isb primary newsletter - march 2011

This month Nursery went on a trip to

the biscuit factory. We had been

learning the story of The Gingerbread

Man and wanted to see how they make

biscuits for the shops. It was very in-

teresting. We saw how they weigh out

the different ingredients, how they

mix them in a huge bowl, how they cut

them out into different shapes and

how they cook them in a huge oven.

Our teacher’s favourite bit was the

chocolate

waterfall

that the

biscuits

went under

to cover

them in

chocolate! We got

to taste lots of dif-

ferent types of bis-

cuits and cakes as

well!

Nursery Newsletter 03.01.2011

We continued our fiction topic by spending

a week learning about Pirates, Princes and

Princesses. We dressed up with crowns and

pretended to be Cinderella’s Prince trying

to find Cinderella and choosing our princess

to try the shoe on, unfortunately it was too

big for everyone!

We finished with a week on the circus

where we tried to learn how to balance

plates and cups, to juggle and painted our

faces like a clown. We also had a clown

come in and visit us. He showed us his

tricks, played some games with us and then

did some amazing tricks with balloons.

We hope you had a lovely half term and the

children are ready to come back and con-

tinue learning and having fun!

This month Reception classes went

on a trip to the Bread Factory. We

had been learning about different

people in our community

and their jobs. So we

wanted to see them at

work! It was interesting to

see the way they bake the

bread and other delicious

pastries in the huge ovens.

Of course, our favourite

part was eating all those

goodies!

For our topic „ People who

help us‟ we had our school

nurse Miss Carmen in the

class for a special lesson

where she helped the chil-

dren understand the impor-

tance of washing hands

and how we can keep ourselves

away from germs!

Mr. Stratan, Tony‟s father was also

very kind to come and show the chil-

dren some exciting experiments. Our

favourite was the „erupting volcano‟.

After our topic „Different occupa-

tions and People who help us‟ we

can see a great future for our World

with so many doctors, teachers, pi-

lots, fire-fighters, astronauts and

who knows what else!

Reception Newsletter

03.01.2011

ISB!!!

We also had an open af-

ternoon this month. We

hope you enjoyed spend-

ing time in your child's

class and watching

them learn new ideas,

concepts and skills.

February has also been a

very cold month and the

children have not been

able spend as much time

outside during play-

times. We hope March

brings warmer weather

as playtime is an impor-

tant part in developing

the children's social

skills and friendships!

February has been a very

busy month for Year

1!! Not only were they

working hard in lessons

they also had to work

extra hard by rehearsing

for the KS1 Produc-

tion. 1A took on the

story of 'Snow White

and the Seven Dwarfs'

while 1M performed

'Peter Pan'. I'm sure you

can appreciate how

much effort the children

put into practising their

speaking parts!

A big thank you also to

you the parents for pro-

viding such fantastic

costumes for the children

to wear! They all looked

amazing!! For

those parents who came

to watch we're sure

you'll agree what a bril-

liant show the chil-

dren put on. We have

very talented children at

Great Production

Year1 Newsletter 1.03.2011


February is a short month.

On 16th February KS 1 put

on the Production “Story

Time”. Together with the

teachers the children worked

hard to learn their words,

and to practise acting and to

make the costumes. Year 2B

put on “The Enormous Tur-

nip”, 2P chose the story

“Lao Lao of Dragon Moun-

tain”, and 2G picked “The

Rahja‟s Big Ears”, a story

not familiar to a lot of peo-

ple. All the children were

very excited about the show

and happy to see their par-

ents watching them per-

form.

There was also an Open

Afternoon and a lot of par-

ents of Year 2 children

came to assist in our after-

noon sessions.

the audience it is sure to

be a sell out! We will be

learning our lines, songs

and dances ready to en-

tertain you all.

Our new Design and

Technology topic links

with our Science topic

all about Materials and

Packaging, so be sure to

keep different types of

packaging and bring

them in from home,

we‟ll be creating some of

our own later in the

month.

Well February was a

short month but a very

busy one. We completed

our Science topic of

Healthy Eating and

Teeth with a fantastic

trip to the dentist, where

we learnt what we need

to do to keep our teeth

happy and clean; we all

had our teeth checked

and learnt how to clean

our teeth properly.

Following our home-

work projects we played

some of our board games

and quizzes to found out

how much we‟d learnt.

We are now busy prepar-

ing our contributions to

our Year 3, 4, 5 Produc-

tion ‘Around the World

in 80 Minutes’. This

will be held on the 17th

March at 5pm, so

please book your tickets

to guarantee a place in

A very healthy month


signed some of their

own. Then they made a

rocking chair out of pegs

which look fantastic!

Year 4 celebrated the last

day of term in style with

our „Tudor Day‟. Chil-

dren have been learning

about the lives of the Tu-

dors, their clothes,

houses and jobs and this

was a great excuse to

dress up and have a fun

day. Children made

ruffs, practiced Tudor

maths word problems,

created Tudor designs,

played games and had a

great time. Phew, we all

needed a holiday after

that!

Although a very short

month, February proved

to be a very busy time

for pupils in year 4. To-

wards the end of term

the children visited the

„Heidi‟ chocolate fac-

tory, as part of our sci-

ence topic on keeping

warm. Children learnt

how the chocolate is

made, heated and poured

into moulds and then

cooled into the final

product. Most impor-

tantly everyone also had

the chance to taste it,

mmmm delicious!

In Art/DT children

looked at the different

designs of chairs and de-

Tudor Day


time to make their mov-

ing toy.

Finally, the children

evaluated how successful

their moving toys

were. Overall, the chil-

dren had created some

fantastic moving toys but

- what was most impres-

sive - was their attention

to detail during the de-

sign process.

During the spring term,

year 5 students were

given the task to design

and make a moving

toy linked to their Sci-

ence work on „Earth,

Sun and Moon‟. This

involved some design-

ing skills by using infor-

mation sources to gener-

ate ideas and investiga-

tion into cam mecha-

nisms. The children also

refined their cutting and

measuring skills before

creating their designs.

Once they had produced

their final design, it was

Making Toys


In February, Year 6 students discussed

the issue of street dogs in Romania.

They learned about the number of dogs,

analysed the impact they have on the

local area and surveyed members of the

community to better understand people‟s

feelings about this local issue.

In Literacy, students learned about the

use of formal language through the crea-

tion of tour guides. Video tours of the

school were written and filmed by Y6

which highlighted key features of the

facilities and gave visitors a taste of life

at ISB.

Using their learning and immense dra-

matic skill, students in 6B prepared an

assembly combining a tour of ISB and

information about the street dogs which

was performed to parents and KS2 on

Wednesday 2nd March.

Community Survey


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