Dear Parents/Carers,

The children had a busy week and the sun was shining!

This week, Year R thoroughly enjoyed the activities in the EYFS provision. The children painted dried pasta and then developed their fine motor skills by threading pipe cleaners through. It was fantastic to observe the children demonstrating our Character Skill of Relationships by working collaboratively with one another and supporting their friends.

Year 1 loved their trip to the library this week. The children explored different genres of books and shared some of their favourite books with one another. It was wonderful to see Year 1 continuing to develop their love of reading.

As part of their art learning, Year 3 had a busy week. They particularly enjoyed researching facts abut the Ancient Egyptians and creating a Mood Board based on the artist Clare Haxby. The children worked extremely hard during their art lesson and demonstrated our Value of Resilience by trying their best!

Year 4 have been learning about sound in science this week. The children started by discussing how sound is made from vibrations, before using a variety of instruments to hear how sound differs! They have loved investigating how each instrument varies in volume and pitch.

This week, Year 5 demonstrated amazing collaboration. They worked together to examine evidence based on their core text, 'Too Much Trouble', before deciding whether Emmanuel and Prince should face the consequences of their crimes. 

Finally, Year 6 worked hard to identify the features of a newspaper article during their English lessons this week. The children enjoyed exploring various newspaper articles around pig heart transplants and used their sentence stems to scaffold their discussions. 

We hope you have a wonderful bank holiday weekend, 

Miss Capes, Mrs Jackson and the Maundene Team

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