Darwin class was top of the leader board for attendance last week so we allowed ourselves a little reward time. We decided to complete a team challenge to build a structure: a tower for Trevor!

All the towers were built well – considering the very short time allowed for planning and construction. There was extensive use of triangles, to create strength, and a lot of thought had gone into how to create strong joints. Sadly, only one tower was able to hold Trevor for the time required, but the others would have been able to with a few small tweaks. It was good fun and we learned how to work well as a team along the way!

The winning tower and its construction team can be seen below.

Details about this week’s homework can be found in the homework section below.

Don’t forget that it’s Maths Club on Monday. We will continue to work on areas of maths which the pupils have identified as areas of development.

All the best,

Mrs. E.

This week, in English, we have written formal sentences about the life of Ernest Shackleton, the explorer. In maths, we have learned how to find any percentage of a number using the key facts: 1%, 10% and 50%; we have also completed a maths assessment (more about this in the homework section below).

Today, the class made soup – which looked totally delicious! We also had to stay in at break time, as the wind was ferocious! Some of us had a game of snakes and ladders and then we played charades. I don’t think we will ever forget Frankie’s attempt to act out being ‘a whale’ – I thought he was being a swan!!

Our certificate winners this week are:

Ashley, who received the Red Certificate for his effort in every lesson – especially in maths. Fantastic explanations, Ashley! The writing certificate was awarded to Katy, who had worked hard to produce accurately punctuated and spelt formal sentences. Well done!

Have a great weekend – hopefully, we will remain unscathed by the storm!

Mrs. E.

We have had a fantastic start to 2025, and our spring term, in Darwin class. We have spent some time learning some poetry off by heart, we have started looking at our new reading focus book and we have learned a lot about continental geographical data sets!

Our homework this week is a task set in response to our geography assessment. Further details and a digital copy of the homework can be found in the homework section below.

Have a great weekend – stay warm!

Mrs. E.

And so we reach the end of the penultimate week of the autumn term. Next week, we will be sticking to our normal lesson timetable on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, where we are aiming to complete our current writing task and finish our unit on fractions. We have also come to the end of our Shang Dynasty history unit and I am ready to give the children a challenge next week to see how much they have learned!

Wednesday morning will be spent in the church, at our annual carol service (a letter was sent home about this last week), and Friday will be a more of a ‘social skills’ sort of day, where we will play games and do creative activities. (Children can bring a game/activity to share into school on this day but no electronic devices!)

Both maths and English homework tasks have been set, as usual, and can be found in the ‘homework’ section below – along with helpful, supporting information.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. E.