Dear Parents,
January has brought with it the usual round of coughs and sneezes so please could I ask you to let the office know before the start of the school day if your child is going to be absent - an email is the best way to do this. If your child has been sick, there should be a clear 48 hours before they return to school. Thank you for your help in keeping everyone in school as healthy as possible in these cold months!
Can I remind all the musicians to bring their music in on the days they have their lessons. Instruments and books are ready for the launch of the lunchtime recorder group. The children have all been enjoying their new clubs and as I write this I am just about to join the orchestra who are off on a bear hunt!!
Have a good weekend.
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Form 6 this week
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In English, we have begun our new unit on argument texts and debating looking at issues such as CCTV in Schools and homework!
This week, we will be researching our own debate topics online and coming up with convincing arguments trying to anticipate and respond to counter arguments. We will also be taking part in a debate according to debate rules and planning and writing our own argument texts using persuasive facts and opinions and formal language.
In Maths, we will be covering some core Maths skills in mental maths and reasoning (beginning to look at sample SATs papers) as well as starting a unit on perimeter and area of 2d shapes and the volume of 3d shapes.
In Science, we will be looking at reflection and refraction and how these work in everyday life including a great 'magical' refraction experiment!
In topic, we will be continuing our studies of how mental health was treated in the middle ages and in R.S. presenting information we have been researching on Muslim artefacts as a documentary to camera!
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Form 5 this week
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In Science we will be studying the Moon and its different phases. We will also be looking at how the Moon moves in comparison to the Earth and the Sun.
In Maths we are moving onto working with decimals; ordering and comparing numbers with up to 3 decimal places and rounding decimal numbers.
In English we are heading to far away places with tales from the Arabian Nights. After studying a few of the stories, we will attempt to write our own versions.
In Geography we are discussing renewable and non-renewable energy sources with particular attention being paid to wave energy.
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Coming up in Form 1
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In Maths this week Form 1 will be looking at ordering and recognising numbers. They will have a go at putting both one-digit and two-digit numbers in the correct order from the smallest number to the largest number. The children will also be looking at how to read and write numbers up to fifty and beyond. Using the different strategies they have been taught Form 1 will try to find the numbers which are missing within a range of different number sequences.
In English this week the children will be writing their very own fairytale, using the planning they did last week to help them. The children will be recalling the key factors that they need to remember when writing their fairytale and also thinking about the language used in traditional fairytales. When writing their fairytale they will also be working on applying their individual writing targets throughout their story.
In Science we will be continuing to observe different plants. The children will be linking this week's topic to the work they are doing on weather within their Geography topic. They will be looking at how plants change through the different seasons and at what changes happen. We will then be moving on to looking at how plants around the world can vary and at how their different features to help them to adapt to their different climates.
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Coming up for Form 3
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This week in English, Form 3 will continue to explain and instruct how to play a game. The game this week will be "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" During the week the children will continue understanding the concept of verbs and tense. Handwriting, capturing key points of the game, writing in the third person and in the present tense will also be focused on.
In Science this week, we will discuss sunny facts: the importance of the Sun for life, its structure & its apparent movement across the sky. The emphasis will be on danger of looking directly at the Sun (including blindness) and discuss ways of protecting ourselves from the Sun. The class will research all about Braille.
Maths - We will be continuing with our addition and subtraction unit, this time using a formal written method. We will be adding three-digit numbers using expanded addition (one 'carry') and we will be mentally subtracting: counting up to subtract two-digit numbers from three-digit numbers. We will also use addition to check subtraction.
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Advance Dates:
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Tuesday 31st January
Early Years trip to
Winchester Science Centre
Thursday 2nd March
World Book Day
Open Morning 9.30 - 11.30am
Open Class 3.30 - 4.30pm
Parents' Evening
Monday 6th March 4-6pm
Thursday 9th March 4-6pm
Swimming Gala at The Quays
Tuesday 28th March
The Twits Theatre Trip
Forms 2, 3 and 4
Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 30th March
Teatime concert
Thursday 6th April
End of Term 3.30pm
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In Form 2 this week
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Form 2 will be continuing to read a variety of humorous poems this week. We will compare these poems discussing our likes and dislikes, giving reasons for our preferences. We will create a collage picture of an alien which we will use to write a description using adjectives and similes. Finally we will use this exciting vocabulary to write a poem about our alien.
In Maths this week we will be revisiting subtraction. We will sort calculations according to whether they are known number facts or need to be worked out. We will learn how to subtract 2 digit numbers by partitioning. We will learn that addition and subtraction are inverse operations and use this knowledge to solve missing number calculations.
This week in Science we will sort and classify animals in different ways, according to their characteristics. We will use simple keys as well as Venn and Carroll diagrams. We will find out about the basic needs of all animals including humans.
Topic- We will find out about why the national parks and game reserves of Kenya are important. We will look in detail at the Maasai Mara game reserve and learn about the importance of the work that they do in preserving the life of endangered animals including the 'big five'.
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Reception and Preschool in the coming week
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Early Years will be reading 'Whatever Next!' by Jill Murphy. If you have access to the book or internet please help your child learn this story as we will try and verbally retell the story and act it out.
https://vimeo.com/75139220
In Reception the children will find out about rockets and write instructions to create their own large rocket for the role-play area. The children will discuss why as a material cardboard would not make a good rocket. In Maths we will be use the clocks in the story to learn about time, they will order and sequence familiar events. We will also be discussing Chinese New Year.
In Preschool the phonic of the week is 'u'. Letters and sound focus is instrumental sounds. Preschool will be focusing on number in reverse and forward order as well as talking about shape matching. They will also be encouraged to sequence the story 'Whatever Next' and maybe tell their own story.
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Form 4 this week
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English: Poems to perform: We start a new topic i
nspired by Julia Donaldson's Poems to Perform: Pupils will watch, perform, read and write a range of performance poetry. We will be telling tales using possessive apostrophes and explore the uses of pronouns, editing poetry and writing profiles about themselves as performer poets.
Maths: Measurement and Data: Form 4 will be measuring lengths in m, cm and mm, weigh in kg and g to one decimal place to record into tables and bar charts which they will interpret. In addition, pupils will also be converting between km, m, cm and mm as well as kg and g, ml and l.
This week in Science we will be looking at Habitats and how environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. We will identify changes and dangers in our local habitat in the school grounds as well as major development across the city.
Topic: More focus on Southampton as we look at the Norman influence on the old walled city with a focus on several of the existing buildings in the old city walls. We will also look at the major changes that have taken place in the city since the Normans came, and how being a major port has changed the landscape dramatically since.
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Clubs for the week beginning 23rd January are
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MONDAY
Dance Club
with Miss Cutler. No formal dance wear required, children are expected to wear sports kit and appropriate footwear.
Miss Hamilton will be assisting the children before and after each group.
Group 1 Preschool + Reception 3.30pm to 4pm
Group 2 Form 1 and Form 2 4pm to 4.30pm
Homework Club
for Forms 3 to 6 3.30pm to 4.15pm
TUESDAY
Spanish Class for Forms 1, 2 and 3 from 8.15-8.45
Colouring and Puzzle Club for Form 1 and Form 2 with Miss Tunmore 3.30pm to 4.15pm
First Aid Club for Form 2 and Form 3 with Mrs Caddy 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Science Club for Forms 4 to 6 with Mr Pascoe 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Textiles Club for Forms 3 to 6 with Mrs Jolley 3.30pm to
4.30pm
WEDNESDAY
Spanish Class for Forms 4, 5 and 6 from 8.15-8.45
JUDO with Judo Jill
Form 1 and Form 2 from 3.40pm to 4.25pm
Forms 3 to 6 from 4.30pm to 5.15pm
Junk Art Club for Reception and Form 1 with Mrs Presland 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Book Club for Form 1 and Form 2 with Mrs Carrett 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Recorder Club for Form 2 and Form 3 with Mrs Baldwin 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Lego and Meccano Club for Forms 3 to 5 with Mr Papps 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Homework/Music Practice Club
for Forms 2 to 6 with Mrs Caddy 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Booster Club for Form 6 with Mr Milton 3.30pm to 4.30pm
THURSDAY
CHOIR
with Mrs Caddy from 3.30pm to 4.15pm.
FRIDAY
Homework Club for Forms 3 to 6 3.30pm to 4.15pm
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Have a good weekend.