Well done to all our children who took part in the book character potato competition- we had some fantastic entries! Overall, Danes won the inter-house competition and the final 4 children who won the overall book prize were:

Y3: Liyana M

Y4: Rose W

Y5: Maisie M

Y6: Sophia PW

Have a look at our wonderful entries and all the children who won house points in their year group (above)

On Thursday, Heron class in Year 6 went to Braywick Leisure Centre to attend a dance festival. The theme for their dance was boxing and they performed to the song ‘Eye of the Tiger’. They had been practicing their dance for weeks. The parents of the children came to watch and enjoyed it as much as the children did. After an outstanding performance, Heron class were extremely proud of the wonderful show they had put on and were glad all of their practice was worth it!

Shreya Telfer and Ellen Pierre Y6

This house believes children should choose their own lesson ! What I hear you cry - well don't get too excited or panic as this was the title for the final of the house debating competition- Danes vs Normans . It was a brilliant competition and some year 5 classes came and watched as well. In the end this house did not believe that children should choose their own lessons ( much to the relief of the teachers ) and the Danes came out as clear winners

200 Housepoints to the Danes

150 Housepoints to the Normans as runners up

and 75 points to Romans and Vikings

Well done all we look forward to doing it all again next year .

Norden Farm visited year 4 on Thursday 3rd March to run some workshops linked with their 'Magical Lands' exhibition.

The work that the children have done will form part of a multi-sensory gallery experience using light, sound and projection to create a magical Artspace. Centred around a giant beanstalk growing up into the sky, the exhibition will conjure up magical lands through projection of light, both still and moving images, onto different surfaces.

Using cardboard tubes, withies, tissue paper and PLENTY of PVA glue, the children created sections of a beanstalk which will form part of the larger exhibition and will be displayed in the Gallery at Norden Farm across the Easter holiday.

It has been an exciting start to the new term in Y3 with lots of new learning to embrace.

In maths, we have been learning about fractions. Investigating what a fraction is using equipment and calculating what we might need to add to make a fraction a whole.

Our English and comprehension lessons have been all about a book called Escape from Pompeii and we've been learning about what 'writing ingredients' we need to use to create a script. We're really looking forward to reading more of the story and finding out whether the main characters; Livia and Tranio, can escape the deadly Vesuvius. To accompany this learning, we have been reading a non-fiction text all about volcanoes to find out how they work and what can make them so dangerous.

In topic, we have been learning about the Celts and what life might have been like for them. Eventually, we will begin to consider how the Roman invasion may have changed their lives. Will it be for the better or the worse?

We've also enjoyed the excitement of world book day and want to say well done to everyone for their fantastic costumes and spectacular spuds!

Mrs Lawrence-Davis Y3 Team Leader

Year 4 have made a brilliant start back after half term.

In English, we have been writing spooky stories. This is something all our children have really enjoyed and they have become experts at building up suspense!
Over the last two weeks, we have been converting between fractions and decimals and applying this knowledge to dividing by 10 and 100.

We have begun our topic on rivers and have been busy learning the names of the continents and their longest river. This is something we are going to continue practising over the next few weeks.

We have our Comic Relief talent show to look forward to next week as well as a workshop on road safety!

Mrs Barbosa Y4 Team Leader

The new term has brought a range of new topics and opportunities!

The children are thoroughly enjoying exploring William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as they prepare to write a diary entry inspired by the piece. This week they have been learning all about Shakespearian language. This has included developing their best Shakespearian insults to include in their writing when detailing the quarrel between Demetrius and Helena.

In Maths we are finishing our work on decimals and have moved on to understanding percentages. We have then been learning how to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages.

We have been very excited to start our new unit of work in Geography all about South America. Already the children have been using atlases and maps to find the location of South American countries alongside other human and physical features. They have also been researching the difference in weather between London and Brasilia before completing their own bar graph to show their findings.

We very much enjoyed all the costumes and book related learning of World Book Day. Now we are looking forward to the Comic Relief Talent Show and our upcoming Samba performance. More information about this coming soon!

Miss Moakes, Y5 Team Leader