Weekly Bulletin - 9th February 2024

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been developing their poetry skills in English this week using the wonderful story of ‘The King Who Banned the Dark’. They worked very hard to include a range of poetic devices including rhyme, alliteration and adverbs. In Maths, they have continued to develop their measurement skills focusing on converting different units of length accurately. In Computing this week, the children developed their knowledge of the different ways to keep safe online as part of ‘Safer Internet Day’. Towards the end of the week, the children completed their final piece in their ‘Mixed Media’ art topic. Their creations all drew upon the skills from their chosen artist with their own unique twist. They have worked very hard this week and we hope they enjoy a restful half-term break!
Year 4 – have been working hard in Maths, learning about perimeter of rectilinear shapes, missing lengths in rectilinear shapes and perimeter of regular polygons. In English, they have finished writing their biography about Varjak Paw. Year 4 have also had an exciting week in Art! They have been exploring traditional African crafts, they have created a piece of clay artwork inspired by the artwork of the Benin and investigated the artwork of Esther Mahlangu. In PSHE, children have been discussing and working out the steps to take to achieve a goal and do this successfully as part of a group.
Year 5 – have had the opportunity to consolidate their learning on a few grammatical features; their hard work impressed us! The children have also been working very hard in Maths, delving in to the world of tenths and hundredths. They were also excited to listen to a few more chapters in Cosmic and their insights and engagement were impressive! In Humanities, the children learnt all about Mayan food and in Science they designed a marble maze to help investigate friction. The children particularly impressed some speakers (who spoke to them about jobs, goals and motivation) by asking them sensible questions and showing enthusiasm. It has been a fun learning week in Year 5!
Year 6 – have finished writing their diary entries in character as Michael from their class book Skellig.  In maths, they have started to look at algebra and have explored function machines.  This builds on their work in earlier years using operations and their inverses to find missing numbers.  They have also finished all their assessments for this half-term and we are very proud of just how hard everyone has been working.  Well done everyone!