We looked at the handwriting statement on our writing rubric and focussed on the wording of it, ‘using horizontal lines to develop joined handwriting’. 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 we’ve 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.

I’m 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!

You’ve all had a fab start to our new half term by really challenging yourselves in your learning.

I’m really proud of you all, keep it up! You stars!

Mrs Faulding x

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 you’d like to dive in to?

“Reading is a passport to countless adventures” – 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 ‘our best selves’.

Well done everyone, keep it up! Super proud!!

Mrs Faulding x

In Expedition this week, we’ve been exploring magnets and thinking carefully about how they could be used to support our guiding question ‘Why should we protect our beautiful planet?’.

As part of our Science Case Study, we looked at the properties of a magnet and how they can very cleverly repel or attract. We also thought about where we see magnets around our homes and what they can be used for.

We discussed how magnets can be useful when recycling and how this will help the world that we live in!

Next, we will be investigating different objects and materials and developing our understanding further!

Well done Crew Faulding! Each time we do this protocol I feel that we are getting better and better. you are all stars and I can’t wait to read your final setting descriptions.

Mrs Faulding x