Elsewhere, in the week gone by (and not the Year 3000), our remarkable pupils have continued to develop their netball skills as well as research the almighty Anglo-Saxons. In French, surveys have been created and carried out about various school subjects; “Tu aimes le mathematiques?” Often gaining the response “Oui, c’est bien!” Speaking of which, maths has seen pupils develop their skills in multiplying and dividing numbers by ten, one hundred and one thousand. Finally, in science this week we’ve set up an eggs-traordinary experiment. Eggs have been placed in cola, juice and water to test how drinks impact the enamel on our teeth, be sure to ask any of our dental-minded pupils to find out more
In a bizarre week in Year 4, pupils have reported time travelling; some have gone to the Year 3000, whilst others have been walking the dinosaurs. Unfortunately, this is only figuratively, as they have been creating awesome narratives about time travel. However, some of these narratives have been so descriptive and detailed, that rumour has it some pupils are hiding a time machine somewhere on the premises… Please let us know if this is the case.
Elsewhere, in the week gone by (and not the Year 3000), our remarkable pupils have continued to develop their netball skills as well as research the almighty Anglo-Saxons. In French, surveys have been created and carried out about various school subjects; “Tu aimes le mathematiques?” Often gaining the response “Oui, c’est bien!” Speaking of which, maths has seen pupils develop their skills in multiplying and dividing numbers by ten, one hundred and one thousand. Finally, in science this week we’ve set up an eggs-traordinary experiment. Eggs have been placed in cola, juice and water to test how drinks impact the enamel on our teeth, be sure to ask any of our dental-minded pupils to find out more
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A few years ago, our school went through the process to qualify for the Artsmark award. At the time we were awarded the Platinum status which is the highest level achievable. We are very proud of the achievement and have recently begun our second application to renew our status. We are aiming for the Platinum status again to showcase and reward the hard work we put into creative and cultural learning as a school.
This term we have started our sixth year as a Thurrock Trailblazer school. This involves work with The Royal Opera House in Purfleet and a range of cultural providers that offer creative workshops for pupils and professional developments courses for staff. Trailblazer focuses on creative and cultural learning and links closely to our Artsmark application. This year our chosen Trailblazer projects involve music teaching and improving staff subject knowledge and skills, creative writing opportunities, developing creative pupil voice opportunities, creating DT projects and theatre set design, emotional wellbeing and developing resilience in pupils linking to our nurture approach. There are also lots of Art and DT lessons taking place around the school. Year 5 have been busy making Viking ships, Year 3 are in the process of making Stone Age houses from clay and will be weaving the roof of their house in the coming weeks. Year 4 have been improving their sketching and drawing skills, Year 2 continue their work on creating puppets and have started sewing while Year 1 have been printing, colour mixing and studying Andy Warhol. In the last few days, the sounds of Christmas songs have been pouring out of classrooms. Each year group have started learning a festive tune, ready for a special performance at the end of term. With only a few weeks left of the Autumn term, further Christmas crafts will no doubt be under way soon. Over the last 2 weeks we have been doing assessments in Maths, English and Grammar. We found some of it tricky, but we showed resilience to get through them. Also we have been looking at Anglo-Saxon Gods and even created our own characters based on them. We have loved creating and discussing our ideas.
NG I have loved PE so far this year, first we did football and at the moment we are doing netball. Things have been different to normal, but we have worked more on passing and moving, and even had a go at shooting in netball this week, which was great! AR Year One had a very exciting start to the half term when we discovered a magical glowing star! We created a word bank of adjectives to describe our star and used these to create our own star shape poems. To strengthen the muscles in our hands and fingers we have continued our ‘dough disco’ sessions which we all really enjoy! ![]() In our Maths lessons, we have been focussing on subtraction. We discovered that there are lots of different words that can mean subtraction, such as take away, minus, less than, fewer than and we have also learnt to find the difference. We have been using symbols to compare two number sentences. Our pupils have been learning a great deal about and from different religions that are practised and celebrated by people across the world. The children have found it interesting and exciting to learn how religion can play a significant role in who a person is.
In Reception the children have learnt about Diwali, talked about why it is celebrated and the story behind it. They made Diya lamps and talked about how they lit the way for. Year 1 have been recognising Christian symbols and images used to express God. They have discussed and looked at the different symbols and images to do with Christianity and God. The Year 2 pupils are learning the ways in which Muslims treat their sacred books, namely the Qur’an. They learned that the Qur’an contains stories which are special to many people who use them to shape how they live their lives. Learning in Year 3 has been about Hinduism this half term. They have learnt how Hindus worship many gods, places of worship, the special Hindu texts, reincarnation and sacred objects. Year 4 have been looking at Hinduism too. They researched and discussed how Hinduism has changed over time; they have also been exploring what it means to be a Hindu in Britain today and what rituals they follow. Year 3 also spent time exploring the wonderful celebration of Diwali: the festival of lights where Hindus celebrate the triumph of light over dark; good over evil. It was fascinating to see the spectacular fireworks displays that were put on to mark the event. This term Year 5 are studying Islam and how a Muslim’s beliefs greatly influence many aspects of their lives. The Qur’an (which is Islam’s sacred text) is enriched with verses that give Muslims advice on not only how and when to pray but, also how to be better member of society by volunteering and giving to charity. Rooted within a Muslim’s way of life are the Five Pillars which are values used to uphold the Islamic beliefs. Year 6 have been exploring beliefs of different religions – discussing and comparing beliefs about life after death and how different religions use art and creativity to express their beliefs, particularly through the architecture of their religious buildings. They primarily focused on Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Humanism. |
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