And what amazing work the pupils did whilst back on their old stomping ground of year 4. It was quite wonderful to see the maturity levels of the pupils and how they have grown since leaving their year 4 classrooms. We had a thoroughly fantastic morning and look at these awesome outcomes based on the Artwork of Quentin Blake.
What a great World Book Day! It was so nice to hear every child tell the class about their favourite book and why, and showcase their amazing costumes. So good to see everyone embracing their love of reading!
Happy World Book Day from 3LG. Our crew is full of bookworms and so we have been looking forward to World Book Day all week. We had a range of fabulous costumes and all the children looked amazing!
Getting creative with classification
Well and truly in our second case study of science, the children have been developing their knowledge of classification. Initially only considering appearance as a way of grouping animals, the children later thought about diet, habitat and which animal group they belonged to. To demonstrate their knowledge of classification, they created their own classification keys to help people in the Amazon identify a species through answering a series of carefully, crafted questions.
Going round in a circles
Following their work on classification, 6CC explored the life cycles of several animal species indigenous to the Amazon Rainforest. To help teach the class about their own animal, the crew researched their animalâs life cycle in groups before presenting their work to the rest of the class. Beautiful work alert!
What a treat we had this morning eating these delicious pancakes in Crew! Wish we could start the day like this everyday!
As part of their training, NJSâ newly appointed Digital Leaders visited XP today to learn more about their role and how they can help not only their peers but the staff as well.
The children were divided into groups and asked to find answer to the âfantastic problemâ: school staff lacking the confidence or knowledge to use new technology or apps in the classroom. After collating ideas and a rationale for why we need DLs, the children presented their ideas to their peers from other schools, an audience of at least 100! Well done to all involved! 👍🏼
This week, the children’s hard work during their first expedition, The Magic of Motion, was acknowledged by their celebration of learning presentation, which also gave the pupils the opportunity to unveil their final product: an information board that will be displayed at one of the local train stations. Throughout the event, all of the students in 5RS demonstrated impressive presentation skills. They were extremely mature and spoke knowledgably with great confidence, which was wonderful to observe!
This week, in line with our expedition, âWhat a Wonderful Worldâ and Guiding Question âHow Can We Protect Our Beautiful Planetâ, 4TE have been researching the effect of global warming on the ice in the arctic with an experiment a bit closer to home! We placed a fixed number of ice cubes in different locations around school to see how the temperature of the different locations would affect the melting of the ice. As you can see, the results were shocking!
5EG were immensely proud to be able to show the final product from their last expedition ‘Magic in Motion’. They confidently stood in front of a group of parents and visitors from Y3 and explained clearly what they learned and enjoyed. Well done 5EG!
6CC held their own Celebration of Learning event on Wednesday 23rd February where they spoke to parents and carers about their Autumn expedition, âThe Magic of Motionâ. Following a highlight reel of the expedition (as seen below), the children talked their audience through the stages of their learning journey and explained important parts of their learning, particularly how steam was harnessed to power locomotives of old.
