Year 6 Music with Junior Jam
Year 6 have really been enjoying their music lessons with Junior Jam! This week they focused on differentiating between the melody and the accompaniment, and identifying these in different songs that they listened to. They then had a go at playing the melody of a song on the keyboard and performing to the rest of the class. The children also had a lot of fun practising keeping the beat, performing actions to the Popcorn song!
Year 4- Creating Gymnastic Sequences
In our gymnastics lesson today, we were creating a sequence of gymnastic actions including matched shapes and mirrored shapes with a partner using apparatus. They also incorporated changes of level and direction. We also peer evaluated to identify the strengths of a performance and areas for improvements. The children provided constructive feedback against the given success criteria which was great to listen to. The children are working really hard to develop their oracy skills and provide comments that are both positive and helpful for their peers.
Reception - Chinese New Year
This week, Reception have been learning about the celebration of Chinese New Year. We have been looking at the traditions and festivities celebrated in China, but also by people all over the world too! We read the story of the great race and learned about the position the animals came to determine each year. This year is the year of the snake. We performed dragon dances and will be tasting some traditional Chinese food!
Year 6 Class Worship
Year 6’s class worship this week was led by our members of the Wow Group. They did a fantastic job of leading a discussion around the government’s recent decision to promote more educational content on social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok. The class talked about the influence that social media can have on us, both positive and negative.
Reception: Presentation of Learning all about Chinese New Year
This week, Reception class have learnt all about Chinese New Year. Today, they presented their knowledge to the whole school. They shared what they had made and a little bit about Chinese New Year. We learnt that this year is the year of the snake. The children made some wonderful lanterns, wrote Chinese numbers and also painted the animals from the great race. Some of the children even took part in a dragon parade. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of the school Reception, we learnt lots!
Worship with Rev. Matt
This morning’s worship with Rev. Matt focused on the theme of perseverance. It began with a challenge where the children had to work together to keep an inflatable in the air without letting it touch the ground. As the game went on, they quickly realised that success required teamwork, determination and persistence. Following the challenge, Rev. Matt introduced a parable from the Bible—the story of the unjust judge. He explained how the woman in the story kept returning to the judge, refusing to give up until she received justice. This demonstrated the power of persistence, showing that when we truly believe in something, we must keep trying and not lose heart. Rev. Matt linked this to prayer, reminding the children that when we speak to God, we should be just as persistent. The children then took a moment for reflection, considering the question: What is something you could pray for this week? They were encouraged to think about personal challenges, hopes for others or things happening in the world that they could bring to God in prayer. To conclude, Rev. Matt left the children with a powerful message: when we knock on God’s door through prayer, He will answer. This message reinforced the importance of faith, patience and perseverance in our relationship with God.
Reception - tissue paper collages
As part of our Art unit, we have been looking at different ways to be crafty using different materials. Last week we learnt about how we can manipulate tissue paper to create a new effect on our art work. We scrunched up the tissue and glued it to a sea creature template, making sure we filled the template to create a colourful effect and new texture.
Year 1 Dance
Year 1 had another gear dance session today with Miss Jess from Rothwell Arts. They enjoyed an ‘Under the Sea’ themed warm up. They put on their wetsuits, flippers etc. and dived into the water. Whilst swimming around, they spotted various sea creatures such as a crab, stingray, sea snake and a shark. Year 1 then enjoyed a few minutes of stretching before going over the dance moves that they’ve learnt so far such as ‘The Smurf’ and ‘The Bart Simpson’ before continuing to add to their dance sequence. To cool down, they played a couple of games including ‘Pass on the Clap.’ You’re improving week on week- Well done Year 1!
Year 2 - Counting pounds and pence
This week in Maths we have been practising counting pounds and pence. On Monday, we counted just pence and Tuesday just pounds. Today we counted both together. This relied on our 2, 5 and 10 times tables being well learnt. It needed a little practice to transfer our knowledge of counting into the coins. We compared them to base 10 in order to see that a 50p coin has 5 tens in it. This helped us to notice all of the tens and ones we needed to count. After we had been successful, we removed the base 10 and the coins were less abstract allowing us to count with more confidence.
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Reception Worship with WOW group
Wow group led our class worship this week and talked to Reception about how we can be safe when watching online videos. We talked about the Christian value of courage as we need to be brave to speak up if we see something that makes us feel worried or sad. We talked about the things we watch that make us feel happy and safe and must always check with a grown up. Thank you to Josh, Sofia and Ruby for leading so brilliantly.
Year 3- Class Worship Delivered by WOW Group- Should YouTube have more rules for younger users?
Leonora, began class worship by asking the children to sign the trinity. Year 3, then discussed a news story about the UK government asking video platforms like YouTube and TikTok to feature more educational content for children. This led to a class discussion on whether YouTube should have stricter rules for younger users. We concluded with a prayer, asking for guidance in choosing positive content and for strength to support those who might be easily influenced.