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Dear Parents,
By now you should have received your link to the questionnaire about our inspection on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. We are all ready to welcome our three inspectors and hope that you will take the opportunity to fill in the questionnaire before it closes on Monday evening at 6.00 pm.
It was good to see so many of you at our first Teatime Concert on Thursday and what an evening it was! We were so proud of all the performers who were so confident, many of them performing for the first time. The orchestra's debut was wonderful thanks to our conductor, Ms Falvey, whose creative slant on ensuring that everyone was involved, even those who had only just started their musical journeys, was inspired! The choir sounded confident and melodic and a great time was had by all. We shall be adding a Teatime Concert to our termly calendar. A note for your diary - Tuesday 5th July the choir will be involved in 'Sounds from the Stadium' at St Mary's along with 3,500 others - what an amazing opportunity for our musicians. A separate letter outlining arrangements and tickets for parents will be sent out soon.
Following our exam and assessment week, we will be emailing a summary of your children's results on Friday before half term with the exception of the Form 6 SATs results which will be formally received on Tuesday 5th July.
Our Form 6 children enjoyed their 'Post SATs' treat at Rock Up where they challenged themselves to climb higher than they thought possible. We then enjoyed a picnic on the farm followed by a bracing beach walk which included 'cuttle fish' races - a St Winifred's version of 'Pooh sticks'!
After our renovations in the kitchen, we have only just returned to our three weekly menu cycle. Some of the children have changed their original choices and if you require further information, please contact the office.
Just a quick reminder about Sainsbury's vouchers - if you have any tucked away at home, please bring them in as we need to count them and then submit our order. Many thanks.
Looking forward - after half term we have our Summer Fete on Saturday 11th June from 12.30 - 2.30pm. If you can help on the day please let the office know. We will send out a separate letter requesting the usual items - cakes, books, tombola prizes etc and we thank you for your support with this.
Have a good weekend.
Best wishes Jan Caddy
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Form 6 this week
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This week, Form 6 reach the culmination of their learning about rights, responsibilities, laws and democracy in our trip with Year 5 to the House of Commons on Tuesday! Having written to our constituency MP Alan Whitehead in our PSHE lessons, he will be meeting us outside the House of Commons before our workshop on the History of Parliament. Then, in a change to our original plan, we will be doing a tour of nearby Westminster Abbey before returning to School.
In English this week, we will be writing our own persuasive advert for Rock Up following our visit on Friday, aiming to persuade Year 5 of its benefits. We will also be following up on our House of Commons trip with a recount and a debate seeking to persuade others of the merits of visiting the House of Commons!
In Maths, we will completing our work on data handling, using real life data from our recent Science experiment to plot line graphs. We will also be interpreting our pie charts and line graphs, generating questions for each other to answer.
In Science, we will be producing our own classification keys for insects and birds, learning to appreciate the subtleties of describing the differences between species.
In History, we will be taking more time to understand the system of democracy in Ancient Greece, discussing differences and similarities with our modern democracy today!
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Form 5 this week
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In English we will be continuing to study play scripts - writing, polishing and then trying them out in mini-performances before we break for half-term.
In Maths we will continue to work on our problem solving skills working through a number of real world problems.
In Humanities we are now studying about the Maya - this week we will delve into the different gods the Mayans worshipped.
In Art we are continuing to build our fish lantern structures and problem solving as we go along.
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Coming up in Form 1
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In Maths we will be practising our addition and subtraction skills in the context of money. We will be shopping at the class shop, adding the totals and giving change.
The children will be continuing the English unit on letters and postcards. Form 1 will write their questions and facts about the blue whale and will write our letters.
We will finish off our topic of Oceans and Seas by designing and making a clay tile.
In Science we will be investigating our senses and will carry out some simple experiments.
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This Week in Preschool:
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The children have been very excited this week as they have observed the caterpillars turn into butterflies and let them go into the natural environment.
This week's theme in Preschool is 'Growth in Humans'. We will be talking to the children about members of their family and thinking about what they could do as a baby and what they can do now. Please could your child bring a baby photo to school next week so we can talk about how much they have grown!
We will also be continuing to learn our Mini Beast Dance as well as practising for Sports Day.
In Maths this week will be continuing to explore shapes.
Phonic of the Week is 'n'.
Letters and Sounds is 'voice sounds'.
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Coming up for Form 3
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Due to exam week last week, we have been catching up on our maths topics. This week in maths we will be revisiting our unit on data and measure. We will measure capacity in litres and millilitres and convert between whole or half litres and millilitres. We will measure length in metres, centimetres and millimetres, including measuring perimeters of 2D shapes. We will draw a bar chart where one square represents 2 units. We will also tell the time to the nearest minute, compare time durations and understand am and pm.
In Science this week, the children will go through a brief history of mirrors before finding out how we use the light that is reflected to see a virtual image in a mirror. They will use mirrors to reflect beams of light & to tackle symmetry activities. The class will then try mirror writing to send secret messages!
In English this week, the class will read a selection of traditional poems by Charles Causley and Eleanor Farjeon. They will explore the vocabulary of sounds and study the use of adjectives and adverbs/adverbials as descriptions. Children will then write thier own poetry inspired by Sounds in the Evening and I am the Song.
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This Week:
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Tuesday 24th May
Form 5/6 trip to London
Houses of Parliament
Friday 27th May
End of Half Term
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Forthcoming Dates:
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6-8th June
Form 5/6 residential trip
Stubbington Study Centre
Saturday 11th June
12.30pm Summer Fete
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Advance Dates:
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Wednesday 22nd June
1.30pm SPORTS DAY
The Gregg School
Tuesday 5th July
Sounds from the Stadium
4pm Choir performance
more info to follow
Friday 8th July
1.30pm SPEECH DAY
Central Hall
Monday 11th July
Whole School activity day
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In Form 2 this week:
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In Maths this week the children will be looking at multiplication and division and recalling the different strategies they have learnt to help them to solve problems relating to these. They will also be looking at how multiplication is the inverse of division and how understanding this can help them to check their answers.
In English, Form 2 will be looking at information texts and will begin to think about what information texts they may use if going on a river trip. They will be able to choose a river of their choice and will be looking at writing about their trip along their chosen river.
In Geography this week the children will be looking at where different animals find their food and at the different types of food each of them eat. They will also be looking at animal food chains and at how many different food chains exist in each of the given habitats. The children will conclude their science topic by getting to bring in and share their very own wormery!
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Reception in the coming week
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In Reception we will be finishing off our Gardens topic by reading some poems about minibeasts to see if we can guess which one they are describing. We will be checking our list of questions from the start of our topic to see if we have discovered the answers, and talking about our favourite minibeasts and plants.
In Maths we will be practising adding quickly by counting on from the first number
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Form 4 this week
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English: Will Form 4 use rhetorical questions this week? In their quest to persuade the general public, and their teacher, pupils will be unleashed from their cage to write persuasive texts. They will be hoping to influence people, and their teacher, to agree with their point of view on whether zoos are good or bad.
Maths: Mental multiplication and division problems are our challenges this week and applying these skills to everyday situations from converting units of measure to ordering items from a menu and splitting the bill.
Science: Children will explain how evaporation and condensation and other processes are involved in the water cycle. We will identify different forms of water seen in weather conditions, including clouds.
Geography: We will be comparing our studies of Barcelona with other European cities where we'll consider similarities and differences of; size of each region, landscape, physical features and how the land is used, climate, industry and farming, currency, tourist attractions and activities.
RS: We will cover how Sikhism started and discover more about Gurus, in particular Guru Nanak and consider our own views on leadership.
Art: Form 4 will continue to design plants and trees for their Rainforest mural. Their designs will be made into block prints and water colours that will be cut out and stuck on to our mural.
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Clubs this week
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Clubs for the coming week are:
MONDAY
Dance Club - join Miss Cutler in fun sessions learning dance styles including ballet, tap and jazz. No formal dance wear required, children are expected to wear sports kit and appropriate footwear. Mrs Carrett will be assisting the children before and after each group.
Group 1 Preschool + Reception 3.30 to 4pm
Group 2 Form 1 and Form 2 4 to 4.30pm
TUESDAY
- Spanish Class for Forms 1, 2 and 3 from 8.15-8.45
- Build it Club for Reception and Form 1 with Mrs Winter 3.30 to 4.15pm
- Board Games for Forms 1 and 2 with Miss Tunmore 3.30 to 4.15pm
- Outdoor Art & Craft Club for Forms 2 and 3 with Mrs Presland 3.30pm to 4.15pm
- Art & Photography Club for Forms 4 to 6 with Mr Papps from 3.30pm to 4.30pm
- NO Maths Booster Club due to Form 5/6 trip to London
- Spanish Class for Forms 4, 5 and 6 from 8.15-8.45
- English Booster Club for Forms 5 and 6 with Mr Milton from 3.30pm to 4.30pm
- JUDO with Judo Jill.
- Class 1: Forms 1 and 2 from 3.40pm to 4.25pm
- Class 2: Forms 3 to 6 from 4.30pm - 5.15pm
- CHOIR for Forms 1 to 6 with Mrs Grant from 3.30pm to 4.15pm. There is no need to sign up again for Choir. Any new members very welcome!
FRIDAY
- Textiles Club for Forms 3 to 6 with Mrs Jolley 3.30pm to 4.30pm
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Have a good weekend.