Dear Parents/Carers,

Reception had a busy week experimenting with various tools and paints to  create their own 'Gruffalo' paintings. In addition to this, Mr Levey made the children road tracks that they have absolutely LOVED using within their provision. The children were busy creating their own town with the new road tracks and cars/trucks.

In their maths lessons, the children in Year 1 enjoyed playing maths games to help develop their understanding of doubles. In their art lesson, the children in Year 1 added detail to their final outcome that was created in the style of their focus artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

As part of their RE learning, Year 2 used their prior knowledge to consolidate their learning about Hinduism. The children were learning about Raksha Bandhan and celebrations inside Mandir. The children have really developed curiosity this term whilst learning about Hinduism and have asked so many thought-provoking questions about the topic. Well done Year 2!

In their geography lesson, Year 3 really enjoyed exploring physical geography and examples of this. They then completed an activitiy where the children sorted aspects of human and physical geography, discussing their findings with their partners. In maths, the children continued their learning about division and they used manipulatives to help them divide 2 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers.

Year 4 had an exciting PE lesson this week with Mr White which focused on tennis skills. The children were focusing on using their hands to keep the ball in the air before using their rackets to practice their backhand. The children thoroughly enjoyed developing these skills and demonstrated our character skill of relationships as they collaborated so well with one another. 

The children in Year 5 were working extremely hard this week during their French lesson. This term, the chidlren have been learning about the weather in French and they have written their own weather reports. The week, the children performed their weather reports, focusing hard on their French accent. WOW! Additionally, the children in Year 5 had a workshop this week with Chartwells that focused on sugar this week. They learnt about the sugar in our diets and how this impacts our health.

This week in maths, the children in Year 6 were using protractors to measure the size of angles. When using the protractors, the children supported one another well and reminded one another about the importance of 'starting on 0'. In their English lessons, the children finished off their writing outcome and then reflected on their use of the power of three and how it engages the reader.

Friday was NSPCC Number Day! The children looked incredible in their outfits and loved engaging in all of the maths activities planned for them by their teachers. Thank you Mrs Rattle for organising this event and for everyone involved. 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend,

Miss Capes, Mrs Jackson and the Maundene Team

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