Theme park planning!

23rd June 2022Charlie Cicero

Excitement and enthusiasm are just two of the words you would use to describe our Maths lesson today as 6CC set to work planning their very own theme parks!

Each pair began their work by budgeting and discussing which attractions and amenities should be included in their theme parks. Plenty sensible kept much of their £4 million budget which came in handy after they had overlooked one major aspect of their park: pavements! 😱 Despite the slight planning flaw, the groups proceeded to design the floor plan for their theme parks. WeOur crew can’t wait to present their finished parks and to create branding advertising their creations!

Punctuated with a lolly!

23rd June 2022Gavin Chadwick

What a way to end the week in 4GC! We’ve had some tough times today sitting two maths tests but we are one tough team. And what better way to enjoy the afternoon by quenching our thirst with a nice cold ice lolly in the glorious sunshine. An amazing class enjoying the amazing weather. What an amazing job it is to be their teacher. Enjoy your weekend.

Battle of the year groups.

23rd June 2022Gavin Chadwick

In quite unbelievable scenes at NJS today, we witnessed the seemingly impossible. Year 4 laid down a rock battle gauntlet to Year 6. To the absolute shock (and consternation) of Mr Hewitt in particular, year 4 reigned victorious in a pretty comprehensive victory defying all the odds. Credit to our awesome year 6 pupils however, who were gracious as ever in defeat.

The heart and the circulatory system

23rd June 2022Stephanie Oliver

Over the last two weeks, Year 6 have been learning all about the body’s circulatory system. We have been reading ‘Pig Heart Boy’ in English lessons, have written scientific reports explaining how the heart works and have created some oil pastel artwork of the heart as you’ve never seen it before!

We are Crew!

22nd June 2022Emma Gould

This week the sun is shining, and so it is of course test week! The children are working extremely hard to show everyone how much they’ve achieved this year so they deserved a bit of extra crew time this afternoon. A few games of Tig and wink murder, while under the shade of the tree, and all tests were forgotten!

Sports day prep! 🏃‍♂️🎾🌤

22nd June 2022Helen Jenkins

Year 3 are taking their very first NJS sports day extremely seriously and what fun we’ve had practicing a range of track and field events this week from sprinting to hurdles and throwing. Some phenomenally talented children have come to light but what really stood out more, was the way the children supported and congratulated each other! We really can’t wait until we can compete in front of our family members!

Sweet Treat Critics

22nd June 2022Gavin Chadwick

That’s right, 4GC were breaking all the healthy eating rules (a ‘must’ for our Expedition) on Monday by critiquing some popular sweet treats. My only wonder is why my own personal favouirte (wine gums) finished almost bottom of the pile in the ratings 🙁 Which of our selection would be your guilty pleasure?

Terrific Tessellation!

21st June 2022Charlie Cicero

6CC began the in a creative manner, designing their own shapes to then create a repeating pattern or ‘tessellation’, inspired by the work of M. Escher – a famous dutch artist and mathematician. Over the course of the next four days, our crew will be completing their design and then combining them to create a giant tessellation consisting of uniquely different patterns!

🍭 Sweet Tasting 🍭

20th June 2022Helen Jenkins

Last week, 3HJ enjoyed spending the afternoon testing a range of different kind of sweets as part of our market research to decide which sweets were popular and which weren’t a hit. Haribo Tangfastics seems to get the seal of approval based on qualities such as appearance, taste and texture. Surprisingly, my favourite – jelly babies – came out quite low!

Brilliant batting! ☀️🏏

18th June 2022Charlie Cicero

6Cc enjoyed developing their batting skills in this week’s PE lesson. Our crew focused on mastering the basics of batting (hand and foot positioning) before learning about two particular shot types: a froward drive and a square drive. The activities were made all the more pleasant by the glorious summer weather; we finished off with two separate games of quick cricket, allowing them to put their batting skills to the test in a game situation. Top notch! 👌🏼