A reminder that tomorrow will be a whole school non-uniform day to raise money for the NSPCC. We are asking for a donation of £1 to support their charity.
Challenge – To end the week, could you complete a random act of kindness at home or in our local community and send a photograph to your teacher.
We’ve had a huge celebration this morning not just for learning but also for being kind as part of our kind week. We’ve had our first reading certificates handed out today for out bronze award too for reaching 30 reads! As always we are so proud of all of our winners. Keep working hard everyone!
As part of our BHM learning, class 6 have been studying HMT Empire Windrush.
In 1948 the British Nationality Act gave people from colonies the right to live and work in Britain. The government needed workers to help fill post-War labour shortages and rebuild the economy. Caribbean countries were also struggling economically and job vacancies in the UK offered an opportunity. Many of those who came became manual workers, drivers, cleaners, and nurses in the newly-established NHS.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the voyage and class 6 looked at the Notting Hill Carnival, an annual Caribbean Carnival event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of the Notting Hill area of Kensington, over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
It is led by members of the British Caribbean community, many of whom are descendants of the families that arrived on the Windrush. We designed and decorated masks, similar to those worn in the carnival and listened to Soca music. Take a look at our fabulous masks below.
As part of WMH day class 6 have Taken 10 to Read today. We spent 10 minutes reading some of our new chapter book, The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp. Another one of my favourites, the book is about Pig who, after finding out his Farmer doesn’t love him at all but is planning to eat him, escapes the farm with his best friend Duck on a ‘Trocket’ bound for Pluto, made by the Evil Chickens who also live on the farm. We had great fun joining in with the story and making up silly voices for the characters. What a fabulous way to relax.
Next week, we will be taking part in a week full of activities linking to Kindness. This is part of the NSPCC fundraising and awareness week.
We will be taking part in lots of fun activities during Crew each day and there will be lots of opportunities for children to complete Kindness Challenges at home too.
Next Friday, to raise money for the NSPCC, we will be holding a Non-Uniform Day for donations of £1.
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.
