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Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 4:27pm
Hello all,
We have had another busy week in Year 2 this week. In maths, we are making progress with multiplying by 2, 5 and 10 and have just started beginning to divide by 2 and 5. In English we have been writing a recount all about the amazing visit we had last week, from the Freestyle Footballer. Some of us have even been practising the tricks at home. We also began our new science topic about materials. Finally, we have begun learning all about the Great Fire of London, when it took place and how it started.
Have a lovely weekend!
Class 2GS.
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 3:48pm
This week, year 5 have been learning about written methods of multiplication and division.
They found the division in particular really tricky. Their homework this week should support them in being able to practise the skill at home. However, they may need some support from adults or older children. Please feel free to talk them through each question. There is no expectation that children complete the homework entirely on their own.
BBC bitesize has an excellent explanation and some practise questions to try. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znmtsbk/articles/zqpddp3?scrlybrkr=79556a3a
Keep trying year 5!
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 3:26pm
What a week!
We have made so much progress in our swimming this week and even learned how to use back stroke and how to use 'frogs legs' to move in the water!
We have been using arrays to multiply and divide in maths this week, and applying our knowledge to answer depth 3 challenges - some have been tricky!
Because we will be visiting a church in the next few weeks we explored what happens in a church and also looked at the wesbite of St Cross church.
We did a lesson with Will from CCO this week and explored the playground using our orienteering and map skills.
We have been reading our class text this week and have reached chapter 9 in the text and are excited to see what happens to the characters next now that the earthquake has happened!
Check back next week for some pictures!
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 2:48pm
Today we have been learning all about Rembrance day.
We have been making poppies and poppy field pictures to help us remember all of the people and soldiers who look after us and keep us safe.
At 11oclock we were very respectful and sat for 1 minute to remember all of the soldiers.
Food from the Amazon Rainforest
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 1:30pm
This half term our topic is 'What is it like in the Amazon Basin?' For our launch, we tried different foods that would be available in the Amazon Rainforest. We tried lots of new food and drink. Not many of us were a fan of the coconut millk but the persimmon fruit was a firm favourite.
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 1:04pm
Today we had a super fun Challenge Friday! We had 4 fun challenges to complete and worked hard to consolidate our learning with our independent tasks!
Our challenges were:
Writing our amazing sentences about 'Stanley's Stick' using our sentence stem 'it is a...'. We had some brilliant ideas and drew some amazing pictures to match!
Having a picnic with the 3 bears and making sure they all had the same amount of food so that it was fair. We used our special word 'equal'!
Creating amazing natural pictures in our transient art area, and using our phonics knowledge to independently make labels to match.
Exploring 'Remembrance Day' by making beautiful poppies and poppy fields. We also watched videos to learn more about why we have Remembrance Day, and did our 1 minute silence for the soliders.
We have had a great Friday in Reception! :)
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 10:46am
In Music this half-term, Year 4 are learning all about Rock 'n' Roll and Blues music. Linking to our connected curriculum about California and North America, we have spent this week learning about Elvis Presley.
Using the Glockenspiels, we have begun to learn how to play "Hound Dog." Today, we focussed on practising the running bass, using the notes:
C E G A A# A G E
We worked with a partner, and were able to share our progress with the rest of the class.
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 3:32pm
This week with Year 2, we have been learning the langugage we need to order events. Here we are ordering the events of The Great Fire of London. Do you think we have put the pictures in the right order?|
Autumn Two: Will you come in the garden and explore with me?
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 1:26pm
Date: 8th Nov 2022 @ 6:52pm
Thid week in maths we are looking at recalling multiplication facts. We are focusing on revisiting our 2s,5s and 10s and also learning our 3s, 4s and 8s. In class today, we used arrays and repeated addition to help us with our recall.
Date: 7th Nov 2022 @ 10:53am
This half term, our science topic is properties of materials. We started with a quick revision lesson around solids, liquids and gases. We explored what makes a liquid a liquid or a solid a solid or a gas a gas. The children worked really hard and showed a secure understanding of what each one is. In golden time, I made things a little more difficult by introducing what I call cornflour gloop (also known as oobleck)! This is just cornflour mixed with a little water. On first appearance, it looks like a liquid - it flows and takes the form of its container. When you apply force to it though (by for example punching or squeezing it), it behaves like a solid. Heres a video that explains what a non-Newtonian fluid is!
Oobleck and Non-Newtonian Fluids
Date: 7th Nov 2022 @ 10:42am
This week we were lucky enough to have a visit from the world's number two freestyle footballer and he was amazing! He showed off his skills in assembly and explained to everyone that it took him three hours of practise PER DAY to get as highly skilled as he is. Later in the day, 5CR got the chance to have a go at some of his tricks. Photos and brief instructions should have made their way home on Thursday so children can practise in their own time.
Whilst many children could identify some of the tricks he had taught them, they found it harder to identify the personal development skills they had used such as resiliance, determination and perserverance. We hope that when they are finding a new skill in school tricky, they might be able to remind themselves of today and how long it can take to learn a new skill.
Date: 5th Nov 2022 @ 8:45am
We have had a fantastic week back! This week we have launched our new CC topic 'Could the three little pigs use better materials to build their house?' First we found clues in the construction area and predicted what the class topic would be about! We found bricks, sticks, straw, a silver pot, three pigs and a wolf! Of course we knew it was the traditional story of the three little pigs! Afterwards we read a version of the story and sequenced the events of the story using pictures and post its. In the provision, we created stick puppets to retell the story and built houses of our own in the constrcution area. On Friday, we invited parents into school and designed some huge houses using large cardboard boxes and everyday materials. It was very exciting because we had to work in a group and be creative! We made some amazing houses and Mrs Wolfendon could not chose the best house therefore she chose everyone's and we all got a prize!
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 4:39pm
Today was our annual Ravensbury bake off. Well done to all the children who took part. I was very impressed with the effort you all put in (both adults and pupils).
I spend the morning break sampling them all and some were delicious! Miss Gallery had to come and assist me with my decision as it was difficult to choose the first, second and third places.
Congratulations to the three winners and well done once more to all the others for entering.
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 4:22pm
On Wednesday the children had a great day with Rebaz watching and learning some freestyling football skills.
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 4:21pm
What a fantastic first week back to school we have had!
We have been working super hard on our bonfire poems and can't wait for them to share them with you next week. We have been doing lots of mulitplication practice (5s, 2s, and 10s) in maths and we are getting very excited about our new topic, The Great Fire of London.
Finally, we had a special visitor in school yesterday who taught us some freestyle football tricks in PE. It was great fun but also helped us to practice skills, such as team work, perserverance and determination. Here are some pictures of us trying out some tricks:
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 3:20pm
What a fun first week!
This week, we had a visitor called Rebaz Mohammed visit Ravensbury. He showed off some his his fantastic skills and tricks and eve taught us some too! Have a look at the pictures to see our skills. A booklet has been sent home this week which shows how to complete the different tricks. Why not have a go at home?
Check back next week for more Year 4 fun!
Topic 2 Building Challenge Launch!!!
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 1:55pm
This week we started our new topic called 'Could the three little pigs use a better material to build their houses?' This topic has a focus on:
*Science - materials and their properties
*Design and Technology - designing, building and making things using simple joins
*Geography - map work skills and learning about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom
On Friday we had a fantastic launch where we invited our grown ups to help us with a building challenge. We had to work as a team to build a better house for the three little pigs. We talked about our learning powers and tried to use them whilst we were completing the challenge. Miss Wolfenden came to judge of creations and was speechless!! It was fair to say that everyone tried their best and she thought everyone deserved the certificate and prize! Well done Everyone!!!
It was such a great experience and the teams worked really well together. The grown ups from home were amazing and had some very creative ideas. We even had a house with a hot tub, swimming pool and solar panels!!!! Thank you to all the growns who took time out of their schedule to come and share this experience with us!
Attached a some pictures of our creations...
Rebaz Mohammed Freestyle Footballer
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 1:30pm
What a fantastic start to Autumn 2 we have had in our class! The children have come back with a very positive attitude and have got stuck into their learning. On Thursday we had a great morning when Rebaz Mohammed Freestyle Footballer came into school to show off his amazing skills. We started the morning watching him in a very special assembly led by Mrs Ganner. Then we had our own session with him where he taught us some skills that we parcatised with our partner. It was lots of fun!!!
If you would like to learn more abour Rebaz or watch some of his videos please use this link below: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebazSkills
Rebaz the Freestyle Footballer is Awesome!
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 6:52pm
Today in class we had a visitor. We like meeting new people and we loved meeting Rebaz! He showed us some awesome tricks. We even got the chance to try the rocket launcher trick (That's a good trick to practice in the week we are learning about bonfire night isn't it?)
Here are two videos of the performances he did for us. We think Mrs Ganner's class were in awe of Rebaz because they say there open mouthed! Miss Wilkinson's class showed their appreciation with whoops and cheers! We've attached three videos. Two are Rebaz' performances (Can you guess which class is which?) and the third is a video showing you what rocket launcher looks like.
Rebaz told us we had to practice at home to be able to complete this trick. Who can be the first child in Nursery to launch their rocket?
You can see more tricks on Rebaz' YouTube Channel
https://youtube.com/c/RebazSkills
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 11:12am
Reception had a special guest visit us this week! Rebaz, an amazing Freestyle Footballer, came in to show us his skills and tell us all about how he practices. We loved watching all the cool things he could do with the football, and had an amazing time having a go for ourselves!
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 11:04am
Reception had an amazing time at the harvest festival. They worked really hard on their brilliant song and dance to the song '5 little pumpkins', and made some great pumpkin hats for their performance. We loved sharing our performance with the children in Nursery and Key Stage 1, and getting to watch their songs and dances too!
If you want to listen to our song at home, follow the link below!
Five Little Pumpkins | Pumpkin Song | Super Simple Songs - YouTube
Date: 2nd Nov 2022 @ 8:29pm
This week the children took part in an exciting launch for our new topic: The Amazon Rainforest. Everyone got stuck into food tasting foods that would be available in the Amazon Rainforest. This meant lots of children tried new fruits or drink for the first time! I am really proud of them all for getting out of their comfort zone and trying new things. The coconunt milk did not go down very well, but the children loved the mango, pineapple and persimmon. The hihghlight of the tasting for most of them was of course the chocolate (can you blame them?). Here are some photos from our exciting Tuesday afternoon...
Date: 2nd Nov 2022 @ 1:06pm
This week , Reception have been using Stanley's stick to learn some prepositions . Have a look at where we put our sticks .Can you tell which prepositions we have learnt so far?
Year 6JT Perform a Short Piece about World War Two and Ghyll Head
Date: 2nd Nov 2022 @ 12:07pm
6JT have been working on movements, actions and words to show aspects of life during the Second World War. They used their ideas to explore what it was like to live in the countryside and created short pieces to show the activities they did while they were at Ghyll Head.