Helping Goldilocks cross the river

3rd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

In our Commando Joe lesson this week our task was to help Goldilocks cross the river. The children are really getting to grips with looking at and pondering the best way to use the materials available. I was very impressed with how they are sharing ideas and listening to their classmates.

The children managed to hit all of the Co-Jo characteristics this week, three of the stand out skills were:
  • Self-awareness – some children were able to say that they weren’t sure they’d be able to balance and asked for help.
  • Empathy – lots of children were keen to stand on the rivers edge to over a helping hand to their friend.
  • Teamwork – the photographs say it all!

Awesome job Class 4!

Year 1 enjoying their Commando Joe session helping Goldilocks cross the river Year 1 enjoying their Commando Joe session helping Goldilocks cross the river Year 1 enjoying their Commando Joe session helping Goldilocks cross the river
Year 1 enjoying their Commando Joe session helping Goldilocks cross the river Year 1 enjoying their Commando Joe session helping Goldilocks cross the river
 

Marbling and printing

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 have been using marbling inks to print their own book covers in Art.

We explored different colours and used the comb to create interesting patterns before transferring to paper.

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Year 2 enjoy rugby lessons with John

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

This week, Year 2 have started Rugby training with John from Westoe Rugby Club.

This is a brilliant opportunity for our children to explore team games within different sports and work with an affiliated Rugby coach. Perhaps he might discover some talent within our younger school community!

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Learning about poetry

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

This half term Year 3 will be reading George’s Marvellous Medicine in Literacy. Over the next couple of weeks we will be looking at different types of poetry and writing our own.

Today we discussed different types of poetry (who knew there are so many!), looked at the different features and decided our favourites.
We worked as a class to read the poetry features and match it with the correct poem.
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May the Force be With You

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson
This week Year 3 have started their new Dimensions topic, May the Force be With You, a three week science based unit on forces and magnets.
So far we have learnt about different types of force (push, pull and friction)
We made predictions about how far the toy car would travel depending on the different surface (carpet, field, hall floor and the playground). We had to think carefully about the surface and it’s material. We linked maths into our learning by using a tape measure, making sure to use cm and starting at 0.
We then had great discussions about friction and whether a surface had more or less friction, did this impact how far the toy car travelled. We had to test each surface three times to have a fair comparison.
Year 3 testing the friction on the classroom carpet Year 3 testing the friction on the yard Year 3 testing the friction on the field Year 3 testing the friction on the hall floor

Rugby with Westoe Rugby Club

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

We are very lucky to have John from Westoe Rugby Club come to our school on a weekly basis to work with the children in their PE lessons. Last half term, it was Year 5’s turn to receive his expert coaching!

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Year 6 Autumn 2 Focus Text

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

After completing our first novel, ‘My Dad’s a Birdman’, Year 6 will be reading ‘The Island’ by Armin Greder. This is a powerful graphic novel for all ages about how human beings respond to outsiders.

When the people of the Island discover a man and a tattered raft on their beach, they are reluctant to take him in. He doesn’t look like them. But they cannot send him back to the sea where he will surely perish. Instead, they put him aside but even that doesn’t solve their problem.

From this we will complete reading journal sessions where we will delve deeper into the meanings behind the book, improve our comprehension skills and look at the vocabulary. We will write a debate during our literacy lessons.

For a critical review on ‘The Island’ visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqTt2KWxZNA

My Dad’s a Birdman

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 6 enjoyed reading My Dad’s a Birdman last half term. We learned about the lives of Dad and Lizzie and how they coped with grief by entering a Birdman competition. We wrote a character description, diary entry and a description of our favourite meal.

My Dad's a Birdman book cover