C - 4th Easter

Christ our Shepherd

We looked ahead to the Fourth Sunday of Easter this week - Good Shepherd Sunday - and celebrated the idea that Jesus came to show us the way to salvation, “I give them eternal life.” We know that shepherds protect and guide their flocks to safe, green pastures where they can be at peace. In the same way, Jesus shows us the way to our heavenly home where we can be at peace with God.

We explored different ideas about what Heaven might be like and committed to making our earthly lives more heavenly by building God’s Kingdom through our words and actions this week. Children committed to being more attentive to others in their games, being more generous to their learning partners and being gentle in their words and actions for the common good.

Growing Up

As part of our Science topic on plants, Year 1 have been busy planting sunflower seeds and observing them as they grow shoots, stems and leaves. The awe and wonder from the children has been wonderful to see. They are so excited to come in each morning to see if there are any changes to their plants! We have been keeping sunflower diaries to track how they grow, and will continue to grow them at home from half term. We can't wait to see how tall they can get!

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Year 5 enjoyed a visit recently from the Guildford Shakespeare Company who helped bring to life, through drama, the story of Romeo and Juliet. It was part of a curriculum enrichment day and we spent the whole day immersing ourselves in Shakespeare - starting the day with a fun activity in which we had to work out which modern day pop songs had been rewritten disguised as Shakespearean sonnets and ending with a compelling diary entry written by Romeo on the night he met Juliet. We were grateful for the opportunity to experience life as a Shakespearean actor!

A bargain French lesson!

In our Year 6 French lesson this week, pupils immersed themselves in a fun and practical exercise where they learned how to hold short conversations in French, focused on buying, selling, and discussing the prices of food in a supermarket. Using Euros, shopping lists, and props, the children practiced ordering items, asking for prices, and negotiating in French, creating a lively and interactive learning environment. This hands-on approach allowed them to apply their language skills in a real-world context, reinforcing both their vocabulary and confidence in speaking French. C'est fantastique!

Do you believe in unicorns?

This week in Year 2, we had a very exciting visitor! As the children were happily playing outside, a unicorn came into school and left magical hoof prints all over our classrooms! It has sparked a new writing unit all about unicorns and given us the opportunity to learn how to write a non-chronological report. Over the coming weeks we will be learning more about different types of unicorns and picking up facts along the way. Watch out for some fantastic writing from us...

RHS Wisley

Year 3 enjoyed a lovely, sunny day at RHS Wisley. During the day the children rose to the challenge of finding how many natural objects they could fit into a small white box. They used their observation skills to collect petals, stones, leaves, parts of pine cones, feathers, tiny twigs etc. Whilst we were exploring the gardens, children were keen to sit and sketch fascinating plants. Part of the day included a workshop led by RHS Wisley staff which encouraged the children to discuss and discover parts of the plant we eat. The children enthusiastically planted Rainbow Chard seeds which everyone excitedly took home at the end of day.

Led by the Spirit

Reception have been busy learning about Pentecost in RE. In our RE lessons this week we have been recognising that the Holy Spirit is our friend. We listened to the story of Pentecost and then reflected on how the Holy Spirit makes us feel. We then enjoyed painting how the Holy Spirit makes us feel.

5 Little Ducks...

This week the children have been learning about life cycles and learning how we look after animals and pets. In particular, we have been learning about ducks in preparation for our eggs which arrive next week!
We have learnt that they will be arriving to us as eggs, then they will put in an incubator to keep them warm, once hatched they will be a bit wet so they will need to warm up under the warming plate and then we will need to feed and give them water.

Our special visitors next week will bring lots of joy and excitement, where the children can learn first hand how we care for animals and continue to develop their vocabulary with new words such as incubator, hatching, webbed feet and cage.

Get your teeth into this!

This week in Year 4, our budding scientists embarked on an exciting hands-on learning adventure as they created their very own models of teeth! As part of their science lesson on the human body, the class dived into understanding the important role teeth play in our everyday lives, and what better way to explore this than by crafting their own 3D tooth models?

Heavenly Worship

Our thanks to St Ursula's Class for a beautiful worship on the theme of eternal life. The children explained very sensitively that we don't know for certain what Heaven is like but we have a taste of if in God's creation and we can encounter it in the love we show one another. However, we do know Heaven is even better because God is with us! The children sang and danced to inspire and encourage us in our personal faith as we seek to follow Jesus - our Good Shepherd - who shows us the way to Heaven.

Wonderful Witnesses

Congratulations to our wonderful Witness Award winner this week. All of these children have made our school a more heavenly place by responding to this week's Gospel theme and thinking about how our lives on earth could be a clearer reflection of God's Kingdom. Well done and God bless you all!

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