The children have drawn some fantastic coloured pencil sketches of landmarks in Thorne. They have looked at the lines and shapes and added detail to the buildings. I am really impressed with the effort that they went to. They have also drawn some of the logos of places that they see in Thorne.
On top of that, we have had a visit from a fantastic Doncaster author called Phillip Sheppard who has shared some of his stories and shown us his sketch book. He was a great expert to have in school who knows a lot about the history of Doncaster. We will be using his books throughout this expedition!
Class 8 have been exploring lots of landmarks in Thorne by tracing them and adding details of the features. We can’t wait to use maps and find some of these places in our Summer expedition.
Also, a big shout out to Tilly and Mckenzie for doing some great maths work today on capacity! Well done!
Class 8 have had such a busy but fantastic first day back at school. We have played some crew games, done a quiz on Doncaster, had Geoff, our ICT expert in to school to talk about drones and show them aerial photographs of Thorne and the children have matched photographs of some adults in school with their baby photos to look at how they have changed over time.
Hope the children aren’t too tired…see you all tomorrow
Jake, in Year 6, approached the school and his crew with wanting raise awareness around MND. Being a big fan of Leeds Rhinos, he has been inspired by Rob Burrows’ bravery and the superb effort of his ex-team mate, Kevin Sinfield. As a crew, we have planned a MND day for Friday 19th April for the whole school.
We are encouraging all children to wear something white, yellow or blue for a small donation that will go directly to the MND association. We will also be holding a coffee and cake morning in our school hall, all of our parents and carers are welcome to join us from 8:45. Jake has also secured a fantastic raffle with many excellent prizes which includes:
4 Leeds Rhino tickets
4 Wigan Warrior tickets (x2)
2 Doncaster Dons tickets
4 Bradford Bulls tickets
1 signed Doncaster Dons shirt
1 £20 voucher fot Canterbury House
1 £25 voucher for Attitudes Salon
1 cut and dry voucher at Nume
1 £20 voucher at Beauty Garden
1 £10 voucher at Beauty Garden
1 30 minute facial at Nume
1 back massage at Anne Wynne
1 £20 voucher at Bradbury Butchers
1 £10 voucher at Bliss Cafe
1 voucher for KFC
1 voucher for 12 cupcakes and 2 brownie trays at Cake It
1 large sweet hamper
1 voucher 2 medium carvery at Kings Chamber
1 voucher for a man and child cut at Clippers
2 bottles of prosecco
4 bottles of wine
Tickets can be purchased at the coffee morning or by sending your child with the money- Y6 children will visit classes daily with raffle tickets. Tickets are priced at £1 each or £5 for a strip.
Alongside this, children from Crew Mumby will be selling wristbands and badges throughout the week (week commencing 15th April) and will visit all classrooms daily. Wristbands and badges are priced at £1.
I’m sure you will agree that this is a fantastic cause to support, particularly when our students organising these fantastic community events.
We are so proud of the artwork produced by the children in KS1 during this terms expedition. The children put lots of effort into their work. First the children sketched their animal. Then they painted the background and their chosen animal using watercolour paints. Next they edged their painting with water colour pencils and finally they embellished their picture using collage skills. It was lovely to spend quality time with the children teaching them the different skills required to produce their artwork. The children completed each stage in small groups which gave us a lovely opportunity to spend time together chatting away as we spent hours building up our pictures over the past few weeks! The children have demonstrated a lot of pride in their work and so they should! The results are fabulous.
We are so proud of you all and hope your artwork will remind you of all the fabulous memories made during our expedition this term.
Please take a photograph of yourself with your framed artwork and email them to your class teacher! We can’t wait to see where you put them!
We had a lovely time at our presentation of learning on Friday sharing all our beautiful artwork in our pop up gallery. Thank you to everyone for your support as always!
Our maths unit this week is all about length and height. The children have been looking at objects to see which are shorter and which are taller. They have also been comparing the lengths of different objects. Great work class 8!
Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be holding an art gallery in school on Friday 22nd March. We will have their art work ready to share with you on display in frames. This is a fantastic experience for the children to see and share their art work in this kind of setting.
Key stage 1
Key stage 1 will have their art work set up in their classrooms and also have time slots to have a workshop with reptile rendezvous and their animal guests.
The time slots are as follows:
You are welcome to come and celebrate the children’s work with them at any time between 4 and 5 but if you are around for your child’s class time slot with reptile rendezvous, then this would be fantastic too!
Year 3 and 4
Year 3 and 4 will have their art work in the hall set up in an exhibition ready for you to view anytime between 4 and 5pm. There is also the opportunity to use the green screen and have photos taken with polar bear backgrounds.
Every visitor
There will be canapes made by Michael, in the hall for all guests to enjoy. We really hope to see as many parents and children as possible at our first ever Green Top Art Exhibition. The children’s art work will be available to buy on the night (as well as any pre-orders that have been made) at a cost of £10. Thank you as always for your support with the children and their education…they have all worked extremely hard to produce good quality art work and can’t wait to share it with you!
I can’t believe the amount of wonderful character spoons we had fetched into school as part of our World Book Day competition! The creativity and effort that has gone into each and every one is amazing!
The Learning Council judged the spoons this morning but it was such a hard choice that we have ended up with 8 winners instead of 4!
Watch this space to see the winning spoons tomorrow …
