Robins: This week we learnt all about bees! We learnt about how bees are natures tiny miracles, and we have a lot to thank them for! We learnt that bees visit flowers to collect pollen. Each time they visit a new flower they leave a little gift of pollen, which helps the plants to grow and gives us food to eat! We had a lovely walk to our local church this week, as part of our learning about special places in R.E. The sun was shining and when we got into the church, we were excited to see the beautiful stained-glass windows. We also found a bell tower, a lectern with the Bible and an organ! At the creation station this week, we created our own bees! We used colourful paper and scissors to cut out different shapes. We cut out a yellow round body, long black stripes and white wings! We finally added an eye for our bee to see the beautiful flowers! In Topic this week, we learnt all about honey bees! We learnt that each honey bee has a specific job to do. We learnt about the Queen bee, who lays the eggs in the hive. The Drone bee helps the Queen lay the eggs and the Worker bees collect pollen and make honey. Outside, we acted out these jobs!
Woodpeckers: This week in English we continued to look at Tidy by Emily Gravett. We described the forest before and after it was tidied, we thought about using first person to retell the story and created a storyboard. In Maths, we have been dividing using cubes and sharing circles and thinking about using times tables to help. In Science, we learned about Louis Pasteur and his discoveries about germs. We also did an experiment with glitter to show how easily germs spread, and how effective using soap is! In Geography we went out into the school grounds and created aerial maps. In RE this week we discussed how our special places make us feel.
Kingfishers: This week in English, we have finished writing our eyewitness accounts based on our class text, Escape from Pompeii. We then began to explore newspaper articles and direct speech. In Maths, we completed our review of multiplication and division. In History and Art, we learnt about the Roman Army and designed our own shields. In RE, we explored what a pilgrimage is. In Science, we continued to learn about food chains. We have also carried on reading our class story, Butterfly Lion and did lots of practise for May day next week.
Owls: This week in English we continued with our writing from different points of view. We used a graph to see how the tension grows within the text, and noted what techniques were used to create that tension. We worked on our opening sentences making sure they hooked the reader. In Maths, year 6 continued with their revision, they studied reflection, translation and co-ordinates. Year 5 continued with statistics - retrieving information from tables. We have learnt our dances for May Day which are coming along very nicely! We researched angels – to investigate the possibility that that is what the man in the garage from our class novel is. In RE we continued looking at religious journeys.
May Day
We warmly invite you into school to watch the crowning of the May Queen with traditional dancing and singing at 2pm on Wednesday 8th May 2024. Gates will open at 1:50pm and close at 2pm. Fingers crossed for a dry day!
Children need to wear white shirts with either school skirt or trousers and a corsage. To differentiate the children in the May Queen’s Court - they dress slightly differently - dresses or school trousers, white shirt, bow tie, waistcoat, and a corsage.
Arts Week
On the beginning 20th May, we are participating in Arts week. The theme is, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. The children will partake in art, drama, poetry and musical activities. We would like to invite you, into your child’s class to join in with the making of props and crafts. This is our end of term play, and we are hoping that some of the wonderful creations made can be used as props and decorations! Come and have a crafty afternoon!
Parents of Kingfishers and Owls: Tuesday 21st May from 1:30
Parents of Robins and Woodpeckers: Wednesday 22nd May from 1:30
Remember it’s a bank holiday weekend! Fingers crossed for sunshine!
Summer 1 Dates
School Value – Resilience British Value – Individual liberty
Monday 6th May: Bank holiday
Wednesday 8th May: May Day Dancing 2pm in school
Thursday 9th May: Kingfisher trip to Chedworth Roman Villa
Week beginning 13th May: KS2 SATs
Friday 17th May: Big Question
Week beginning 20th May: Arts week
(Parents of Kingfishers and Owls: Tuesday 21st May from 1:30
Parents of Robins and Woodpeckers: Wednesday 22nd May from 1:30)
Tuesday 21st May: Year 6 transition day to Marlborough 9:30 – 12:15pm
Friday 24th May: INSET
Monday 27th May: Half term
Monday 3rd June: INSET
Tuesday 4th June: Return to school
Headteacher Caroline Walker
