Today is National Poetry Day and we celebrated in Class 6 by reading one of my favourite rhymes by Roald Dahl.
His take on the old fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, is hilarious and the children absolutely loved it. They particularly enjoyed trying to guess the rhyming words.
We have so enjoyed celebrating reading this week.
Blue Peter are offering the chance for you to apply for a Book Badge which has been designed by Quentin Blake! What an exciting opportunity!
More information can be found on their webpage:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/findoutmore/blue-peter-apply-for-a-book-badge
A copy of the form that you needs to be completed can also be found below for you to print.
Please let us know if you apply for one!
Mr Kershaw helped us to do a scientific experiment this afternoon to show us exactly why London burned so quickly in 1666 during the Great Fire of London and brought our first case study to a smoking finale. First we put our Tudor box models close together, just as the houses and buildings were almost 400 years ago. The fire quickly spread from one to the next until all that was left were ashes and glowing embers. Next we lined up the houses just as close, but with a ‘fire break’ – a gap in the row – which was made in the actual event by pulling down a house with fire hooks. The experiment worked perfectly and the fire was prevented from spreading by the gap.
What an amazing way to experience history first-hand. Thank you so much Mr Kershaw for helping us to deepen our understanding in this way. Memories like these are priceless!
A huge thank you to Mrs. Wallace who came to visit us in class 6 today to read us a story as part of our Reading Week celebrations. The children loved having Mrs. Wallace as their teacher again…even if it was only for 10 minutes! We hope to see you again soon Mrs. W x
A huge number of certificates handed out this week for reading, maths, stewardship and howl points. Well done to all of our winners and our community crew champions this week. Crew Shaw have won attendance again this week with 100%! Well done everyone, keep working hard.
The key stage one team.
Black history month and reading week merged beautifully this afternoon in Year 1 as Crew Rodgers and Crew Stone came together at the end of the day to listen to an event in the life of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a powerful and beautifully illustrated book called ‘Let The Children March’ by Monica Clark-Robinson. In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. King speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world. How inspirational is that? Our children listened intently to the story and I was so proud of the mature way they discussed the children’s actions and how much they had to say about the injustice of it all.
In club today KS1 have been improving their skills in number bonds to 10 and 20, finding missing numbers, using TT rockstars and Numbots. Well done everyone!! 😊
We had a very exciting start to reading week today when we logged into a podcast of a real live author discussing and reading his book. James Catchpole told us all about his latest book – You’re So Amazing – about a boy called Joe who has one leg. James – who has one leg himself – then showed off his amazing football skills. We were all super impressed!
We are so looking forward to the rest of the week and immersing ourselves in reading!
Don’t forget that we are holding a book sale all week with books only 50p!
We had a fantastic time today in our Great Fire of London workshops. Some of us even dressed the part! We met Thomas Farriner – the baker who owned the shop where the fire was thought to have started, and also Samuel Peyps, who buried his famous diaries containing a recount of the event in his garden to protect them from the flames. We sang London’s Burning with actions, used tableaux to illustrate certain points of the story and even acted out the events to a poem. Many thanks to Jenna for bringing our history learning to life!
We had another first-hand taste of the life of a local superhero today with a visit from the police. We were told how many people it takes to process a crime and had a good look around a police vehicle. We even got to try out the ‘blues and twos’ (lights and sirens). Our fantastically interesting visit ended with a demonstration of a search drone, that uses thermal imaging to search and find criminals or lost people.
Thanks so much for coming!
