Weekly Bulletin - 16th June 2023

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been learning about turns and angles in Maths this week. They have been searching for right angles around the school using their right-angle monsters! In English they have been writing a letter raising their concerns about behaviour and bullying after watching a video clip called 'On the wire'. They have been very persuasive with their arguments. In Humanities, they have been continuing their learning about Ancient Egypt including researching different Egyptian gods and goddesses. They found out about how they were an important part of Egyptian life and that there were over 2000 different gods. They enjoyed a Zoom call with Farmer Nicola on Tuesday. She showed the children how high up some of her farm land is, giving some fantastic views. Nicola demonstrated how she checks if there is enough heather growing on different parts of the farmland to ensure there is enough food for the sheep to eat in the coming months.
Year 4 – have finished writing their persuasive letters, trying to persuade circuses to stop using animals in them. In Maths, they have finished their shape topic by learning about triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons and symmetry.  In Science, they started learning how to write a classification key using questions to help them sort animals. They have also been on a minibeast hunt! In DT they have begun their new topic, looking at packaging and how they are made from nets. In Humanities, they have looked at the invasion of Britain by the Romans.
Year 5 – have been working hard to remain focused despite the heat and have impressed us with their continued efforts on decimals. They have applied their knowledge to sequences, addition and subtraction problems and even some more complex word problems. In English, the children have made good progress with their news broadcast scripts, and are beginning to think about how they will perform/present them next week. In Humanities, they have delved deeper into their local study, considering the different physical landscapes in Iver. During Science, they have started their new topic and focused on the human timeline. We have been really impressed by how the children have made their own detailed timelines of the key stages of development.
Year 6 – have been visited by volunteers from different workplaces in order to connect them to the future world of work.  The Primary Futures workplace volunteers enjoyed talking to Year 6 and commented on how fantastic and welcoming the children were. In English, Year 6 have finished writing their narrative based on the Three Little Pigs.  They have impressed us with their imaginative stories from the perspective of the wolf.  In Maths, Year 6 have continued to work on their bakery projects and are enjoying working as teams solving mathematical problems.  In Humanities, children are enjoying the topic: Crime and Punishment from the Roman era to the 21st century.