A shout out to Cohen!

A huge shout out to Cohen in Crew Knowles who has been busy completing some of the challenges this week!

Cohen completed Captain Tom’s challenge by walking 100 x 100 steps! Wow!

 

He has also taken a walk around the local community to see how much ‘maths’ he could find! Look at everything he discovered!

100g Maths Challenge!

Well done to Corey who fetched in 100g of pasta for today’s maths challenge!

Tomorrow’s maths challenge is to find maths around your home – I am excited to see the things you find!

The Big Ask

In expedition this week, the children have been taking part in one of the UK’s largest surveys for children, ‘The Big Ask.’ They were given the opportunity to answer questions about their own lives and think about how it has been impacted as a result of the pandemic. It has been a great opportunity for the children to have their voices heard and express how they have really felt during this period.

WOW!  Well done to everyone who took the time to celebrate maths by photographing maths in our community!  We have some wonderful examples that I can’t wait to display around school.
Here are a few examples:
We will share more as the week goes on!
Wednesday’s maths challenge:
What does 100 grams look like?  Can you measure out 100g into a food bag and bring it to school?  Last year we looked at what 100 looks like and it will be great to compare 100 and 100g!
Don’t forget Friday’s maths challenge is our Maths Dress up day!  We are raising money for NSPCC and our target is £500!  We are asking for a donation of £1 (minimum).
Thank you once again for supporting our maths week!  We have started well!

Year 5/6 Phase – Food Donation!

As part of our expedition, the children have been looking at the impact that Covid-19 has had on the local community. We have discussed ways in which we as a phase could help others in the community who are struggling at this difficult time. Following on from the visit by Susan Durant, we have decided that we would like to make a phase donation to the local food bank.

If anyone has any spare food to donate it would be greatly appreciated. Any donations can be sent into school and delivered to your child’s class teacher. The more donations we receive the better. Thank you!

Thank you Susan Durant!

Today the Year 6 children were given the chance to speak to our expert, Susan Durant. Susan very kindly volunteered to come into school and give the children an insight into what it has been like to work throughout the pandemic. From the beginning, Susan was one of a group of hard-working volunteers who did their utmost to provide meals and packages for the most vulnerable people within our community. The children were fully engaged with some of the stories that Susan had for them and had plenty of questions to follow. Having reflected with the Year 6 children afterwards, I would like to say how thankful we all are to Susan, not only for coming in a speaking to us all today but for the hard work and dedication she and others have put into helping the local community over the last year. Thank you!

Hyphens!

During our English starter today, we focused on hyphenated words to avoid ambiguity. We looked at different examples of how hyphens can change the meaning of words.

Ask your child the difference between a man eating shark and a man-eating shark!

If you want to learn more, watch the video below!