Our blogs
Outdoor activity, by Mr Pearson
Date: 25th Apr 2021 @ 5:50pm
Class list for tomorrow 26th April
Please wear outdoor gear no school uniform needed. The afternoon session is a 4.15pm finish.
Morning session
Phoebe B
Maxi
Elsa
Francesca
Alfie
Cody
Willow
Sienna H
Alice
Amelia
Seb
Joe
Max W-W
Layla
Sienna T
Afternoon session Finishes 4.15pm
Jacob
Carson
Rosie
Harley
Spencer
Archie
Austin
Archie
Tommy
Macey
Mabel
Jacob Y
Max H
Zak
Sadie
Summer Week Two!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 3:24pm
Summer Term Week 2
We have all had a lovely week this week, the sun has been shining just as bright as our wonderful tribe. Thankyou for a lovely week Penguins, get plenty of rest and enjoy the sun over the weekend. Mr Kennedy
This week we have explored:
Maths: In maths this week we were learning how to order decimal and later in the week learn how to add and subtract them together, making sure we are really understanding out place value with decimals. We have also been working on our daily fluent in 5!
English: In English this week we had a new story with simple sentences in and tried to make them into complex sentences. This is called sentences stacking. We have been looking at Gorilla and identifying key plot points and how they impact the inner feelings of our main character, Hannah.
We also wrote letters to our partner class, the Puffins at Barden Primary School!
We are really focusing on making sure we have the BEST sentences we can in our writing.
Topic: This week in topic we were learning facts about countries in different continents. We have explored so many countries around the world and are looking forward to learning more about our local history.
Computing: In computing we learnt how to put pictures into a video and write facts about zoo animals.
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/animals-plants
Music: In music we learnt another cord which is the G cord. With this new cord we tried to put it into new songs to play.
Oliver
The Penguins
Brickcroft, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 11:48am
Today we have had a great morning going on a duck hunt to the brick Croft.
Rainforest animal factfiles, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 6:37pm
We have begun our topic on the rainforest. The children are loving it. After introducing a story called,
Flowering Plants - Science, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 6:27pm
Today we asked ourselves what are the functions/jobs of different parts of a plant?We thought about the roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
The flower
Tri golf and exploring materials, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 4:47pm
This week the children enjoyed a taster session of tri golf .They have also been investigating materials and describing them.
Looking Smart and ready for action, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Apr 2021 @ 4:34pm
Fun in the sun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Apr 2021 @ 8:26pm
The children have had fun outside today. They have spent time doing some brilliant sketches of our outside area building on their love of Monet from last term. They also had fun taking part in a Tri golf taster session.
Outdoor day, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Apr 2021 @ 6:43pm
The sun was shining and so was year 3 today during our outdoor day.
We split into 2 groups and swapped over after lunch.
Oli came from the Outdoor centre and the children experienced a range of team building activities. They had to plan, do and review each one, listen to people
Class compliment, by Iain Pearson
Date: 18th Apr 2021 @ 12:49pm
A fantastic afternoon in the outdoor on our scooters, hoverboards and roller skates for our class compliment.
Well worth the wait.
Cricket, by Iain Pearson
Date: 18th Apr 2021 @ 12:34pm
We are focusing on our throwing skills in cricket in this lesson.
What, by Helen Pratten
Date: 16th Apr 2021 @ 4:04pm
Our new science topic is all about materials and yesterday we enjoyed being scientists and thinking
First week back, by Iain Pearson
Date: 16th Apr 2021 @ 1:04pm
A great first week back for the Meerkat children.
We have started the new topic areas which are attached on the class page.
We have studying the Viking invasion of Britain and how it effected the Anglo Saxons living in Britain at the time.
Science we are studying animals and their environments and habitats.
We are developing our cricket skills and
Summer Week One Blog, by Richard Kennedy
Date: 16th Apr 2021 @ 12:23pm
First week in the new term
This week we have started learning a lot of things.
Maths: In maths this week we learnt fraction and how to convert them into decimals later in the week. We need to make sure we are focusing on our place values in whole numbers and decimals numbers. Remembering that decimals are tenth, hundredth and thousandth. We have worked very hard this week to get a strong understanding of decimals, understanding thousandths and decimal as fractions E.G 4/10 = 0.4
English: In English we were learning how to proofread our work to get us ready for our next stage of learning key events. We learnt how to get ideas from a picture and videos in preparation for our big writes. We also set up editing and proof reading stations that will help us improve our work!
P.E: In P.E we did a bleep test which is where we here a bleep and run to the other side of the room/Ball cage. After a certain amount of laps you will get to a harder level - this is preparing us for our daily running and endurance building.
#Getfit #Bleeptest
Music: In music we are learning how to use the ukulele. We learnt the C C7 and F Cord.
French: In French we learnt animals and tried to complete a conversation with another person.
Computing: In Computing we looked on a website of a zoo and made a PowerPoint about animals that we can show to the year 1 class.
Grace
Oliver
The Penguins
Welcome to Summer!, by Richard Kennedy
Date: 14th Apr 2021 @ 5:47pm
Hello!
I hope you have all had a well rested break after a busy spring term, and are looking forward to an exciting summer term.
I wanted drop in and let parents know how fantastic the Penguin Tribe has been. They have settled back into the classroom very well and have already demonstrated fantastic learning in our lessons. Also, I wanted to let you know that I have uploaded this terms subject organiser to the website and to Google Classroom. The organiser will give you an overview of what's to come over the next seven weeks.
Please keep up to date with our blog, as each week students from the tribe will be working with me to inform you all about the exciting learning this week - you can keep an eye our to see if your loved one writes the weekly blog or has a little shout out on the Year 5 page.
Wishing you a sunny, safe and joyful summer,
Mr Kennedy.
Summer week 1, by Helen Pratten
Date: 14th Apr 2021 @ 4:09pm
This week we have been thinking about friendships, what makes a good friend, how we can keep our friends and that it is OK to have more than 1 friend. We enjoyed making puppets of our friends and talking about them. Yesterday we enjoyed a yoga taster session.
Lovely to see all the children again and all trying harD with their learning ?
Easter celebrations, by Iain Pearson
Date: 14th Apr 2021 @ 3:00pm
Some photos of the Easter celebrations in the Meerkat tribe.
Welcome Back, by Rebecca Catterall
Date: 12th Apr 2021 @ 10:26pm
It has been fantastic to see everyone again after the Easter break.. We have had a great day today, we started with P.E. then discussed a series of pictures taken from a story - we spent lots of time chatting with our friends about what we could see, what we thought was happening and putting the pictures in order. We then read the story and found out if any of our ideas were true. We continued the morning with fractions in maths using smarties and then reading and planting seeds in Science this afternoon. The weather improved as the day went on and we enjoyed the sunshine outside.
We have a busy half term planned with lots of creative elements to it. We would really appreciate your support by making sure the children have everything they need in school to take part in lessons. Please send in P.E. kits and pencil cases if they are still at home. Reading books are changed on Fridays - School books need to be read each week and returned but please read other books at home as well - make sure it is recorded in the reading diary which needs returning on a Friday when we change books. We are testing times tables every week. please help them with this at home. Daily practise for 10mins makes a huge difference. 2x, 5x, 10x, 3x, 4x, 8x are the expectation for year 3 and then we move on to the 6x, 7x, 9x etc. You might be learning the 4x table but make sure you keep practising all the ones you can already do.
Mrs Atkinson and I are looking forward to a busy and exciting half term. We will be posting photos of our learning here on the blog.
Can you rise to the challenge?, by Sandra Fletcher
Date: 12th Apr 2021 @ 8:05pm
This week the children have been challenged to work quietly when they are asked to. If they meet this challenge their personal star will hang proudly on our recognition board.
I am sure all 30 stars will soon be hanging proudly.
Welcome back, by Sandra Fletcher
Date: 11th Apr 2021 @ 9:13pm
I hope you have all had a lovely break, eaten lots of Easter Eggs and made the most of the lovely weather.
Summer term is now upon us. I have uploaded this terms subject organiser for you to look at. Please remember to bring your PE kits into school-PE will be on Tuesday and Friday.
Reading books need to be brought in on Monday to be changed.
Looking forward to seeing you all in the morning
Mrs Fletcher
Last day fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 8:33pm
Today the Pandas enjoyed bunny hop fun round the track and in the Hall, a big thank you to Kelly , a great Easter bunny! The children also enjoyed a teddy bears picnic this afternoon following on from our bear unit of work in English. Have a lovely holiday , hope the sun shines for us and Happy Easter!
Shadows, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 9:10pm
As part of our light unit in Science we have been exploring shadows. A lovely sunny day.
Easter Cards, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 9:07pm
These look so cute. The children really enjoyed doing them.
Easter Service, by Mr Pearson
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 8:49pm
Photographs of the event can be found here