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September 16, 2016

Next Week in Class 7

English Next week in English we are going to continue writing in the style of a book by Philip Pullman called ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ Maths In maths next week we will be looking at addition and subtraction Other Notes Remember to bring in any plastic, cardboard etc. for Miss Slater’s art lessons. All recyclable...
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September 15, 2016

Homework

Remember that we’d really like it if you could customise and decorate your new homework books to reflect your personality or interests.  Perhaps you could decorate your book with pictures of your favourite hobbies?  Maybe you could cover your book with pictures of famous explorers and maps, work by your favourite artists or a range...
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September 15, 2016

Our latest art project

We’ve started work on a new art project with Miss Slater this week.  We’ve been finding out about the work of Dale Chihuly (a glass blower) and have been decorating filter paper with felt tips.  The filters will later be sprayed with starch to create ‘macchia’ bowls in Chihuly’s style.
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September 15, 2016

Spectacular Sentences!

Linked to our work on ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’, we have been experimenting with a range of different sentence structures and language features this week.  We’ve been trying to include drop in clauses, alliteration, personification, similes and lots of other features to make our writing more exciting and interesting!
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September 15, 2016

If the World were a Village

We have been completing some maths work linked to our ‘Save the Planet’ topic this week and have been thinking about what the world would be like if only 100 people lived there.  What languages would be spoken amongst those 100 people? Which countries and continents would the villagers be from?  Would each of the...
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September 8, 2016

Homework

We’d really like it if you could customise and decorate your new homework books to reflect your personality or interests.  Perhaps you could decorate your book with pictures of your favourite hobbies?  Maybe you could cover your book with pictures of famous explorers and maps, work by your favourite artists or a range of your...
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September 7, 2016

Firework Maker’s Daughter

We have been enjoying our new class book ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ by Philip Pullman.  We’ve already created some alternative openings for the story in our English lessons and have been exploring the characters (including a talking elephant called Hamlet!)….
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September 7, 2016

Save the Planet

We have begun our new ‘Save the Planet’ topic this week and have been learning about the seven continents.  We’ve carried out some map and research work and have each designed a flag based on what we know about one of the continents.
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September 7, 2016

Our First Week

We have been having a lovely first week back at school so far.  We’ve been enjoying hearing all about the children’s holiday adventures and have been discussing our hopes and aims for the year ahead!
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July 20, 2016

School’s out for Summer!

Have a wonderful summer everyone and thank you for all of your hard work this year.  We’re looking forward to hearing all about your holiday adventures when we return to school on 6th September! Ms Campbell and Mrs Sellers
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July 20, 2016

Our Memories of the Year

In our final week together, we’ve been sharing our favourite moments from Class 7.  Highlights have included our Year 5 trip to Joseph Rowntree, visits to the Theatre Royal, our class assembly and the topic work we’ve covered.  We presented our projects in lots of creative ways and particularly enjoyed Charlotte’s edible memories!
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July 18, 2016

Cookery Class!

We have enjoyed an absolute feast in our classroom this week! We prepared and cooked roast vegetables and couscous, flatbreads, falafels and a lovely fruit salad. We’re now ready to show off our culinary talents at home over the summer holidays!
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July 18, 2016

Race for Life

We had such a fantastic time running the Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research on Monday. Each member of our class completed their laps and collected their medals as well as helping the younger children in Class 2.  What a brilliant achievement!
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July 13, 2016

Next Week in Class 7

On Monday next week we will be taking part in our ‘Race for Life’ event on the school field.  Make sure you have your PE kit with you and if you would like to, please bring in a £1.00 donation. We will be cooking in class next week so please make sure that you have...
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July 13, 2016

Homework

For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...
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July 11, 2016

Comic Book Adventures

This week we have been designing and writing comic books based on our own super-hero and villain characters.  We’ve been applying the conventions of comic books to our work and have been studying Marvel and Beano comics for inspiration.  We might well have the next world famous comic book designer right here in Class 7!
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July 11, 2016

Finished Fish

Our fish for the foyer fountain are finished!  We’ve glazed them and now they’re ready to be fired – fingers crossed that they survive the kiln!
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July 11, 2016

Sporty Problems

This week our maths lessons have been linked to sporting events.  We’ve been solving problems linked to Wimbledon and the Olympics using our area and perimeter, co-ordinates, time and measurement skills.
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July 7, 2016

Next Week

English In English next week, we will be creating our own Superhero comic books Maths Our maths lessons next week will have an Olympics theme! Other notes Thank you to all of the parents who have helped us on our various trips over the last few weeks; we have really appreciated you giving your time...
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July 7, 2016

Homework

For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...
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July 7, 2016

Summer Reading Challenge

Our Key Stage 2 assembly this week was all about the Summer Reading Challenge. The Summer Challenge 2016, will be celebrating 100 years of Roald Dahl.  The Big Friendly Read will be happening in every library from 16 July, and children will be challenged to read 6 books over the summer holidays.  For each book read,...
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July 7, 2016

York Theatre Royal

It was wonderful to have chance to look around the new Theatre Royal building this week.  We had a brilliant tour which included visiting the dressing rooms and backstage areas, going right up to sit in the highest seats, and even getting to go on stage!
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July 7, 2016

Year 5 Trip to Joseph Rowntree

We look part in some fantastic activities on our trip to Joseph Rowntree School last week.  Some of the highlights were the huge games of rounders, writing about a film set in the Arctic, and creating slime in the science labs!
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June 30, 2016

Next Week

Next Week in Class 7 English We will be continuing our work on superheroes Maths We will be honing our problem solving skills Other Notes On Monday afternoon we are off for our tour of the new Theatre Royal building.  Make sure you are dressed for the weather! Please remember that our class will be...
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June 30, 2016

Homework

For your next homework project, we’d like you to design a sporting mascot. As we’ve been finding out about Euro 2016 and the Rio Olympics this half term, you might like to link your mascot to one of these events. You could, however, create a mascot for any sport or sporting event that interests you....
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June 30, 2016

New Olympic events

We have been having fun designing our own new Olympic events this week.  We gave thought to the rules of our new sport, who could play, what special equipment might be needed and what people might wear.
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June 30, 2016

Digestion Drama

In our Science lesson this week, we acted out the digestion system.  We split into teams and explained the functions of each part of human digestion.  A big thank you to George for acting out the part of the food being swallowed!
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June 30, 2016

Fabulous Fish!

The clay fish we made on Art Enrichment Day are drying nicely and we’ll be glazing and putting them in the kiln soon.
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June 23, 2016

Next Week

Next Week in Class 7 English Next week in English we will be continuing our writing about superheroes. Maths In maths next week we will be looking at fractions and solving word problems. Other notes Please remember to bring your yellow Reading Records into school each day. On Thursday, our Year 5 children will be spending...
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June 23, 2016

Homework

For your next homework project, we’d like you to design a sporting mascot. As we’ve been finding out about Euro 2016 and the Rio Olympics this half term, you might like to link your mascot to one of these events. You could, however, create a mascot for any sport or sporting event that interests you....
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June 23, 2016

Digestion Question

In science, we have been continuing to find out about human digestion and have carried out an investigation into what happens when we chew and swallow food.
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June 23, 2016

Our Marvellous Music Marathon

We had a tremendous time on Tuesday for our sponsored Music Marathon.  Highlights of our day included becoming a kazoo orchestra, composing 12 bar blues songs, teaching playground songs and rhymes to the younger children at break-time and, of course, classroom karaoke!  Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored us so far and...
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June 23, 2016

Atlas skills

In our topic lesson this week, we completed a quiz based on our knowledge of European countries.
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June 16, 2016

Next Week

Next Week in Class 7 English Next week in English we are going to be writing biographies linked to our work on Olympians and Superheroes Spellings This week we have looked at homophones. Please complete the activity on your spelling sheet, ready for your test next week. Maths In maths next week we will be...
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June 16, 2016

Homework

A reminder that your current homework project is to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any other information you find interesting. We would...
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June 16, 2016

Euro 2016

We’ve been researching Euro 2016  this week and have been giving presentations about the teams and their players.
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June 16, 2016

Terrific Teeth

In our Science lesson this week, we’ve been investigating the different functions of human teeth.  We sampled a range of foods and made careful observations about exactly which teeth were used to eat them and why.  We agreed on all of our results but had a few discussions about the correct way to eat a...
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June 14, 2016

A groovy time at ‘Horrible Histories’

On Tuesday, we had a brilliant trip to the Grand Opera House to see ‘Horrible Histories Groovy Greeks’.  We had a great deal of fun finding out even more about the ancient Greeks and to make it especially fantastic, got to wear 3D glasses for part of the performance!  We joined Theseus on a 3D...
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June 10, 2016

Our Class Assembly

We had such a fantastic time performing our class assembly this morning and we hope you enjoyed it! Thank you to all of our Class 7 families for helping out with costumes and learning lines.
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June 9, 2016

Next Week

English and Maths Next week will be our assessment week in Class 7 and we will be completing maths, reading and spelling assessments. Other notes On Tuesday we are going to the York Opera House to watch The Groovy Greeks. Please remember to bring a packed lunch and dress sensibly for the weather on that day. On...
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June 9, 2016

Homework

As our current KS2 topic is Going for Gold, your next homework project will be to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any...
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June 8, 2016

Our Class Assembly

Medusa and the minotaur are feeling very excited about our class assembly on Friday!
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June 8, 2016

Brilliant Biscuits

Our Year 4s have been taking part in a fantastic DT project based on biscuits. They have been designing, baking, decorating and tasting biscuits and the results were delicious!
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June 8, 2016

Olympics Research

We have started our new topic on the Olympics this week and have become experts in particular sporting events. We now know about rowing, canoe slalom, athletics, tennis, pentathlon, volleyball and lots more besides!
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May 25, 2016

Have a lovely holiday!

Thank you for a brilliant half term, Class 7!  As it is the holidays, there will be no homework this week. We hope you all have a lovely week off and we will see you back in school on Monday 6th June… From Ms Campbell and Mrs Sellers
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May 25, 2016

Maths Enrichment Day

We had such a tremendous time on Maths Enrichment Day on Tuesday. We carried out lots of investigations based on the mathematical ideas of Pythagoras, and then went on to make nets to construct our own Trojan horses and Greek temples.
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May 25, 2016

Evaporation Investigation

We have been working in groups this week to devise our own fair tests linked to our understanding of evaporation. We have been trying to find out what factors might influence how quickly a liquid will evaporate and have been choosing how to collect and record our results.
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May 25, 2016

Greek Myths play script

We have written our own play based on a range of Ancient Greek myths and we can’t wait to perform it at our Class 7 assembly on Friday 10th June.  See you there, Class 7 parents and families!
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May 19, 2016

Next Week

Next Week in Class 7 English Next week in English we will be continuing to write our time-slip stories and will be rehearsing for our Class 7 assembly Spellings We have given you 10 more spellings to learn. Please also complete the Look Say Cover Write Check activity on your spelling sheet, ready for your test on Thursday next...
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May 19, 2016

Homework

The Ancient Greeks were famous for their clever thinking and we still remember and use many of their ideas today. Examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates.  For your next homework project, we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word search for your classmates to solve. You can use as many topic words related...
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May 18, 2016

Stupendous Shields

We’ve been sharing our brilliant homework projects and now that we know how the hoplites fought, have been getting into battle formation with our shields!
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May 18, 2016

Ancient Greek Warfare

We’ve really enjoyed researching the battle tactics, weaponry and armour of the Ancient Greeks this week.  We’ve created Greek urn designs showing how the Greeks fought and have found out all about hoplites, triremes and battering rams!
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May 18, 2016

Book Sharing Session

We had a lovely time at our KS2 book sharing session on Tuesday.  Parents had the opportunity to look through our wonderful books and we shared and evaluated our own work with our classmates.  What a lot of topics we’ve covered!
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May 12, 2016

Next Week

English Next week we will be beginning to write our own time-slip stories including characters from Greek myths Maths Next week we will be collecting, presenting and interpreting data in tables, graphs and charts Other Notes As it’s starting to get warmer, please make sure you bring a water bottle into school.  This is particularly...
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May 12, 2016

Homework

The Ancient Greeks were famous for their clever thinking and we still remember and use many of their ideas today. Examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates.  For your next homework project, we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word search for your classmates to solve. You can use as many topic words related...
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May 12, 2016

Practical Science

We’ve been carrying out a variety of science investigations this week linked to our changing states topic.   We’ve found out if a gas can be made from a solid and a liquid, discovered what happens when a gas is heated, and even created a mini water cycle in our classroom!
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May 10, 2016

Calculating area

We had a fun and practical maths session on area earlier this week when we investigated how to calculate the area of triangles and parallelograms
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May 10, 2016

Sing up Class 7!

We had a wonderful, energetic singing assembly this week.  We’ve finished learning the song ‘Reach’ and loved joining in with the rest of the school on all of the actions!
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May 5, 2016

Next Week

English In English next week we will be exploring the story of Arachne and Athena.  We’ll be looking at why the Gods often behave so badly in Greek myths and will also be creating character profiles. Maths In maths we will be calculating the area of triangles and parallelograms. Other notes We will be testing...
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May 5, 2016

Homework

This half term we’ve been looking at the Ancient Greeks, and have learnt about some of the Greek armies, such as the Spartans and Athenians. For your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek shield. This could be for a Spartan, Athenian or Persian soldier, or could even...
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May 4, 2016

Line Graphs

Our maths work has been linked to our Science investigations over the last few days.  We have been working on creating neat and accurate line graphs to show the results of our experiments.
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May 4, 2016

Speedy Liquid Science

Last week we planned a fair test very carefully in groups and this week we carried out our investigation.  We set up experiments to see the distance particular liquids would travel during a given time.  We tested liquid soap, water, oil, salad cream and honey having first made predictions about which would move most quickly.
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May 4, 2016

Gods and Goddesses

We had a tremendous time on Tuesday afternoon looking at all of the wonderful Class 7 Gods and goddesses. Among the fantastic deities created for our homework projects were Alpha, the Goddess of Numbers, Giselle, the Goddess of Fun and Athleticus, the God of Sport!  Thank you all for your creativity and hard work
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April 28, 2016

Homework

This half term we’ve been looking at the Ancient Greeks, and have learnt about some of the Greek armies, such as the Spartans and Athenians. For your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek shield. This could be for a Spartan, Athenian or Persian soldier, or could even...
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April 28, 2016

Next Week in Class 7

Maths In our maths lessons next week we will be using written methods for division and will be calculating the volume of cubes and cuboids English In English we will be continuing to study Greek myths and legends.  We’ll be writing plays based on ‘Daedalus and Icarus’ and will be beginning to read ‘Pandora’s box’....
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April 28, 2016

Handwriting and Presentation

We’ve been thinking very carefully about the presentation of our work and using our best handwriting for final pieces of writing.
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April 28, 2016

Drama and Storytelling

We’ve been expanding our knowledge of Greek myths and legends this week and have been creating freeze-frames of important scenes to help with our storytelling.
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April 28, 2016

Geography of Greece

As well as studying Ancient Greece as our topic, this week we have been using our map and research skills to find out about the physical geography of Greece.
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April 21, 2016

Next Week

English Next week in English we will be continuing to look at the Greek myth ‘Theseus and the Minotaur.’  We will be imagining what it must be like for the minotaur to be trapped in the labyrinth and will also be writing from King Minos’ point of view.   Maths In maths we will be...
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April 21, 2016

Homework

As our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks, we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and goddesses we have researched – what...
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April 21, 2016

Greek Urns

In our Art lessons, we have been studying patterns used in Ancient Greece and have been designing our own Greek urns.  We found that we had to take care with all of the intricate patterns and had a great deal of fun!
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April 21, 2016

Mapping a Myth

We’ve been exploring Greek Myths this week and have mapped the myth of ‘Theseus and the Minotaur.’  We made sure that we included all of the key events along with the characters of Prince Theseus, Kings Aegeus and Minos, Princess Ariadne and, of course, the fearsome minotaur!
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April 20, 2016

Drumming

On Tuesday we took part in a fantastic drumming workshop with a student from York University.  We created our own rhythms, played games and gave call and response challenges to each other.
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April 15, 2016

Ancient Greece

This week we began our topic on Ancient Greece. We know that the Ancient Greeks were the first to hold an event that has evolved over time into our modern Olympic Games. We found out more about the Olympics in Miss Land’s fantastic assembly on Tuesday. Can you name any events that take place at...
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April 14, 2016

Next Week

English Next week in English we will be exploring Greek Mythology. Spellings Next week you will be tested on the words we looked at with double letters. Maths In maths next week we will be using our addition and subtraction skills to work with measures, money and solve a range of problems.     Other Notes Please...
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April 14, 2016

Homework

Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...
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April 14, 2016

2D Shapes

We played a really fun game to help us learn the properties of 2D shapes.
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April 14, 2016

States of Matter

We learnt about solids, liquids and gases in science this week. We acted out how the three states of matter behave and drew and wrote about our learning in our books. Here we are ‘being’ a solid a liquid and a gas.
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March 31, 2016

Midday Supervisory Assistant

We currently have a vacancy for a Midday Supervisory Assistant. Please see below for an application form and further information. MSA advert January 2016 MSA Job description Support staff application form
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March 24, 2016

Happy Easter

You’ve all worked incredibly hard this term so please have a lovely holiday with your families and friends! As it is the Easter holidays, there will be no homework set this week. Please remember that you come back to school on Monday 11th April.  
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March 24, 2016

Peer evaluation

Here we are evaluating the work of our friends. When we complete a peer assessment we write it in purple pen and when we complete a self assessment we use a sky blue pen.
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March 24, 2016

Drama

We enjoyed a really fun activity where we found out more about medical advances in Victorian medicine.
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March 24, 2016

Castle Museum

We had a very exciting visit to the Castle Museum to bring our Victorians topic to life! We were able to see the difference between a wealthy and poorer Victorian’s house and we even got to explore a Victorian street with the little alley ways, a Victorian school, a Victorian prison and different shops that...
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March 17, 2016

Next Week…

Maths Next week in maths we will be learning about angles and shapes. English                                                                                    ...
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March 17, 2016

Homework Project

Remember our last homework of the half  term relating to the Victorians and the many inventions that they created during this period. A lot of these inventions were very successful and we still use them nowadays, such as railways, cars and rubber tyres. For your next homework project, we would like you to create and design...
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March 17, 2016

Oliver!

Wow – what a fantastic production of Oliver by the Year 5s this week!  You all did an absolutely fantastic job and should be so proud of yourselves!
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March 17, 2016

Solving problems!

What if…? What if we take away some batteries? What if we add more wires? What if we add two bulbs? What if…?  
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March 17, 2016

Conscience Alley

We have continued to read “Street Child” by Bertie Doherty and started to think about what life was like for Jim in the workhouse, particularly after the tragic death of his mother. All the children took part in a conscience alley drama activity where there were two lines facing each other, trying to convince Jim to...
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March 11, 2016

Next Week

Maths In Maths we be exploring angles and properties of angles. English                                                                                      ...
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March 10, 2016

Homework Project

This term you have been learning about the Victorians, including the many inventions that they created during this period. A lot of these inventions were very successful and we still use them nowadays, such as railways, cars and rubber tyres. For your next homework project, we would like you to create and design a new...
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March 10, 2016

We’ve done it!

The sense of achievement this week when we found ourselves able to multiply fractions by whole numbers was tremendous!
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March 10, 2016

Fractions

We really enjoyed solving some puzzles this week involving fractions. It took a lot of concentration and team work but we got there in the end!
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March 10, 2016

Disagreements

This week we have been think carefully about how we should react when we disagree with some one. It is really important that we feel free to express our own opinions but also very important not to upset someone if we disagree with their opinion.
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March 3, 2016

Next Week

Maths In Maths we are continuing our work with fractions, decimals and percentages. English                                                                                    ...
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March 3, 2016

Homework Project

Remember that for your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be about a specific danger such as overhead lines or pylons or it could be about the general dangers of electricity around the home....
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March 3, 2016

Core Values

This week we looked again at the core values of our school. We thought carefully about how the core values are part of our life in school and why they are important.
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March 3, 2016

Confident Cat

Confident Cat made an appearance in Class 7 this week. He will be visiting each of the Key Stage Two classrooms looking for confident children. The children in Park Grove are amazing and we love to see their confidence developing.
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March 3, 2016

New discoveries in LOGO

We continued our work with LOGO this week. We all helped each other out and discovered new ways to use the program.
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February 25, 2016

Next week

Maths In maths we are looking at using equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages to solve problems as well as calculating time-based problems. English                                                              ...
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February 25, 2016

Homework Project

In science you have been learning about electricity. As you know, electricity can be very dangerous if people don’t use it safely and with respect. For your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be...
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