Digital Leaders

27th January 2022Jake Taylor

Notice for all students in Year 2 to Year 5!

Students in Year 2, 3, 4 and 5 have an amazing opportunity to become a Digital Leader within their class.

This is a fantastic opportunity for children to develop their own individual skills when it comes to the latest technology. Children who are successful will get the opportunity to visit XP East and potentially the Apple Store to have further training on how to use technology including iPads, MacBooks and some of the other great products that are used throughout school. Our Digital Leaders will then become the experts who can then pass on their knowledge to others.

Below is a link to the Digital Leaders website where you can find out further information.

https://sites.google.com/xpeast.org/digital-leader-applications/home

Applications will need to be sent to Mr Taylor by Thursday 3rd February explaining why you would make a fantastic Digital Leader. This can be done in a format of your choice including a letter, slides or even a video showcasing your IT skills.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

Terrific Tarsia!

17th January 2022Chris Mumby

This morning crew Mumby were tasked with completing tarsias based on their knowledge of multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. This was a very challenging task however I was so impressed by the children’s resilience and stickability to complete the puzzle! I am looking forward to seeing this knowledge being used in problem solving as the week goes on. Great work Crew!

A great week of ALL Block (Language and Literature)

13th January 2022Chris Mumby

What a great week in Crew Mumby- especially in our ALL block sessions. ALL block is a chance for children to immerse themselves in a range of texts, discuss them as part of a group and develop a range of reading strategies for unpicking the meaning. This week I have been blown away by the high levels of child-led collaboration and dedication to use the time effectively. Above all, we have just LOVED reading this week!! On top of this, we have also begun our new class novel ‘My Name is River’ we have enjoyed learning about the main characters Dylan and Floyd and their quest to find Floyd’s brother who is missing in Brazil.

The photos below show our crew working hard in an ALL block session:

Check out our fantastic anchor charts!

6th January 2022Chris Mumby

This week, children have been busy immersing themselves in our new expedition- focused on rainforests and climate emergency. The children were tasked with creating anchor charts to build their back ground knowledge in preparation for expedition lessons to begin next week. The children used a range of sources from poetry to ‘fact splats’ to deepen their understanding of the different rainforest layers. Keep your eyes peeled for our next blog post- we will reveal this term’s learning environment!!

Christmas Competition Winners!

17th December 2021Jake Taylor

Well done to Abbie and Damion for winning our two Christmas competitions! The winning elf name was ‘Cinnamon’ and the total number of candy canes was 52. We managed to raise a fantastic total to go towards our Year 6 leavers fund so thank you for all of your donations.

Christmas Jumper Day: Save the Children 🎄🎅🏻

16th December 2021Jake Taylor

Last Friday, children were encouraged to wear a Christmas jumper and donate money to fundraise for the ‘Save the Children’ charity. As a school, we managed to raise an incredible £286 which will go towards helping many different families this Christmas. Thank you for the generosity of all who donated money!

AReader raffle winners

15th December 2021Chris Mumby

Well done to Jack, Lola, Jessica and Ava who were our Autumn AR raffle winners. There were over 150 tickets of children who have quizzed over 80% this term. Well done to you all, I’m am very proud of our reading crew data.

Enjoy your American Candy!

Children in Need Competition: Winners!

14th December 2021Jake Taylor

Well done to our four winners in the Children in Need competition. Your entries were amazing!

Christmas Competition!

13th December 2021Jake Taylor

Tomorrow, members of the school council will be going around school selling entries for our two Christmas competitions: ‘Guess the name of the elf’ and ‘Guess the number of candy canes.’ Entries cost 50p each and the winner will win either an elf teddy or the box of candy canes.

We will also be selling packets of ‘Reindeer Food’ for 50p each. Please send any money in tomorrow and throughout the week if you are wanting to enter the competition. Winners will be announced on Friday morning. Thank you.