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.

To meet parent demand, there is now the option to drop children off at Breakfast Club at 7:40 am for a cost of £2.20.  If your child is arriving at 7:45 am or later, the current cost remains at £2.00.