Why is sleep important? 🛌😴

30th March 2023Charlie Cicero


On Thursday morning, the school nursing team visited years 5/6 to talk to the children about the importance of sleep. The children learned about the amount of sleep they should be getting 9-11 hours per night. 

The team also discussed how a regular team could benefit children in their efforts to get to sleep at a reasonable time each night. Refraining from using electronic devices an hour before bed (a suitable cut off time) was also mentioned as a solution to help the brain prepare for sleep. 

Reading in bed, listening to calming music, drawing and colouring were highlighted as activities children can use to reduce cognitive activity in the brain before bed.

Perimeter in Y5

28th March 2023Joshua Carr

This week in maths, we have been exploring perimeter and area. We started the week by using a range of measuring tools to help us measure the perimeter of different objects around the school and classroom.

Year 5 Morning Sessions

21st March 2023Joshua Carr

It has been wonderful to see some of the students making the most of the extra time in a morning to complete a range of activities from handwriting to practicing their times tables on TTR.

Science Day- Exploring Catapults

14th March 2023Joshua Carr

We had a lovely time creating catapults with our family members. It was great to see the competitive spirit from both the parents and students. The students and parents created, tested and adapted their catapults to try and fling their ping pong ball as far as possible.

Year 5- Reading

14th March 2023Joshua Carr

Last week in our reading session, the students had to answer questions about our text with a slight twist. Firstly, they had to find the questions that Ms Anderton had hidden around the outside of the hut. Other than a few complaints about being cold the studnets worked hard in their partners to answer the questions using evidence from the text.

Izzy might be growing into her new coat for a few years yet!

Finding Percentages in Y5

8th March 2023Joshua Carr

Last week in Year 5, we were exploring percentages of different amounts and to further develop our skills and understanding of how these may be used in the real world, we set up our very own shops. The students found a range of items and chose a price and percentage discount for each item. The other students who wanted to purchase the item had to work out the new price before they could take the item away.

5JC- Setting Descriptions

2nd March 2023Joshua Carr

This week in Expedition we have been editing and writing up our final draft of our Martin Luther King setting descriptions. We have used a range of techniques to support our description of the setting and the students have thoroughly enjoyed sharing ideas with each other. It was wonderful to see how proud the students were of their completed work.

5JC- Maths

24th February 2023Joshua Carr

Today during our maths lesson, we had a variety of problem solving and number games to complete. It was great to see the students working collaboratively on some activities but also competing against each other in a respectful manner.

Christingle Assembly

14th December 2022Laura Parsons

We have had some very special assemblies across NortonCampus today. Mr Chadwick arranged forReverend Chris to visitus, and he brought with him his friend Chris. He talked to us aboutthe importance of aChristingle and what it means.

He invited us all to a special Christingle service at CampsallChurch on Christmas Eve at 4pm. During theservice we will get totake part in a Nativity, sing some Christmas carols, make our ownChristingle and we willeven be able to hear Chris’ voice (it onlyworks on Christmas Eve!)

For more information about the meaning behind Christingle -follow this link.https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/how-you-can-help/fundraise-and-events/christingle/what-is-christingle

Thank you,
Mrs Parsons xx