 100 or 1000.

History

This week we examined what events led to the start of WWI.  The children worked in groups to present information about what happened to different countries that led to them becoming involved in the war.

Science

In Science this week we looked at blood circulation.  We studied a detailed picture of the heart, and found out the jobs of the veins, arteries and lungs in passing blood around our body and oxygenating it.  Next week, we will look more closely at what happens to blood as it is pumped through our lungs.

Art

The children continued with their Global Canvas art project.  Each group has created a final design of their artwork depicting an endangered species and worked out which materials they will need to construct their project.  Any donations of cardboard by next Monday would be much appreciated.

The children seem to have settled back into school life well after the Christmas break. Our whole-school theme for this half-term is ‘new beginnings’ and the children offered some wonderful ideas in worship discussions this week. We have started to talk about the idea of ‘unity’ and how this is reflected in our school and children have suggested things which our school community could work on together e.g. looking after school property so that the school is a nice environment in which to learn.

Arthog

If you would like your child to take part in our annual visit to Arthog (Friday 17th to Monday 20th May 2019) please return the reply slip and deposit to the school office on Monday. We need to provide Arthog next week with the numbers attending.

Have a nice weekend.

English

This week we began our new novel study – “Ghost Soldier” by Theresa Breslin.  The children read the first chapter and created pieces of art work representing their interpretation of it.  They then used the ideas from Chapter 1 to write poetry using a range of poetic features.

Maths

This week we continued our work on fractions.  The children have worked on dividing fractions by whole numbers and on finding fractions of amounts.

History

We began our World War I topic this week by researching which countries were involved in the war and their alliances.  The children located the countries involved on a map of Europe.

Art

The children began work on a global canvas project.  In groups they began to design their interpretation of an endangered animal and how it could be saved.