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Celebration News – Friday 26th June 2020
Take a look at this week’s fantastic learning!
Beech class south
It has been a Roarsome week in Beech South!
We have really enjoyed our topic of dinosaurs. We’ve learnt all about various
dinosaurs and fossils, we even created our own fossil out of salt dough!
We discovered some amazing facts about a chosen dinosaur and wrote some work
about how we would feel if dinosaurs were still alive today.
With the weather being so Jurassicly wet we were unable to get outside for PE so we
took part in Cosmic kids yoga for PE along with a few dance off’s. We’ve even done
some catering here making microwave chocolate mud cake...YUMMY!
In Maths, Beech class learnt about fractions with Mrs Cottrell. We finished off the
amazing week with a live team meeting with the class and had a special guest…
Mrs Deacon for the Dino Party. We all shared cake in person and virtually, Mrs
Couthard read us a story to finish the party off.
Willow class
Acorns class
This week we have been learning all about rainforests.
We have been learning about where in the world
rainforests are located, all about the different layers of the
rainforest, deforestation and rainforest animals.
We have used this knowledge to create our own
rainforest animals. In maths we have been learning about
fractions including how to find half and quarter of shapes
and amounts.
Some super work well done willow class!
This week in Acorns class, our topic has been ‘Jungle’.
We have based our learning around the book ‘Rumble in the
Jungle’. We have used rhyming words, like the book.
For our topic work we have we have learnt about Rainforests and
the layers within them.
Donovan has had a brilliant time, completing some tasks from
Padlet. He then read his Jungle themed Mr Men book, and played
hide and seek in the garden, with his little figures. Donovan has a
brilliant imagination, where he then invented his own stories with the
Mr Men characters.
When he hasn’t been working, he has planted seeds and relaxed in
his pool!
Dylan has had one of his pet birds overseeing what he is doing. Very
relevant to our Jungle topic!
We are looking forward to some of you being in school on Thursday
and Friday for some more Jungle themed activities.
Pine Class
Hazel Class
This week we have started to learn about
Kenya! Edmund has done some fantastic
research and found out a lot of interesting
facts. In maths we have been learning
about money. Harry, James, Edmund, Sam,
Jamie and Reagan are experts already.
James did the science experiment this
week about filtering water. It was really
interesting. In life skills we had to tidy a
room in the house. If you need anyone to
tidy up for you Edmund did a fantastic job!
A really great week Hazel keep up the
hard work.
Pine class have been producing great work
both at home and in class. Bradley, Mason
and Sophie produced some lovely artwork
based on the Northern Lights in class. Jacob,
Jake, Mason, Tom B and Ben have all
produced excellent maths work on time and
money. Ben, Jacob, Ben has produced a
really exciting story based on a computer
game that he is designing at home. Sophie
produced a really lovely story about a
dragon. Mason has been busy this week
helping in the kitchen and participating in
our filtering investigation in Science (with
inventive use of an old sock). Tom B had a
great time helping out with some gardening
in LOTC as have Mason and Ben at home.
Jake produced a great fact file on the
Icelandic president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir.
Ben and Jake have followed and written
great instructions and Ben made a
wonderful Lego safari park to go with his.
Well done, Pine Class, great work!
Acer Class: Castles and Knights
This week, Acer class have been busy learning
about the past - Castles and Knights – in
particular the Battle of Bannockburn and
Robert the Bruce.
In English, we applied for jobs as knights,
blacksmiths and tacticians – have a read, the
applications are very persuasive!
In Maths, we have been learning how to add
decimals – in particular money and
measurements – such an important life skill
too!
Whilst sticking to the Scottish theme, we
enjoyed looking at the Artwork of Steven
Brown. We loved his McCoos and designed
our own in the same style!
As well as this, we have been playing lots of
cricket and even tried a game of Footgolf – it
was great fun!
On top of this, some of us have been busy
finding out about Castles and building their
own, creating Tartan patterns online and
meeting a super-cute tortoise!
We have loved welcoming Ben and William
back to class and yet again – real superstars!!!
Well done to you all!
Maple Class
Week 9 was Book and Film week in Maple class. Children in school looked at the stories
of Beatrix Potter, Valerie Thomas, Julia Donaldson and Roald Dahl amongst others. We
wrote book reviews, postcards from characters, decorated pebbles as book characters
and took part in lots of outdoor activities.
Whilst learning at home children have taken part in a range of the same book and film
activities using Padlet as well as writing about special interests. Ethan was also able to
hatch and wave goodbye to his butterflies!
A big Happy Birthday to Natalis as well this week we all hope you had a good day.
Well done Maple Class
Larch Class Celebration!
What a fantastic week in Larch class! We now have only one of our wonderful classmates learning at
home.
Brandon, who is still learning from home, has got a lovely workstation set up and has been working
on his own story that he has been writing throughout the whole of this year! We are all very excited
to see the results.
In school we have had a history focus week so we
looked at a few famous historical figures are the
children have the task of finding two people who
they are interested in to research and report on
while learning at home this week.
In LOTC Zane created an amazing watermelon frog
full of delicious mixed fruit! What a perfect treat for
this lovely sunny weather.
Good job this week Larch class! Keep up the good work!
Squirrel Class South
Could it be Magic? Yes it certainly is!
Squirrels have had a magical theme on
Padlet this week which has included
writing a spell for friendship, crafting
magic wands from natural objects and
making fairy wing cakes.
Aiden decided to extend his home
learning on the topic of friendship by
making a ‘being’. His mum got the idea
from her own memories of primary school.
Aiden made a ‘being’ out of different
coloured modelling clays. Each colour
represented a different quality he would
like in a friend. You have chosen some
fantastic qualities Aiden – well done. It’s
great to see that one of the Springfields
rules is in your ‘being’
Acer Class (South)
Acer have been working so hard this week!
In English, we have been finishing our letters to Boris Johnson (such an important job
takes a lot of thought!) and then we started our work on the Butterfly Lion. We have
been writing diaries from the points of view of different characters, as well as eating
scones to make sure our senses were experiencing the same as the characters in the
story would be in Chapter 2. The children enjoyed them so much that by the time I took
a picture, only Jody had some left!! At home, we baked our own scones, too.
We have been making the most of the sun by playing lots of team games in PE and at
playtimes. It is great to see everyone getting more and more accurate in their skills each
week. We have also practiced some dancing moves too…I think Toby showed Mr Twinn
up in the dance off!!
A big reason for the boy in Butterfly Lion running away from school is a bully called
Basher B
Hazel Class South
This week we have been
learning about Kenya, the
children have completed some
fantastic African Artwork and
have found out about the
Kenyan landscape. In maths
we started our work on Money
and the children were great at
choosing the right coins to
make different totals. We have
completed lots of PE activities
and improved our skills in
cricket, tennis and even
baseball! In our life skills work
we created healthy fruit
kebabs and designed our own
structures using recycled
materials.
Beech Class
Beech Class have had a fab week
learning all about Kenya this week!
We have been designing our own
safari parks and writing instructions
for drivers driving around the safari
parks, and looked into the culture in
Kenya and what makes it different to
our culture.
In school, we have completed more
learning about Kenya and looked at
African silhouette artwork and made
our own Coats of Arms, as well as
learning about money in school.
Logan and Evan has also been have
also been working hard at home
learning about money! Logan has
also been riding this week. Astrid
has also been working hard helping
Evan with his learning at home –
well done Astrid!
Squirrels class
Squirrels class have had a wild week learning about Jungles and what you need to explore them!
Ashton has been engaging with padlet and online learning throughout the period we’ve been away
from school, mum has rewarded his sterling efforts with a new electric scooter! (I knew I forgot to
pack something for my jungle adventure thanks for reminding me!)
Leon has completed all his online learning this week and is well on his way to becoming a fully-
fledged explorer! his colour by numbers rhino and paper snake are brilliant, Well done Leon!
Jacob and Ryan have been back in school playing with water and sand and learning all about
different animals, Jacob has also packed his explorers’ bag and included a Marmalade sandwich…I
wonder who’s that could be?
Caiden has been out exploring he’s found some abandoned ruins and possibly the river Amazon!..it
could be Nunney castle and a stream, Mrs Ludlow says I have an overactive imagination.
Wicked stuff squirrels!
Oak class
Having spent the morning practising their techniques with spray cans on a small canvas, Bradley, Jamie and Reece from Oak class were then let loose on a wall for the first time and the result was amazing. The boys were so focused and engaged...they absolutely loved it! Also, a big up to Mr Wolfe for the finishing touches! This is just the beginning...watch this space!
English
Catering
A busy week in English this week
both onsite and at home. Elm class
enjoyed reading The Twits outside in
the sun.
Sophie in Sycamore made a modern
day Whatsapp conversation
between 2 characters from A
Midsummer Night’s Dream and
Raife made a 3D set of the forest in
which the play is set
Once again Zak demonstrating his culinary
expertise making spaghetti bolognaise
and shortbread.
Oscar is also demonstrating his culinary
skills to make spaghetti bolognaise.
The Therapy Blog!
Working on our emotions.
Students have been using different activities in their Therapy and Outreach sessions
this week to work through emotions!
What can happen when we hide and mask our feelings? One pupil has worked hard to demonstrate
this! This has taken a lot of time and effort!
Doing an activity together is a good way to talk freely and share our thoughts and
feelings! One student likes to bake!
And finally, using a student’s favourite character to show positives he achieved!
Go Sonic
Please contact us if you would like any further support of information!
Have a lovely weekend and Stay Safe.
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