School Council Christmas Bauble Project

This year the school council decided to run the Christmas bauble project again. The plastic baubles were very kindly bought by the Friends and each year group chose their own designs and have been busy over the last few weeks creating them.

In Reception they decorated wooden baubles with paint, glitter and sequins.

In Year 1 they used tissue paper to collage the inside of their baubles.

In Year 2 the children measured their height and filled their bauble with ribbon that is the same height as them in 2024.

In Year 3 they filled their baubles with cotton wool ‘snow’ and decorated the outside with Christmas patterns.

In Year 4 the children decorated their baubles with glitter.

In Year 5 they used tissue paper to create bright and colourful baubles that have been hanging on their class Christmas trees.

In Year 6 they chose glitter for the insides and drew Christmas patterns and messages on the outside.

We think they all look amazing! A great big thank you to the School Council for organising this for everyone and an even bigger thank you to the Friends for supplying us with the baubles.

Y5 DT and Music

We have had such an amazing first term in Year 5! We have been busy designing, making and evaluating our cam toys, learning how to play jingle bells in music, exploring forces and writing fantastic missing chapters for our class text: Viking Boy. We are now experts on all things Viking and fractions are now our friends! 

The Year 5 team wishes everyone a very happy and restful winter break.

Year 6 Time & Tide Museum Trip

This week, Year 6 came dressed in WWII themed outfits for their trip to the Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth. Their outfits were excellent! They travelled back in time to 1941 when Great Yarmouth was in the thick of the action as a ‘front line town’. They Discovered how the war affected people on the home front and met an ARP warden, a housewife, a shopkeeper and a Home Guard soldier. We were so impressed by their curiosity!

Y5 Maths Investigations

This week, year 5 have taken part in not one but two maths investigations. On Monday we joined the school maths investigation day and worked using trial and error to find a solution to a problem involving money. On Tuesday, Squirrels were joined by visitors from Isaac Newton who guided them through another investigation.

Shakespeare Day!

To kick-start their new English unit: Romeo & Juliet, Year 6 enjoyed participating in a variety of Shakespeare-related activities! Children took part in a scavenger hunt, collecting the answers to questions about the famous playwright and his works. They had to match symbols on their sheet to answers hidden away all around the playground. They discovered Shakespearean language and had to decide if phrases given to them were Shakespeare or ‘Fakespeare’. They explored the ancient grudge between the two feuding families in Romeo & Juliet: The Montagues and The Capulets and learnt about their household crests. Children were then tasked with creating their own crest, focusing on the significance of its design, colour and symbols. It was great to see how enthusiastic everyone was about our new topic and we look forward to seeing how they get on with their writing over the coming weeks.

Year 6 Science

Year 6 have been investigating the law of reflection this week. When rays of light reflect, they obey the law of reflection: the angle of incidence always equals the angle of reflection. Children held a mirror on a piece of paper and made a very narrow slit in a piece of card. They dimmed the lights and shone a torch through the slit towards the mirror. On the white paper, they had to look for the incident ray and the reflected ray of light. They had to play around with the angle of the torch and the distance they held it from the mirror. Using a pencil and ruler they drew the incident and reflected rays on the paper. Then, they drew a dashed line perpendicular to the mirror, from the point where the incident and reflected rays met. This is the normal line. We were impressed with the children’s curiosity and teamwork!

Remembrance Art

Year 6 have produced some beautiful ‘Pointillism’ poppies this week in response to Remembrance. After carefully sketching their poppy outline, children used cotton buds to create the dotted effect. Many people choose to wear a poppy in November for Remembrance Day to show respect for the people who died fighting in the First World War and the conflicts that followed it. But there are other coloured poppies too – purple, black and white – that have different meanings.

The red poppy is the most famous symbol used to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives in World War One and conflicts that followed. They say that the red poppy represents remembrance and hope. The purple poppy is often worn to remember animals that have been victims of war. The BlackPoppyRose commemorates the contributions of black, African and Caribbean communities to the war effort – as servicemen and servicewomen, and as civilians. The white poppy is handed out by a charity called Peace Pledge Union, which promotes peace.

We think Year 6 have shown excellent creativity!

Steel Pan Fun!

Year 6 have been enjoying weekly steel pan music lessons. They have been getting to grips with the different notes and sounds all whilst learning about where steel pans originate from!