Thank you so much Leila for bringing in your fabulous home learning of polar bears in their habitats. Itās wonderful to see you fully immersing yourself in to our expedition and Iām so proud of how much effort youāve put in to this box model. Lots of lovely attention to detail.
Well done- 100 HoWL points for working hard!
Mrs Faulding x
A big well done to Crew Oldridge on being awarded first place for your attendance this week. We can see that youāre all working really hard ensuring that you are coming to school each day. Keep it up!
Another well done but this time to Crew Tortora on winning the overall HoWL points for this week so they got to spin the prize wheel. Itās fab to see that you are all getting smart, working hard and being kind. All of these contribute to lots of HoWL points being awarded! Enjoy your extra play time, you super stars!
In Accelerated Reader, we celebrated Crew Faulding for their above average reading percentage and also Crew Myers for their 0.3 percent increase since before half term. Year 4 are smashing it! Keep it up!
Year 3 and 4 Crew Leaders x
Well done to our postcard winners so far this week!
Really impressed by how youāre all immersing yourselves in to your English and expedition learning this week!
Keep it up!!
Mrs Faulding x
Children from Year 2-5 had a fun-filled time at XP East today as we met up with children who are also digital leaders from across the trust. We began the day with a brilliant tour of XP and XP East before working hard to understand the role of a digital leader, why digital leaders are important and the qualities a digital leader should have. I was blown away by the children’s efforts and collaboration but also the courage they demonstrated to share their ideas in front of a big audience! A great day was had by all and the children will now share their learning with the leadership team at Green Top. Thank you to Mr. Portman and XP for having us for the day…we had a great time!
We looked at the handwriting statement on our writing rubric and focussed on the wording of it, āusing horizontal lines to develop joined handwritingā. The children reflected and compared their own handwriting against this statement and we made a pledge.
We discussed where our letters should be sitting on the lines in our books, looking at ascenders and descenders and then used the interactive Letter-join videos to practice writing the letters correctly using the horizontal lines.
We then practised writing some new key words that weāve been introduced this week from our music case study (CS3). The children were incredibly focussed throughout the task and produced the most stunning handwriting, all using those horizontal lines ready to join.
Iām proud of you all but I could also see how proud you were of yourselves and the beautiful work that you had produced. I now challenge you to produce this on every piece of learning in your books! I know you can do it! ⭐️
Mrs Faulding x
Yesterday afternoon, we took some time to really focus and harness in on some particular skills in readiness for our next assessment week.
Some children grappled with a reading comprehension task that linked to our expedition focus, really sticking their teeth in to their retrieval skills and developing their understanding of a text. You all did amazing!
Other children asked if they could develop their rapid recall of their times tables to support them with their arithmetic tests. They used TT Rockstars battling against each other, encouraging one another to do their best and to beat their scores each time. You all smashed it! I can see huge improvements in all of you!
Well done everyone!
Mrs Faulding x
A shout out to some of our postcard winners from this week!
Youāve all had a fab start to our new half term by really challenging yourselves in your learning.
Iām really proud of you all, keep it up! You stars!
Mrs Faulding x
Happy Half Term!
You’ve all worked so hard and we are so proud of you all and your amazing efforts each and every day!!Ā You super stars!
Moving forward….
I wonder…could you practice your spellings at least 3 times a week?Ā
YouĀ shouldĀ be able to spell these words by the end of Year 4.Ā
Check out the spelling menu for some different ideas on how you could do this.Ā
Don’t forget to share them with us either in school or upload to the classroom so we can hand out some HoWL points!Ā
A big thank you to everyone who brought in their own books last week to share with the class as part of National story telling week. It was so wonderful to read snippets of your books each day as well as discussing your favourite bits of the stories and your most loved characters.
I hope that you all enjoyed sharing your books too with your friends and perhaps found some new stories that youād like to dive in to?
āReading is a passport to countless adventuresā – Mary Pope Osborne
Mrs Faulding x
This is a shout out to everyone in Crew Faulding for being absolute super stars in magic maths over the last couple of weeks.
I feel that now we are really secure in our maths model and the expectations that underpin this. We come in from break, get settled straight away and begin our learning with such a positive learning attitude, ready to lead our own learning and be āour best selvesā.
Well done everyone, keep it up! Super proud!!
Mrs Faulding x
