Weekly Bulletin - 23rd February 2023

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been learning about perimeter in Maths, using their problem-solving skills to work out the missing lengths of shapes. In English, they have been writing a narrative about 'The Wishgranter' focusing on writing setting and character descriptions and developing their own plot. In Humanities, they have started their new topic focusing on the Bronze Age. In Music, they have been exploring musical notation to keep in time to music and in French they have learnt the names of some favourite fruits. It has been a busy week!
Year 4 – have been very excited to start their week by having the Year 6's take over the school! The children were then able to write an amazing diary entry about their morning. In Maths, Year 4 have started learning about fractions, understanding the whole, counting beyond 1 and partitioning mixed number fractions. In Science, Year 4 have been really excited to start their new topic 'The Digestive System'. In History, Year 4 have started learning about Ancient Rome, understanding the Romans place in history and what life was like for the rich and poor. 
Year 5 – have had a really exciting start to the week as Year 6 took over the school on Monday! Inspired by this, the children wrote diary entries that let them explore their feelings and opinions about them - the teachers were impressed by how many success criteria they still managed to include! The children have also worked really hard on their understanding of decimals up to thousandths; deepening their understanding about representing them as fractions and as decimals. In Humanities, the children deepened their understanding of Mayan food by making hot chocolate following a Mayan recipe! It was really exciting! In Science, the children designed investigations to explore more about friction and mechanisms. All in all, it has been an exciting week in Year 5!
Year 6 – have started off their week on Monday by taking over the school for part of the day!  The children had written letters of application for various roles within the school and we were very impressed by how they managed the range of tasks associated with their roles.  We had children taking assembly (where teachers had to sit on the year 6 benches whilst the children sat around the edge of the hall on the teachers' chairs!); children taking registers in class; some introducing lessons; others helping children with their work; some doing break and lunch duty and helping in the diner; one working with Miss Lainsbury in the school office; and we even had children stepping into the roles of SENCo, Deputy Headteacher and a couple of children taking on Miss Digweed's role as Headteacher!  The children were exceptionally helpful and really enjoyed their time in their new roles.  So much so that they are now in the process of writing letters to Miss Digweed in English to persuade her to do another day in the summer term, but this time for a whole day!  As well as taking over the school, the children have worked hard in Maths learning algebra; plus they have continued with their science topic about light and have started to look at their goals for their future in PSHE.