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“I like geography because you find out about countries you don’t know, it’s interesting and makes you want to go.” Year 2 pupil
"When I have a car when I’m older, I’ll be able to travel to different places." Year 2
"It’s lots of fun learning about people and places. I don’t know that many things and I might learn more." Year 2 pupil
"It’s interesting learning how the countries were formed from one place (Pangea), and about different rocks."Year 3 pupil
"It’s fun to know how other people live in different countries and places. You learn what they have and how they use them." Year 3 pupil
“I like finding out about the different biomes within Africa, and the animals that live in the different habitats. Also about the different traditions and how people live.” Y5 pupil
“I love cartography, drawing maps of Africa using coordinates and bringing maths into it. I really enjoyed adding the equator, tropics and Greenwich Meridian to my map too.” Y5 pupil
"I won’t be able to go to every country and place in the world, but I can learn about it from atlases, and the internet." Year 5 pupil
"We learn about how people are paid, and what life is like in those countries (where they grow cocoa beans)." Year 5 pupil
"I like looking at places on a map and where they are. I like to try and name a country." Year 5 pupil
"I like learning about where I am in the world and it makes me think I can find my way to different places." Year 6 pupil
"I like to know where other people live and that leads into something else about their life, like how they live." Year 6 pupil
"You find out about countries you don’t know. It’s interesting to find out about where they are, and things that make you want to go." Year 6 pupil
Quotes coming soon!
We had a whole school engineering STEM challenge.
Here is what we had to say:
"We are making a tall tower. Ours was standing but then we put too much paper at the top and it started to drop."
Year 1 pupil
"We can make paper stronger by scrunching it, folding it and rolling it up."
Year 1 pupil
"We are building a tower that must be able to stand on its own. We built a big base."
Year 2 pupil
"We included diagonal bars to make it stronger. Next time we could make the base wider and the top narrower, like the Shard."
Year 2 pupil
"If we made our structures again, I would make my tower thicker so that it can hold the weight of the top without bending."
Year 3 pupil
"If I did it again I would twist my paper to make it realy sturdy."
Year 3 pupil
"We evaluated our structure half way through to see if we would need to adapt our design. We discovered that we needed to focus more on the stability of our structure rather than the height."
Year 4 pupil
"It worked well because our base was stable. We used extra reinforcement by adding paper balls under the legs, allowing us to do a second layer at the top."
Year 4 pupil
We worked as a group and tested several ideas first. We discovered that the simpler designs were the most effective."
Year 5 pupil
"We used straws as weights to support our structure."
Year 6 pupil
"Our tower is like a tripod because it has stands at the bottom to support it."
Year 6 pupil
Mon 09 Sep, 08:45: Y2 Parent Meeting |
"I love it. You can learn about computers and iPads - it's really cool."
Daisy
"Mr Smith makes it fun and is good at explaining".
Zak
"We have been doing some filming and editing on iPads and computers. Everyone on your table has a role."
Ansh
"We work in groups and we had to apply for different positions in our team. I'm a project manager but you could apply to be other things, like a coder and designer. It's a challenge to do something you're not used to."
Nadirah
Reading
The best thing about reading is reading books at bedtime.
F2 child
The hardest thing about reading is that you need to know all the sounds to read all the words and you might not know all the sounds yet!
Y1 child
Books are full of lots of little secrets that you might not know until you read them.
Y2 child
I like reading because you can feel what the characters are feeling. You lose yourself in them.
Y4 child
I like guided reading better than whole class reading because we focus on a book and do lots of different things.
Y5 child
Everyone in Y6 gets engrossed in their reading. I think the activities we do help us develop as readers.
Y6 child
Writing
When you are writing you have to really think and put yourself in the minds of your characters.
Y3 child
I try to use good vocabulary, conjunctions and fronted adverbials to make my writing flow.
Y4 child
I like the challenge of including all the elements in our sentences (We use something from the Fantastic, the Grammaristic and the Boomtastic rainbow)
Y5 child
The teachers are really helpful. They have great teaching methods to help you to get better at writing. They make hard things easy.
Y3 child
I like trying to use really interesting adjectives like scrumptious to improve my writing...I also like doing neat, joined up writing.
Y2 child
I can write lots of sentences about kindness and being a good friend. The long words can be tricky to write.
Y1 child
"Everybody gets to talk about the answer to the problem and share how they got the answer."
Year 5 pupil
"In the other classes, we have been taught different ways of answering a problem and then in year 6 we use the quickest way of solving the problem."
Year 6 pupil
"Fast Feedback helps me know that I am using the right method"
Year 4 pupil
"Learning maths is much better at school...I like being in the classroom"
Year 2 pupil
"I try to use a different method before asking the teacher" (If I'm stuck)
Year 5 pupil
"At the beginning of every maths lesson, we work together on a problem, this helps get my brain work better"
Year 3 pupil
"I like using different things (resources) to help me learn"
Year 1 pupil
"Rockstars has really helped me to be quicker at my times tables"
Year 6 pupil
Year 3 pupil
“I loved painting London landmarks and mixing water colours. I added a bit of blue to white to make a light blue colour”.
Year 1 pupil
“Sketching is my favourite because we get to learn how to sketch different things. we use different pencils for darker and lighters shades”.
Year 2 pupil
“I enjoy following step by step instructions on how to draw animals. I feel very proud when I have seen my work at the end”
Year 3 Pupil
“Art is everyone’s favourite lesson because it is fun. I enjoy DT because I like having projects and seeing the outcome. I sometimes surprise myself with how well things turn out”.
Year 4 pupil
“I find Art relaxing but prefer making things. I am always making different things at home”.
Year 4 pupil
“I enjoy drawing sea creatures with water pastels and using bright colours”.
Year 5 pupils
“I like mixing water colours. I sometimes surprise myself with the colours I can make”.
Year 5 pupils
'I have enjoyed all my art lessons and feel like i have become more confident over the years'
Year 6 pupil
"I like learning about history, because things were different. I especially like comparing new things with old things" Year 1 pupil
"I like history, because I like looking at artefatcs. Some are real, but some are replicas." Year 2 pupil
"My parents don't tell me much about history, so I like to learn about it here." Year 2 pupil
"We learn about famous people and that's fun. We get to learn more about people." Year 3 pupil
"I like to compare what happened in the past, to now. I like finding out facts and listening to stories about the past." Year 4 pupil
"It is one of my favourite subjects. It really interests me. I like it when it shocks me, because it was so different." Year 5 pupil
"I loved learning about the pyramids. It was so long ago... but they're still there!" Year 5 pupil
"I like to find out what’s happened around the world and what’s changed over time." Year 5 pupil
" I like learning about history, because I find out about new things, how and why they happened and how things have changed. It makes me want to learn more." Year 6 pupil
"When I learned about the Rosetta Stone, I asked my mum to take us to the British Museum to see it." Year 6 pupil
"I like all history because there’s always something unexpected or that you never knew about." Year 6 pupil
"I have learned about it before (Ancient Egyptians), but this time we are debating and discussing using video clips of finding the Rosetta Stone." Year 6 pupil
This is what Years 1 and 2 said about the Great Fire of London Day;
"I liked being a soldier, because they killed the pigeons which were spreading the fire."
"King Charles II broke the houses down, to stop the fire. He also said they had to be rebuilt from stone or brick so it couldn't happen again."
"I enjoyed making the soap. You had to make a ball and add something smelly like lavender. It smells very relaxing."
"The first thing I did was the ink making. I made ink out of charcoal, water and iron sulphate and I got to use a feather to write with!"
"I like the barber surgeon because you get to chop people’s legs off. I learned they didn’t have proper doctors and had to chop off legs and arms because they couldn’t make them better."
"Our favourite part was the perfume shop, because it smells nice. You had to make it because the streets were very smelly from the plague."
"the fire started in the baker's shop in Pudding Lane."
Here are some quotes from our music learners:
"Djembe is really great - much better than I thought it would be! We have learned how to use different parts of our hands to change the sounds and pitch."
Year 5 pupil
"I love djembe. We learned how to hold the drum in the right position to make the right noise. At the end of the lesson we practice what we have learned in games...Caz says words and we say them back with our beats."
Year 5 pupil
"I am so happy (playing ukulele) that I think my heart will burst!"
Year 3 pupil.
"We have learned about tempo, pitch, pulse and structure. It's fun. I want to play the violin."
Year 2 pupil
"We sing and do dances. There is a game where the big bird claps and we are like the little bird and copy the big bird. Sometimes we do face exercises. We listen to the beat."
Year 1 pupil
"We all sing together. Some of us sing solos. Sometimes Miss Andrews splits the class so one half sing then the other half."
Year 1 pupil
Our latest musical videos:
'Jewish people try to follow exactly what it says in the Torah. One badly shaped letter or spelling mistake will ruin the entire thing. If you roll out the Torah it will be the length of a football pitch. They have little bells on the top which jingle and everyone there gets really excited because they know the Torah is coming.' 'The Qur’an is read by children at an early age so that they know it off by heart when they are older. People have to wash their hands before they touch it. There is a special stand which keeps it open and stops it getting dirty.
At the end of the year, children were asked if rules are important to live by and about religious rules
Year 3
'Yes, if we didn’t have rules the world would be a mess. Not everyone sticks to the rules. Sometimes it is okay to break the rules in an emergency or for safety. You shouldn’t just break the rules because you just wanted to.
I know some religious rules for Muslims like Hajj which is a journey to Mecca, Ramadan and Zakat which is giving money to the poor. Christians have rules too which tell them how to behave.
I think R.E. is important because it shows people about other people’s religions.
I think R.E. is valuable because in later life you need to know about all religions and respect them. I love the art in it and it is very fun. I enjoyed learning about the suffragettes and having fun debates. Daisy
I think R.E. is really fun and it is good to know how other religions celebrate occasions.
Y4 pupil
I think that R.E. is my favourite lesson. I love how you let us create posters. We learn how to respect other religions. We should have more time learning about RE
Y5 pupil
I think it is really important to learn R.E. when you’re in primary school so you know how to respect and know how other religions work, so when you meet someone with a religion you know how not to hurt their feelings. You learn how to be proper and know other people’s rules.
.Children from KS 1 have been talking about their P.E. experiences
WHAT SORT OF P.E. HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS TERM?
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE DOING WELL IN P.E.?
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT A SKILL YOU HAVE LEARNT THIS TERM IN P.E.?
We have been playing games
Mr Smith pretended to have a controller and made us move about in lots of different ways
Mr. Palmer has lots of games in mind for us and then he shows us how to play them and we practice
I like the games we can play. Like Dropball and Stuck in the Mud. There are rules for each different game and you need different skills for each game. We need to follow the rules so the game works.
We have been using beanbags. We put them on our head and walk around. We have to go around a course. We did a game called ‘How to move like an Animal’. We moved around the hall like our animal and then had to stop in our best animal pose – frozen – when the teacher said stop
In team games the teams have different coloured tops. I enjoy P.E. I really like games.
We have been playing games - Ice and Fire and Bench Ball. Bench Ball is the first game when we ‘eached’ each other. I like the game at the end because it gets harder. When there are less people then you are not so sure where to hit the ball to score.
We have been running - I love running
I ran around the playground and I didn't stop
Now I am really looking forward to racing
When you run out of energy, you can run with your heart
P.E. helps you to stay healthy. We learned about it in our topic ‘Marvellous Me’.You have to eat vegetables and you have to do exercise. I do lots of running at break times.
We have been throwing and catching
We have been doing games with balls and bats. We had to try and keep the ball up. You have to concentrate and have coordination
You have to throw gently or the ball goes too far and your partner can't catch it properly
We learnt lots of ways to move the ball around - I liked bouncing and rolling the ball
Mr. Palmer encourages us. He says ‘nice work’ and ‘keep practising’
We have been throwing, kicking and catching. I like kicking because it’s good for football. Throwing is good for netball and basketball but in netball they throw a different way. We had to kick the balls at cones to hit them. It was like trying to hit the target.
We have been doing gymnastics
Teddy bear rolls, sausage rolls, log rolls and balances. Mrs Trott tells us to try and then she tells us how to make it better. I like going on the apparatus.
I watch other people do it and then I know how to do it myself.
If somebody does well, Mr Palmer says, "Good work. Look at his postiion."
(Year 6 pupils lead a Sports Day warm up activity)
Children from KS 2 have been talking about their P.E. experiences.
WHAT SORT OF P.E. HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS TERM?
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE DOING WELL IN P.E.?
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT A SKILL YOU HAVE LEARNT THIS TERM IN P.E.?
We are going swimming
I am a good swimmer and I can get all the way to the end
You have to be safe
We have been doing netball and hockey
We have been playing hockey. You have a ball and a stick. You have to hit the ball with the stick. We did it a bit in Year 2 so we know how to do it. We have learned new skills. You have to score a goal in a match.
We did it in Year 3 so I am good at it – I know what to do. You pass the ball and you keep your stick below your waist. This is a big rule. Mr Palmer tells you ‘Good work’ if you are doing well but I know anyway because we did it before. People show examples to other people.
We have been learning about the rules of invasion games, like hockey. You can’t play a game without the rules. In invasion games it is hard because you have to think about teamwork. Mr Palmer stops the games and tells what we need to do to improve and then lets the games go on so we can play. At the end of the session he gives out ‘well dones’. He tells us who the P.E. stars are.
We have been playing hockey matches. You can’t just go out and play you have to do a warm up first. Sometimes the bit where you learn a new skill is boring because you just want to play a game. To score a goal you need to make some space so that a team mate can pass to you, it helps if you can pass with the right amount of power and control the ball. At the end of the lesson you do a little wrap up about the skills we used.
You can use a bounce pass for better accuracy
We have been running in the mini marathon
I like P.E. because there is no writing. You need a break. We have been lots of tests. Actually it was quite helpful and quite funny because one of the tests was about keeping fit.
You have to pace your self - when we first did the run, some people just sprinted and then they had to stop. Hardly anyone stopped at the end and some of us did extra laps
I loved it when everybody came out to cheer - it really made me go faster
We have been doing dance
We have been doing dance. I suppose it is a bit topic related because the dance was about building the pyramids. We had to help Mr Palmer to think of all the actions
We did a dance workshop and learned how to make up a routine in our teams
I liked the music. We learned all the moves on the song and then we made up our own moves. We did travelling, jumping and turning and a pose where you don't move at all. Some people fell over but some people were really good at it when they performed their routines.
We have been playing tennis
If you do well in tennis you will hit the ball and the other person would have the chance to hit the ball also. He shows good work and gives us the next thing or level to do. He makes it harder.
I play tennis at playtime - I am getting really good
We have been doing gymnastics
You need control. Somebody in our class is really good at gymnastics
We did five different balances on the apparatus
I like P.E. because it is fun. All the movement is great.
We played cricket last term
In cricket we learnt batting and bowling
I learnt to show my elbow when you do straight drives. Mr Palmer shows us and then he picks somebody to do an example – somebody who gets the ball quickly. He keeps on giving encouragement
We learnt how to aim when you bowl. I'm good at that because I play for a club too. Then we learnt finger positions for battig - hold the bat like baby chicks - really loose.
Mr Palmer makes it easy which is good because sometimes the games are complicated. I didn’t understand how to play cricket until he explained clearly.
" I like working with my partner in French. Sometimes, we watch a video and then we have to try and create our own scene, for example we watched a shop selling CDs - we had to create our own scene showing a similar thing."
Year 5 pupil
"We have learnt about silent letters, SFC stands for silent final consonant. Like vert, we do not pronounce the t, it is silent"
Year 3 pupil
"It doesnt matter if we pronounce something wrong, Madame Elena will say it correctly and get us to repeat it so we know how to say it properly"
Year 3 pupil
"In French we get to do a lot of different activites and games. All the games are educational but a lot of fun"
Year 4 pupil
"Last week in French we were learning aobut colours, this week we used our colours to describe our faces"
Year 3 pupil
"I have learnt a lot in French club in KS1 and now in lessons. I am more confident when I go on hioliday and I go to France a lot."
Year 3 Pupil
"I think the French lessons in school are preparing us really well for when we go to seconday school"
Year 6 pupil
"Learning French will be really helpful when I go to France as I will be able to communicate with everyone"
Year 6 pupil
"We use actions for words which help us to remember the French word and its meaning"
Year 3 pupil
We play lots of games in French, they are all educational and also great fun"
Year 4 pupil
"I don't think there is anything which would make our French lessons better ... they are great!"
Year 4 pupil
"I like learning French because my Grandad lives in France and it means that I can talk to him in French"
Year 3 pupil
"I would like there to be a KS2 French club as well as a KS1 club because I want to build up my skills even more and learn quicker"
Year 3 pupil