Despite the cold weather, our students have continued to impress us with their enthusiasm and skill in a wide range of sporting activities. Taekwondo has been especially popular, helping children build confidence, improve balance and coordination, develop focus and respect, and stay active while having fun. A reminder that our Morning Taekwondo Club runs every Tuesday and all abilities are welcome.

Students have also been enjoying gymnastics sessions on Thursday mornings with Mr Ferdinand. Using a range of apparatus, children have been developing strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, spatial awareness, and confidence when trying new skills. It has been wonderful to see them challenge themselves and enjoy learning new physical skills.

In ICT, students are learning about computational thinking by solving problems step by step in fun and simple ways. They have been practising breaking tasks into small steps, putting instructions in order, spotting patterns, and fixing mistakes through activities such as coding games, digital stories, and unplugged learning. These lessons help build confidence, persistence, and support learning across the curriculum.

In literacy this week, Eagle Class explored non-chronological reports. We worked together as a class to identify and label the key features of a non-fiction text. We began by discussing the differences between fiction and non-fiction, using examples such as Horrid Henry and a DK children’s sports book. We learnt about the important features including headings, subheadings, introductions, paragraphs, fact boxes, technical language and a formal tone. Using a different non-chronological report and a supporting tick sheet, the children then worked in pairs to find the features. This helped to develop their confidence in analysing this style of writing. 

Year 6 have been learning about oracy and how it supports confident, respectful communication. 

They explored the four types of oracy, learned our talk rules for class discussions and practised asking questions and explaining their thinking clearly during a class game.

We found out that developing oracy skills helps us to express our ideas clearly, listen to others and prepare for confident communication in secondary school and the future.