Author: Clare Huxley
Growing in Y3
Year 3 are starting their new art topic all about still life, and their science unit about plants. This week, we planned a fair test to see what a plant needs to live and grow. We deprived each plant of one thing, and we’ll observe each plant as the week goes on. We even kept a control plant to compare it to the others next week! It was also really interesting to see how the roots grow and what they look like!
Power Maths in Y2
Year 2 have used the new Power Maths resource this week as part of their unit of work on Money. The children have been thoroughly engaged and have made super progress – well done Year 2!
Measles and MMR vaccine information
There is an increasing number of people with measles in Birmingham. Please read this letter from Birmingham City Council with advice and information about the MMR vaccine – Measles Letter to Parents.
15th January – Reception applications
One more week to apply for a place for reception – deadline is 15th January. We would love for you to apply.
Christmas News in Nursery
Pop Up Books
Year 2 have been working together to make a book about the Victorians. In D&T we have been learning about mechanisms and exploring how parts of books can sometimes move. We chose whether to make a slider, wheel or lever and then made a mock-up using paper. We designed a page of the book and wrote a fact about Victorian life. We are so proud of our finished book, we have moving rats, smoke and people!
International Christmas Cards
Earlier in December we sent some Christmas cards to a school in Pakistan and in Canberra, Australia and we have been lucky enough to receive lots of celebration cards in return from students there. The children have really enjoyed learning about how Christmas is celebrated differently around the world and other celebrations that the students really enjoy such as Diwali and Chinese New Year. We hope to keep our connections with these schools and do some more projects in the future.
Little Red Riding Hood
Reception have loved learning about the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood. We have acted out the story in our classrooms and made characters from the story. We were so excited to go on our first trip together to the REP theatre to see it performed!