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February 16, 2017
February 16, 2017

Half Term Holiday

Wishing you all a very happy half term holiday! We will see you when we return to school on Monday 27th February.
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February 16, 2017

Next week

Next week is half term so enjoy the well earned break and relax as much as possible.  Don’t forget to carry on reading throughout the break and recording it in your reading record. See you on Monday 27th February. 
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February 16, 2017

Spellings

Spellings this week will focus on the phonemes ‘ai’, ‘ee’, ‘igh’, ‘oa’ and ‘ue’ and tricky words.
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February 16, 2017

Reading challenge

In Class 3 we have been seeing how long we can read for in one go without a break or talking to somebody else. Our record currently stands at 5 minutes 45 seconds!
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February 16, 2017

Next week 

Please note that we will be on half term next week and we will be returning to school on Monday 27th February. Our new topic will be…Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes! We’re looking forward to learning all about the body. In English, we will be doing some work on Funny Bones and in maths we...
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February 16, 2017

Google Expedition

Class 7 had a very enjoyable time at Haxby road where they had a virtual reality lesson! They went into space, explored the planets and had a tour of the ISS (International Space Station).
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February 16, 2017

Air raid Shelter

Our stunning air raid shelter made it into the York Press this week. Look at the article  http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15084723.Pupils_are_taking_shelter_at_York_school/ to find out more.
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February 16, 2017

Homework

Spellings this week will focus on the split digraph graphemes for ai, ee, ie, oe and ue as we have been revising all of the spelling rules so far. Abacus homework will be focussed on 3D shape properties; the children have really enjoyed this this week so it would be great for them to practise...
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February 16, 2017

Class 4 composers!

We have learnt a lot about music this half term and we can now listen to and describe pitch and tempo. We then put this into practise by composing our own music linked to the weather and we had a choice of thunder, snow, rain or the sun. We had to think carefully about our...
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February 16, 2017

Half Term Holiday

Wishing you all a very happy half term holiday! We will see you when we return to school on Monday 27th February. Miss Land and Miss Durkin.
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February 16, 2017

Half term holiday 

Have a wonderful half term holiday and a good rest. Don’t forget to do your reading and we will look forward to seeing you on Monday 27th February. 
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February 16, 2017

Fantastic Forces

On which surface was the most force needed to move the trainer?
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February 16, 2017

Perfect prepositions and awesome adverbs!

The children have been working on identifying and using adverbs and prepositions in English this week. They used their knowledge to write about Lombard Street in San Francisco; a very twisty road. The children concentrated well on their writing and aimed to use adverbs and prepositions in different ways such as to explain how, to...
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February 16, 2017

Happy Half Term

I hope you all have a fantastic half term, it has been a busy few weeks but we have all loved the topic of traditional tales in Class 1. Please remember we are going on a trip to York library on Wednesday 1st March, if you are able to help out on the day please...
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February 16, 2017

Happy Half Term Holiday!

Well done class 9; you’ve all been superstars this half term and worked hard on the range of maths, English and topic work we’ve tackled! Make sure you have have a lovely holiday with your families and friends and I look forward to hearing about what you get up to when we get back! As it is...
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February 16, 2017

Homework

Spellings this week are the split digraphs, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e. The digraphs ‘or’ and ‘ow’
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February 16, 2017

Very Vivacious VR??

Class 9 had a very enjoyable time at Haxby road where they had a virtual reality lesson! They went into space and explored the planets, had a tour of the ISS (International Space Station) and even had a swim in the sea with sharks, sea lions and devil clownfish! ?? Some were so shocked by...
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February 16, 2017

Library visit 

The children throughly enjoyed the visit to York library. We listened to a story and had lots of time to explore the hugh selection of different books on the shelves. We all want to visit the library again with our mums and dads.
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February 16, 2017

Making porridge for the Three Bears

We decided it was about time we made more porridge for Baby Bear, since naughty Goldilocks ate it all! The children followed instructions very carefully and made some excellent porridge using bossy words. Baby Bear was very happy and told the children it was just right.
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February 16, 2017

Homework

Please could you practise the new sounds from phonics this week ‘or’ and ‘ow’.
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February 16, 2017

Using computers

On Wednesday afternoon we had a technology afternoon using the iPads and chrome books. We used a programme called purple mash to decorate gingerbread men.         
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February 16, 2017

Forest Schools

On Tuesday in Forest Schools we used our clipboards and pastels to sketch different things we could see outside. Some people drew trees, plants or acorns. The end results were all fantastic as everyone had really thought about the colours they were using.
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February 16, 2017

Happy Holidays!

You’ve all worked very hard this half term so please have a lovely holiday with your families and friends! As it is a holiday, there will be no homework set this week. Please remember that you come back to school on Monday 27th February. With Best Wishes from Miss Clayton and Mrs Old.
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February 16, 2017

Making Gingerbread Men

On Monday in class 1 we all became expert bakers and used our measuring skills to weigh out all of the ingredients for making gingerbread men. Everyone was excellent at rolling out the dough and using the cutters to make the shapes. They all tasted delicious!         
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