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Class Newsletter – 27.2.15
Class 7 27.2.15
Posted On 27 Feb 2015
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Viking Drama Workshop!
We all had such fun in our fantastic Viking-based drama workshop on Tuesday! How did you feel acting in role using the masks? What was your favourite memory of the day?
Posted On 26 Feb 2015
500 Words…
It has been fantastic reading and listening to all the excellent entries for the 500 word competition. Which story did you listen to? What did you enjoy about it?
Posted On 26 Feb 2015
Have a great half term holiday
Phew, what an action-packed half term we’ve had! We’ve done some body percussion, turned adults into frogs, have explored Viking artefacts and have been rehearsing the songs for our upcoming class assembly. In addition, we’ve been exploring forces, reading a...
Posted On 13 Feb 2015
Goodbye…
We will be very sorry to see Sara, one of our classmates leaving today and we wish her and her family luck in their travels! Sara, it has been lovely to have you as part of our class and we will miss you!
Posted On 13 Feb 2015
Music Enrichment Day
Thanks for being such willing participants on Tuesday. The students really enjoyed working with you and asked me to say so! You covered quite a range of music, didn’t you? Grieg, Handel and contemporary composer Anna Meredith. You must be steeped in musical ideas now. Why...
Posted On 12 Feb 2015
Viking artefacts
We have had an amazing wooden chest delivered to our class this week, packed full of amazing objects for our Vikings topic. We’ve investigated all of the objects, asked questions about what they might be and who might have used them and have spent some time doing...
Posted On 05 Feb 2015
Ratio investigation
We had a great time mixing and taste testing different drinks during our lesson on ratio this week. Which was your favourite cup and what was its ratio of juice to water?
Posted On 05 Feb 2015
Sigurd Poetry
We’ve been writing all kinds of poetry recently, based on Sigurd the Viking from the Jeremy Strong books. We’ve been exploring metaphors, similes, alliteration and kennings. Here are some of the lines from our favourite poems…
Posted On 28 Jan 2015
Class 7 adults turned into frogs!
The children of class 7 were in cahoots with Harry Potter in our maths lessons this week and the aim was to turn Ms Campbell, Mrs Sellers, Mrs Martindale and Mrs Wijeratne into frogs! How did you get on with mixing your ‘potions’ and how many amphibians did you create?!
Posted On 28 Jan 2015
There’s a Viking in our class!
Our new class book ‘There’s a Viking in my bed’ by Jeremy Strong is keeping us all thoroughly entertained. What have been your favourite parts of the story so far and why?
Posted On 20 Jan 2015
Quiz Time!
We’ve completed a multiple choice general knowledge quiz this afternoon. Can you blog a general knowledge question with four multiple choice answers so we can have fun trying to answer them? Make sure you choose a subject that you’re really interested in (and that...
Posted On 20 Jan 2015
Fractions are our friends!
We’ve done lots of work on fractions recently. What have you enjoyed and what are you feeling most confident with?
Posted On 13 Jan 2015
DIG!
We started our new topic on Vikings and Anglo-Saxons this week and thought about what we already knew and what questions we’d like to find out the answers to. What are the questions you’d like to research this term?
Posted On 08 Jan 2015
Happy new year and welcome back!
What did you enjoy most about your Christmas holidays, Class 7?
Posted On 06 Jan 2015
Festive Zumba
We had a brilliant time in our P.E. lesson today (made all the more special by a visit from a certain rotund, white-bearded, red-suited inhabitant of the North Pole)! What did you enjoy most about our Zumba session, Class 7?
Posted On 15 Dec 2014
Sharing our Musical Homework
We’ve had a fabulously musical time in Class 7 and the sounds of Bizet, Dave Brubeck and Pharrell Williams (amongst others) have been drifting from our classroom. We’ve shared classical, jazz, rock and pop and have had some tremendous instrumental performances,...
Posted On 15 Dec 2014
Santa’s Sleigh Update…
The children of Class 7 are proud to announce the ultimate redesign of Santa’s sleigh! As part of our writing this week, we’ve been creating techno sleighs packed with gadgets and gizmos to help make Santa’s dash around the world on Christmas Eve a little bit...
Posted On 12 Dec 2014
Strictly Gymnastics
There were plenty of tens from Len this afternoon as we performed our gymnastics routines in pairs and groups. We had scorecards, festive music and gave marks for balance and musicality. A huge congratulations to everyone – your routines were a-mazing!!
Posted On 08 Dec 2014
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Newsletter 5.12.14
5.12.14 Class 7 Newsletter Hope you enjoy the Christmas Fair!
Posted On 05 Dec 2014
I am Winter, King of Seasons!
What were your favourite lines from the winter poem we performed this week?
Posted On 04 Dec 2014
Internet Safety
We had a really informative assembly led by PCSO Harris yesterday where we learned how to keep safe when using the internet. What are your top tips for enjoying the internet safely?
Posted On 04 Dec 2014
Beware – scary sentences!
This week we have been working on our scary stories unit in English. We’ve been trying to use a range of sentence openers while building a sense of suspense. What were you favourite openers and can you share some example sentences?
Posted On 26 Nov 2014
Maths Games
We had a fantastic time playing Maths games devised by students from St Johns University this morning. We’d like to say a big “thank you” to all of the students who visited our class because the games were really good fun! Here are some of the things we...
Posted On 26 Nov 2014
Fireworks Poetry
We have some amazing poets in Class 7 who showed off their writing and performance skills in our Key Stage 2 assembly this week. How did you describe fireworks in your poem?
Posted On 06 Nov 2014
Communities and Diwali
We’ve been thinking about what it means to be members of a group or community recently and have also been researching Diwali. What aspects of our R.E. lessons have you particularly enjoyed?
Posted On 06 Nov 2014
Grid Multiplication
A new Maths topic today as we started to look at written multiplication methods. What are your steps to success for grid multiplication?
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Class 7 newsletter – 23.10.14
24.10.14 Have a lovely holiday. Well done for all your brilliant work this half term!
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
They’re, there, their
Can you show that you know how to use they’re, there and their?!
Posted On 22 Oct 2014
Our Class Governor
We had a great time meeting our new class governor, Mr Jacobi, this afternoon. We had the opportunity to share our work with him, to talk about how we all try to live by the core values of Park Grove and to ask him about his role as a governor at our school. If you had to give...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
Un, deux, trois…soleil!
We had a fantastic team-building PE lesson yesterday. What did you enjoy most about playing our team games and what tactics were most successful?
Posted On 14 Oct 2014
Orchestral Instruments
We introduced the BBC 10 Pieces project in Assembly on Wednesday. Can you name any orchestral instruments and say which instrument families they belong to?
Posted On 09 Oct 2014
Yorkshire Museum
We had a fabulous trip to the Yorkshire Museum on Tuesday! What were your favourite bits?
Posted On 09 Oct 2014
Supersaurus, Zephyrosaurus, Compsognathus…
Our fantastic dinosaur researchers have been sharing their projects this week! Which homework presentation have you particularly enjoyed and why?
Posted On 01 Oct 2014
Dino Word Problems
We’ve been working hard to solve addition word problems in maths this week. Can you write a dinosaur related word problem for your classmates to solve?!
Posted On 01 Oct 2014
Decibels investigation
Last week we took decibel readings at different distances from a sound source and this week we’ve been playing African drums as part of our Music lessons. Which musical instruments do you think could make the loudest or quietest sounds?
Posted On 24 Sep 2014
Dino Homework Project
We’re really looking forward to seeing your dinosaur projects next week. Can you post here what your presentation will be about or what you will be bringing in?
Posted On 24 Sep 2014
Salesse and the Dinosaur
We’ve been honing our villainous voices this week (mwa-ha-ha) and have been writing adventure stories. What is your favourite line from your ‘Salesse and the Dinosaur’ story? Perhaps it’s a line spoken by the villainous Plotnik? Or maybe you’re...
Posted On 17 Sep 2014
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Theatre Royal Ambassadors
Congratulations to all of our Ambassadors who went to today’s performance of ‘The Princess and the Pea’ at the Theatre Royal – it sounds as if they had a wonderful time! We’ll be writing and posting reviews soon so watch the website and the...
Posted On 17 Sep 2014
School Council Presentations
We’ve had some wonderful presentations from our prospective School Council reps this afternoon. Well done to everyone who took part – you were confident, clear and had lots of fantastic ideas! What were your highlights, Class 7?
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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Class 7 homework – 12th September
12.9.14 newsletter[1] Have a lovely weekend!
Posted On 12 Sep 2014
School Council Reps
We’ve received lots of applications from classmates who are interested in becoming our School Council reps and we will be voting next week. What qualities do you think a School Council rep should have?
Posted On 12 Sep 2014
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Shake hands with your problem of the week…
We had a great problem solving lesson today and posed the question ‘if each person in class had to shake hands with every other member of the class, how many handshakes would there be in total?’ Each group came up with a different way of beginning to solve the problem...
Posted On 10 Sep 2014
How to look after your pet dinosaur
For our Exciting Writing task this week we wrote about how you might take care of a pet dinosaur. What were your top tips for dino care?!
Posted On 09 Sep 2014
Class 7 homework – 5th September
5.9.14 newsletter – Class 7 Have a lovely weekend!
Posted On 05 Sep 2014
Mary Anning
She sells seashells on the seashore… We’ve been researching the amazing life and achievements of fossil hunter Mary Anning in our Topic lessons this week. Which facts did you find most interesting?
Posted On 05 Sep 2014
Our First Week in Class 7
What a fun-packed first week we’ve had in Class 7! We’ve made ‘fossils’, played place value games and written some fantastic poems about a boastful knight. What have been your highlights, Class 7 and what are you most looking forward to this year?
Posted On 05 Sep 2014
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Last Blog of the Year!
Hi all, I thought I would share with you one last photo. You all put such effort into your bee puppets last week. It was great to see you all pretending to be bees! I think you learnt lots about pollination (and Wotsits!) Here’s the photo. Mr Hodge.
Posted On 20 Jul 2014
World Cup Final!
Who’s watching the World Cup final? Half time has been reached! Does anyone have an opinion on the play? Mr Hodge 🙂
Posted On 13 Jul 2014
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Class Newsletter 11th July.
Hi everyone! Here’s our penultimate newsletter of the year! Please note a request for a plastic bag and a pair of old black socks! Many thanks, Mr Hodge 🙂 C7 Homework 36 11th July 2014
Posted On 13 Jul 2014
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Mr Hodge’s two favourite TDF photo’s.
Here are my two favourite TDF photo’s. Mr Hodge 🙂
Posted On 06 Jul 2014
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Tour De France!
If any of your manage to get really good photos of the Tour coming past wherever you manage to watch it, please don’t forget to plug your camera into the computer and BLOG! Have a lovely weekend folks! Mr Hodge 😀
Posted On 04 Jul 2014
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Class 7 News Letter!
Hi everybody! Have a lovely weekend! Make sure that you watch a little bit of the Tour de France / Football / Tennis / Formula 1! Other than that, make sure you have a cracking weekend! Also, PLEASE READ THIS! Mr Hodge 🙂 C7 Homework 35 4th July 2014
Posted On 04 Jul 2014
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Homework
Hello everyone, Please remember that your project is due in on Monday 30th June. Have fun with your creative writing if you are finishing it off this weekend. Remember to have lots of fun playing outside in the sunshine too! Mr Hodge 🙂 C7 Homework 34 27th June 2014
Posted On 26 Jun 2014
SCHOOL FAIR!
WAHOO! It’s only just the actual school fair this evening! Make sure that you bring all of your family along and have a go at all of the stalls. There will be lots of lovely things to eat and prizes to be won too! It would be lovely to see lots of you there! Why don’t...
Posted On 26 Jun 2014
Homework 20th June 2014
Hi all, Here’s the latest homework. Please see the message about permission slips at the bottom. It is very important that ALL reply slips are in before we go. Have lovely weekends everyone! Mr Hodge 🙂 C7 Homework 33 20th June 2014
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
Dragon’s Den Tomorrow!
I am very excited about our Dragon’s Den proposal for tomorrow! Fingers crossed you get the money because you all worked so hard on your pitches! Well done to all of those Year 4 children who made a ‘Freeze Frame’ (TM) to show the Dragons tomorrow. Well done to...
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
Homework Friday 13th June.
It’s Friday the 13th and a full moon too! This probably means a pink bunny will trip you over in the playground. But hopefully not! Here’s the homework for the week everyone. Mr Hodge 🙂 C7 Homework 32 13th June 2014
Posted On 12 Jun 2014
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The World Cup is here!
Did you watch the first match of the World Cup? What did you think of the opening ceremony? Let me know your thoughts! Mr Hodge 🙂
Posted On 12 Jun 2014
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Tour De France
This week we will start to explore some famous people riding in the Tour De France. Dave Brailsford, the Team Sky manager, is rumoured to have dropped Bradley Wiggins from the Team. Do you think he should have done that? Message me with your opinions! Mr Hodge 🙂
Posted On 08 Jun 2014
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Homework Friday 6th June
Hi all, Welcome back to a new half term! Last one before the holidays folks. Loads to be excited about on the horizon: sports day, enterprise week, science day and the Year 5 / 6 production. That’s only the beginning of the list too! A paper copy of the homework has been...
Posted On 05 Jun 2014
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I want to ride my bicycle!
Can you remember Miss Land’s amazing assembly on bikes? Well we are going to be exploring all things bikes for the next few weeks. We will be writing information texts all about bikes and in topic we will be exploring the Tour de France and two British athletes. Can you...
Posted On 05 Jun 2014
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Book Covers
Have you all seen our amazing Gansta Granny book cover on the wall in the downstairs corridor? Make sure that you show your parents! Also show them the artwork we have done in the classroom! Invite them in to show off your work! Mr Hodge 🙂
Posted On 05 Jun 2014
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Bembo’s Zoo Calligrams
Lots of you were asking me to put this on-line so you can explore the rest of the letter calligrams. Here it is folks! http://www.bemboszoo.com/ Enjoy, Mr Hodge 🙂
Posted On 18 May 2014
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ROCKETS!
The rockets are ready for Tuesday afternoon subject to weather! We have 3 different sizes of rocket engines and we can investigate how high each one will go! I am very excited!! Mr Hodge. 🙂
Posted On 18 May 2014
Newsletter 9th May
This weeks newsletter hot off the press! C7 Homework 29 9th May 2014
Posted On 09 May 2014
Famous People facts
Struggling with your famous person homework? Don’t know who to write about? Well look no further than this page of ready made facts about different famous people! Mr Hodge. (Click the link.)
Posted On 09 May 2014
CONKER KIRFS
Hi all, here’s a website that will let you practise all of the instant recall facts you have explored over the year. Click on the conker! Mr Hodge.
Posted On 09 May 2014
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Newsletter 2nd May
Read all about it! Read all about it! C7 Homework 28 2nd May 2014 Mr Hodge 🙂
Posted On 05 May 2014
Does it dissolve?
We have been exploring substances that dissolve in Science this week. Can anyone in class 7 find a different substance that dissolves in water? There will be a prize for anyone who replies with their ideas! Even better, can anyone take a photo of themselves experimenting at home?...
Posted On 05 May 2014
Digital Leaders Go Giphy
The digital leaders meet every Wednesday at 12.30pm in my classroom. Last week they were set a challenge to take 10 photos that show a movement sequence of some kind (like the pages of a cartoon flip book). If you are in digital leaders, please remember to bring your 10 photos to...
Posted On 05 May 2014
Marshmallow Challenge!
Before the Easter holidays, I had a lovely afternoon with all of the children in class 7. One of the challenges I gave the children was to make a construction from marshmallows and spaghetti! They were all really up for the challenge and made some fantastic constructions. I...
Posted On 26 Apr 2014
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Class Seven Newsletter and Homework!
recall facts summer1 KS2 C7 Homework 27 April 25th 2014
Posted On 26 Apr 2014
Jaimie’s 500 words story
Jaimie’s story is through to the next round of the BBC 500 words competition. Well done to her and 4 others from school. This is what they said: Congratulations! A close encounter by Jaimie Farquharson is through to the next stage of 500 WORDS! We received over 118,000...
Posted On 05 Apr 2014
Make us happy homework
Lilliana wrote a poem about everyone in class Hello class seven, how do you do? I’ve written this poem just for you, First on the list is Allison, Holly, She looks like my favourite dolly, Next on my list we have Sasha, Wow, she really is a dasher, Next,...
Posted On 24 Mar 2014
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Homework 7th March
Printable: C7 Homework 23 Project For your next project I would like you to come up with a way to cheer up someone up! What could you do to make someone feel better? A stunning picture that you have created or a story to read might help. How about a song or playing an instrument?...
Posted On 09 Mar 2014
Homework
Printable version: C7 Homework 21 Project Fabulous maps everyone! We had ones marked with extra information, all sorts of colour coding and even one that was upside down (for a very good reason). 500 words I hope that everyone will enter the 500 words competition for story...
Posted On 14 Feb 2014
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Story in 500 words
We will be working on stories to enter the Radio 2 writing competition. Have a look at the details here.
Posted On 09 Feb 2014
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Homework 31st January 2014
Homework printable C7 Homework 19 Project As part of our work on Natural Disasters this term, we’d like you all to have a go at creating a world map (you could draw your own, download an outline to fill in or ask me for a copy). Your maps should include oceans, continents and...
Posted On 31 Jan 2014
BBC News – Education
- What if you didn't get the primary school you want?Parents in England and Wales have been told which primary school their children will be going to.
- Paedophiles could lose parental rights under new lawIt comes after the BBC reported a mum's fight to stop her ex-husband getting access to their child.
