Weekly Bulletin - 1st July 2022

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been learning about equivalent fractions in Maths and finding that their knowledge of times tables has been very helpful. In English, they have been concluding their narrative about 'The King who banned the dark', using some fantastic speech and character descriptions. In Science, they have continued their topic about plants, looking at the growth of the seeds they placed in different conditions and writing about the role bees play in pollination. In French, they have been learning the months of the year and continuing to use vocabulary to talk about the days of the week. During PE, the children have been using their Maths skills to add and multiply points for in their team games.
Year 4 – have worked really hard on their assessments in Maths and English and they should be very proud of how hard they have worked! They started their week facing a turbulent time in English; Noah Barleywater (Alexander) was in court pleading his innocence for stealing apples from Mr Appletree. Year 4 rose to the challenge and each took to their roles in the trials. Unfortunately for the prosecution, their hard evidence and eye witness reports weren't enough to convince the jury that Noah was guilty. Noah was found not guilty and he celebrated with a victory lap of the courtroom! For the rest of the week, they have been working in groups to script and perform their own news reports for IVJS News. We might just have the future of journalism in our classrooms! In Maths, they have begun looking at angles and have been comparing and identifying them. In Humanities, they have been looking at the Roman invasion of Britain and how this tiny island tried to withstand the force of the Roman Empire.
Year 5 – have begun the week completing end of year assessments and all the children tried their best. They have used a Newsround broadcast this week to identify the features of a verbal presentation. They have looked at the type of language used, the structure of the broadcast as well as which words to emphasis. In Maths, they have been converting metric units (mm, cm and m) and gained an understanding of imperial units   (inches and feet). They have also started a new science topic, animals including humans.  They have created a timeline of the human lifecycle and a poster on the myths and facts of old age.
Year 6 – have spent much of this week continuing to rehearse their production; costumes are gradually being sorted, props are being made, songs and dances are being fine-tuned and things are starting to fall into place! In the classroom, the children have continued with their maths project about a bakery and have been using their skills linked to ratio and proportion and money problems. They have also been continuing with their science topic and have been finding out how diet and exercise impact on the human body. The children are coming to the end of their humanities topic and have been looking at the decline of the Maya civilisation.