A huge congratulations to our year 4 children who performed excellent class assemblies this week. The children spoke loudly and clearly and showed off some excellent acting and singing skills also! I'm sure that those of you who came to watch learned lots about Queen Elizabeth II's upcoming jubilee. Well done on very successful performances Swift, Kingfisher and Skylark.

Year 6 had a fantastic time at Silverstone on Thursday looking round the museum and attending a workshop and walking on the track. This is the first time we have been and the exciting display have surely excited some of the children to consider careers in STEM subjects and even possibly to be trackside with a Formula 1 team in the future. It was an amazing experience including a 4d immersive cinema racetrack at the end and a chance to find out about the history of the track - did you know it was also farm right up until the 1990s and part of the track was used in World War 2 as a runway. Plus if you are complaining about the cost of new tyres imagine having to replace them every 100miles at a cost of £4000 a pop. A great day out !

Written by Chizara- Y3

On Monday, Flint and I, the Jubilee card competition winners, had an afternoon to remember when we went to the Windsor Guildhall for a party.

When we got there, we saw a town crier, a serious man blocking a door and had a picture with the mayor. All of the adults were wearing paper crowns that they had made themselves. The mayor showed us where to go inside and told us that he’d see us upstairs.

When we went into the Guildhall we explored the museum and saw lots of old artefacts. We saw a model plane and colouring but before we could look around the whole museum a man told us to go upstairs.

We had a good look at the room and saw all the paintings of past kings and queens and huge chandeliers. Then, we sat down in our spaces and got an envelope each from the table. Inside the envelopes there was a smaller envelope with gems and picture of a crown with two strips you had to cut out and then we started to colour.

Next, the mayor gave a speech and told us that when we finished our crowns he we had to cut them out. When we cut our crowns out, we got four squares of double sided sticky tape to make the crown fit our heads.

After that, they gave us cake decorated with icing and a jubilee picture and a drink I chose ribena but I could’ve chosen water or apple juice and the mayor gave us certificates. When we finished our food and drink we took another picture with the mayor.

After we got our picture taken, we got goody bags and Union Jack flags and had a picture together.

Another busy term draws to a close and we can't believe that our year 3's will soon be year 4's.

In English, we have been summarising all our learning on volcanoes by writing a non-chronological report on them. We loved combining everything that we have learnt in topic and comprehension to create vibrant and engaging keynote presentations too!

Our science learning this half term has been all about plants. We have thought about the different parts of the plant and what they are used for as well as investigating where and when plants grow best. We particularly enjoyed exploring the school grounds to see what had grown where.

In maths, we have concluded our learning on shapes and are now able to spot them in the world around us and in technology we have been learning how to sew, thinking about a range of stitches - we'll continue working on this as we move into the final summer term.

Another huge well done for all your hard work this term - enjoy your well earned half term!

Mrs Lawrence-Davis Y3 Team Leader

As always, our year 4 children have been working so hard here at FPJS. As well as learning and performing our class assemblies, the children have been learning how to tell the time on both analogue clocks and digital clocks as well as converting between units of time, such as seconds, minutes and hours.

In English, to support our class assemblies, we have written biographies about Queen Elizabeth II. It was very interesting to learn about her coronation, her childhood and her hobbies and interests. We are all very much looking forward to celebrating the jubilee next weekend.

In science, we have been doing lots of investigations around evaporation, dissolving and diluting, melting and freezing. It has been great fun learning about the changing states.

This week, we also had great fun baking carrot and oat muffins. In DT, we have been tasting sugar free cakes. We learnt about the Eatwell Plate and why reducing our sugar intake is so important for us. It was fantastic to make our own sugar free cakes and the children loved tasting them!

Have a great half term year 4!

Mrs Barbosa, Y4 Team Leader

As always, we've had another busy few weeks in Year 5.

To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, the children have been writing their own fiction and non-fiction texts about the Queen. They have shown real maturity towards their writing by carefully looking back over their previous writing to choose an area of focus for them to develop. You will find copies of a few of the finished pieces in this newsletter!

Meanwhile, the children have been learning about the reasons deforestation occurs in the rainforest and the effect this has on the planet. They have then been using the iPads to show their understanding and persuade others to help take care of the rainforest.

Over the last few weeks, we have been spending time sketching at the pond area and observing the shapes and shading we discover there. The children have also been analysing the anatomy of a dragonfly with the aim of amalgamating these two drawings into a final, beautiful watercolour painting! Watch this space after half term for pictures of these!

Wishing you all a lovely half term break.

Mrs Pierron, Y5 Team Leader

Year 3/4 Cricket SKills

On Thursday 19th May, Mr Kemp took a mixed team of 14 pupils over to Altwood school to participate in the Dynamo cricket skills festival. A mixture of batting, bowling, fielding, throwing and catching were all used during this fun inclusive event. Mr Kemp was thoroughly impressed with everybody's attitude, behaviour, determination and positivity on what was such a beautiful sunny Thursday afternoon. FP managed to finish a well deserved 4th place which is a wonderful achievement for all involved. Well done!