Just wow! We have been absolutely blown away by the performances given by Wren and Finch class this week. The singing was sensational, the acting amazing and the dance moves of certain members of the cast had us in stitches.

Well done to each and every child for standing on stage and delivering their lines so eloquently. You certainly gave Y6 a run for their money!

We are so sorry that Robin class were not able to perform with Finch and Wren but we look forward to seeing their performance as a new year treat!

You would be forgiven to think you had entered a Michelin starred restaurant this week if you walked down the year 6 corridors as the smell of soup wafted through the air. This fragrant delight was all the work of the year 6 pupils who had fun chopping, grating and stirring their way to a delicious pot of home-made soup. Mrs Tisshaw even brought in her bread-maker to add to the tasty treats available. Now all year 6 children can make a low-cost, high nutrition, easy to make meal. Maybe you can take one day off the cooking in the holidays ?

Well done to all of our super-star pupils who entered the Christmas homework competitions and produced some amazing results (you can see a selection in the photos!). The overall winners for each class were as follows:

Finch

Priyah (1st), Megan (2nd), Henry (3rd)

Wren

Ilyana (1st), Alyssa (2nd), Ronnie (3rd)

Robin

Joselyn (1st), Lexi (2nd), Selin (3rd)

Swift

Hugo (1st), Max (2nd), Dylan (3rd)

Kingfisher

Nate (1st), Duncan (2nd), Bronwyn (3rd)

Skylark

Samaira (1st), Jamie-Jon (2nd), Jessica (3rd)

Eagle

Nancy (1st), Max (2nd), Issy (3rd)

Kestrel

Katie (1st), Scarlett (2nd), Tijana (3rd)

Kite

Karina (1st), Evie (2nd), Henry (4th)

Cormorant

Flynt (1st), James (2nd), Erin (3rd)

Swan

Ellie and Leticia (1st), Jude (2nd), Lily (3rd)

Heron

Ellen (1st), Hadar (2nd), Oliver L (3rd)

Romans Won the overall competition, followed by Danes, Normans and Vikings

The end of term has been as busy as ever and we are so proud with how well Y3 have coped with change over the last 2 weeks. The Christmas performances blew our socks off and the showmanship of our students was evident! We can't wait to see Robin's play in the new year.

In our English lessons, we have been reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to really help us get into the festive spirit and in maths, we've been solving worded multiplication and division problems too. The children have written their own versions of the sound collector by making note of all the exciting different sounds that can be heard around school. More on that can be found on seesaw!

In topic, we've been concluding our learning on mapwork and in DT we've been making marvellous Christmas pop up books that will be coming home to you as a special festive treat.

Well done for all your hard work this year year 3 - we are immensely proud. Thank you also to parents for their support this term!

Mrs Lawrence-Davis Y3 Team Leader

What a wonderful end to the term we have had in Year 4!

We have thoroughly enjoyed watching the year 3 play; visiting St Peter's Church for Christmas Unwrapped; having a tasty Christmas lunch; and wearing our Christmas jumpers!

In English, we have written some amazing Christmas themed poetry using similes, metaphors, alliteration and personification.

We finished off the term by completing out unit on measurement, area and perimeter in maths.

Our science work on the digestive system finished off with looking at food labels and finding out about the vitamins and minerals that are in our foods. Some children even went home and carried out an investigation to find out how much iron was in their food!

The year 4 team wish you all a very safe and merry Christmas. Enjoy a well deserved break and we will see you all in January!

Mrs Barbosa Y4 Team Leader

Wow! What a jam packed term it has been!

In English we have been using the Christmassy film, An Unexpected Guest, to learn about modal verbs and create a voice over to give the characters thoughts and feelings. The final versions looked and sounded brilliant with lots of expression and amazing vocabulary choices!

In Maths, the children have been working on their understanding of perimeter and area. Having started calculating these for rectangles, we then moved on to calculating the area of compound shapes and estimating the area of more complex, abstract shapes.

We have now completed our DT project to build a bridge using pulleys, gears and levers and they look very effective! We have also finished reading the Boy in the Tower which we have all thoroughly enjoyed.

The Year 5 team would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are looking forward to welcoming the children back in January!

Miss Moakes Y5 Team Leader

Well this week the update isn't by me it is actually our head students who asked if they could do a bit of a review of year 6 so far ( their version of the Queen's speech). I hope they are kind as I am not allowed to see it !

"What a year 2021 has been! In November we were delighted to have so many students donating to such a wonderful charity : The Royal British Legion. Later that month , Year 6 visited Rhos where we embarked on some unforgettable adventures.

This month we loved the food tech project where we cooked our own vegetable soup from scratch and learnt life skills for the future.

And now we are in the countdown to Christmas and loving the Christmas jumper day .

Shout outs to the staff in year 6 who have gone above and beyond this term:

Mrs Tisshaw: for all the Rhos organisation

Miss Howard: for all her help in reading

Mrs Slyfield : for the great Rhos at school week.

Miss Johnson : for her memorable comma splice lesson

Miss Kent : for becoming an amazing year 6 teacher

Miss Thorne : for being a supportive teacher

and Miss Sherwin, Miss Last and Mrs Simmonds for being there when we needed them

Have a great holiday and roll on 2022 - we can't wait for the rest of year 6."

Zach, Jess and Shreya !

(Miss Johnson Y6 Team Leader)