This week I was blown away by the children’s fantastic recall of knowledge from their science case study. They produced amazing non-chronological reports to showcase their learning. Well done everyone – I am proud of each of you x
KS2 Choir will be taking part in Thorne’s Christmas Light Switch on and performing Christmas songs again this year.
If you would like to take part but don’t come to choir, don’t worry.. you can still come along and sing with us.
The light switch on will take place on Friday 1st December – stage times will be updated soon!
Below are links to some of the songs we will be singing so you can practise at home too!
Anti-Bullying Week 2023 will take place from Monday 13th – Friday 17th November. The theme is Make A Noise About Bullying.
This week, your crew councillor will be leading a crew session where you can make some noise. What can you do to make a noise? Look out for our school video!
On Friday 17th November, we will be supporting Children in Need with a non-uniform day for a suggested donation of £1. Crew Council have voted to ‘wear something that makes you smile.’
You could wear your favourite jumper, dress up as your favourite character or just come in your pyjamas.
We will also be having a bake sale where you can buy a bun for 50p. If you would like to donate any buns, please bring them to the office.
As part of our commitment to make maths exciting and high profile in our school, we are taking part in a friendly competition involving schools in England. The competition runs from 07:30 GMT Tuesday 14th November 2023 to 19:30 GMT Thursday 16th November 2023. It’s all done online via play.ttrockstars.com.
Children can play in any game mode with every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, earning themselves, their class and the school a point. The Times Tables Rock Stars platform will calculate the class average (the number of correct answers per pupil in the class who play during the competition hours, subject to a daily 60-minute limit (see below). Winning classes in the school and in the competition as a whole will be the ones with the highest average.
To support player wellbeing, there is a daily time limit of 60-minutes per player. In other words, each player can earn competition points for up to 60-minutes between 07:30 GMT and 19:30 GMT on 07:30 GMT Tuesday 14th November 2023 to 19:30 GMT Thursday 16th November 2023. Once the player goes beyond 60-minutes of play on that day, they will still earn coins but will no longer earn points towards the competition.
Which Crew will be victorious? Who will rock their way to glory? Only time will tell…….
What a lovely morning hearing all about the great start we’ve had to this half term!
A huge well done to everyone who received shout outs, Howl point certificates and of course the Crew Champion!
Calling all KS2 Singers and dancers! – WE NEED YOU!
Are you interested in taking part in Young Voices 2024?!
If you would like to be a part of the choir and join us at one of the best events of the year come along to Young Voices Dinner Club each Monday lunch time in Crew Spetch. It will run from 12:30 until 1pm! We will also be practicing in Choir club every Tuesday 3-4pm.
Please come and see me for a letter if you would like to join us!
I can’t wait to see lots of you there!
Mrs Spetch & Mrs Small x
This afternoon we continued with our Science case study, focusing on characteristics that offspring inherit from their parents. It was really interesting to listen to the children share their own stories about how they have been told they look like or behave like their family members. We then went on to relate this to a range of animals and the children loved the challenge of matching parent to offspring. We quickly worked out the difference between the Asian and African elephants but the ‘cat family’ definitely caught us out! Who knew how hard it was to identify the difference between a young jaguar, cheetah and leopard! Fab work guys – I have really enjoyed our first day of learning this half term. x
This morning we watched, critiqued and compared speeches made by Greta Thunberg and Emily Brown. We thought about the tone/style they used, who their audience was and the purpose of the speeches they gave. I was very impressed with the vocabulary the children used during the lesson and their reflections on which they preferred and why. Well done everyone for a great start to the new half term! x
Crew Councillors will be going around classes from tomorrow with our Poppy Appeal products. We have recommended donations of £1 for snap bands, wristbands and stationery with zip tags and key rings 50p.
This afternoon, we have been creating our school wreath ready to send to the Remembrance Day Celebrations.
