In RE this week we have been reflecting on our unit ‘The Kingdom of God.’ We know that God’s Kingdom is for everyone. God does not discriminate…all are welcome in His Kingdom. We looked at some of Jesus’ parables that helped us to understand this, such as, The Lost Sheep and The Prodigal Son. These parables show us that even those who have chosen the wrong path in life and have been sinful, God will go out of his way to find these people and rejoice when they find their way to His Kingdom…it is never too late!
Here’ s what else we have been up to this week….
In Maths we started the week solving problems involving the addition and subtraction of money and ended the week looking at mental strategies for multiplication.
In English we have made a great start on our guided write. Together we have been writing our Biography on Usain Bolt, sharing ideas to produce high quality paragraphs of writing. We have then innovated each paragraph in our own books, magpie-ing any great vocabulary, punctuation, relative clauses, cohesive devices. This is preparing us to write our own biography over the next couple of weeks.
In History we are preparing to write a letter in the role of an RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain. We have watched real-life reels from the Battle of Britain to give us an idea of what everyday life was like for a pilot, and made some notes to help us gather content for our letter. We have been really lucky this week as a few children from the class have been doing some digging into their family history. Molly, Theo and Jacob brought in pictures/letters/information all about their great-grandfathers, who fought in World War 2…it was so interesting to hear all about their lives and roles during the war!
In Computing we have used Scratch to create our own Brute Force Hacking code. The code was very complex and we certainly had to do a fair bit of debugging, but I was very impressed with those who managed to successfully create their code and even develop it!
In Art we have completed our pieces of Blitz silhouette art. They look great….
In Sports4Champion we did fencing and had great fun! Here are some pictures…
AWARD WINNERS!!
The Golden Award went to Brodie for being a wonderful member of the class. She is kind, considerate, resilient and hard-working-what more can I ask for?
The Maths award was given to Declan for showing great mental skills this week.
The Writing Award was given to Hallie for her superb innovating!
Things to note…
Children should have their water bottles each day;
Earrings should only be small, plain, gold or sliver studs;
A watch and small studded earrings are the only permitted pieces of jewelry at school. Please no necklaces or bracelets of any kind;
Children should have long hair tied back for school.
PARENTS’ DAY
Parent/Teacher meetings will be held virtually on FRIDAY 22ND OCTOBER 8.30am -4.10pm. Miss Haggery will be sending out a text regarding this and how you can book your appointment through Teachers2Parents. (Please note you must book these, they cannot be booked through the office.) If we have your email you will also receive an email about this too. The appointments last for 10 minutes - and I would like to see the parent/s of every child to discuss how they have settled and the progress they have made since September so please make sure you book a slot! Be warned though - as they are virtual the meeting will cut out after 10 minutes - so if you have any questions please ask these first! On the plus side, this does mean the day will run to time! I look forward to meeting you all properly and having a chance to talk to you about your child.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Murphy & Mrs Owen
