Headteacher's Welcome

Well done for another great week, Year 5.

This week has been assessment week. The children have completed 6 assessments: Arithmetic, Reasoning A, Reasoning B, Spelling, GPS and Reading. The children have shown good resilient as always during a busy week, and have worked hard at their assessments. Some of them have shown great progress since the beginning of the school year. 

We also had Sport's Day today! The children's penultimate one at Brady. They had an excellent afternoon in the heat, and participated well in the various events. Well done all!

This week we also had a Science lesson exploring comparison skills, continuing with our British Science Week topic of 'Curiosly Close'. The children compared different objects in the classroom and thought about their size relative to one another. The showed some good working scientifically skills.

In addition, we completed our Geography lesson looking at contour lines on OS maps, as well as map swuare grids. These are difficult filedwork skills, but the children did a great job of using their prior knowledge from our last lesson, as well as skills learnt in year 4, to help them complete their work. All of the children now show great confidence when reading maps and explaining key elements of map reading.

Just a reminder, next week is Stubbers! The children will be in school as normal on Monday and Tuesday, and on Wednesday they must be dropped at Stubbers at 12:30 with a packed lunch, ready for the trip to begin! Please refer to the parent letter pack to ensure that you child has all the correct items packed for the trip, as well as referring to the weather forecast beforehand.

If your child is not attending Stubbers, they must still attend school as normal on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The children will be given a separate timetable for how their days will be spent at school.

Any questions, please just ask one of us at the door :) Happy weekend!

Junior Citizens

This week, Year 6 took part in the Havering Junior Citizens event. We looked at a range of scenarios for keeping safe and learnt lots of interesting information. 

Shared Learning

On Wednesday we welcomed lots of adults to our Mexican themed shared learning. We comepleted lots of Mexican crafts and decorated skulls for the festival "Dia de los Muertos". Thank you to all the adults who came. 

Sports Day

On Friday we had our final Sports Day. All pupils participated in the activities and had a great time. 

Well done for a great week everyone! 

This week in Maths, we explored positional language to describe where objects are located. The pupils worked collaboratively in groups, moving objects and using vocabulary such as; beside, next to, in, on and between.

In Topic, we learned about different types of machines and the important jobs they do. We looked at diggers, trucks, and tractors discussing their names, features, and purposes. The pupils then drew their favourite machines and wrote captions to describe them. 

As part of Science Week, we focused on habitats and how our actions can affect them. The pupils took part in an exciting investigation, sorting through poulluted sand and water to think about the impact of litter and pollution on wildlife. Pupils then designed and created their own habitats using recycled materials. 

We finished the week with a very exciting Sports Day! All of the pupils took part showing excellent determination, teamwork, and sportsmanship. We are incredibly proud of everyone for trying their best and having fun throughout the day. Well done, Reception!

We hope you have a lovely weekend. 

Well done year 4 for another great week!

In English this week, we have finished writing our ancient Egypt narrative. The children have worked hard to include pronouns and inverted commas for dialogue in their stories. Next week, we will start our biography topic. 

In Maths this week, we have finished our position and direction topic. The children had to translate on a grid, describe the translation and draw 2D shapes on a grid. The next few weeks we will be returning to previous topics that they have found difficult in year 4 to consolidate their learning. 

In science, we followed a recipe to make our own bread. The children really enjoyed this lesson and were able to see the effects of each ingredient. 

The children partcipated in Sports Day this week! They had lots of fun and we appreciate seeing so many parents show their support.

Please ensure your child is reading and completing TTRS 5 times per week. 

Don't forget to bring in cardboard boxes or large plastic bottles for our project!

Well done, Year 3- another fantastic week at school!

In English this week, we have been working on using volume and expression when reading poetry. The children have really enjoyed practising their performance skills and exploring the meaning behind different poems.

In Maths, we finished our topic on Shapes and have now moved into Statistics. We have been learning how to take information from a table and present it in a pictogram.

In Science, we continued our work on Curious Critters. We created our own compost boxes using old fruit and vegetables, bark, and sand. These have been left outside, and over the next few weeks we will observe whether any insects begin to decompose the materials.

In History, we learned about the Roman Empire’s attempts to invade Scotland. We explored why the Romans wanted to invade and why their attempts were unsuccessful.

This afternoon, KS2 had an amazing time at Sports Day. Despite the high temperatures, all of the children performed brilliantly and had lots of fun.

Next week is Assessment Week, so lessons will look a little different.

As always, please continue to read five times a week and play TTRS for five minutes, five times a week.

Please also see the attached spellings for this week.

Year 1 have had a lovely week!

Maths:

We have continued with 'time' and ended our week with 'counting from 50 to 100'. Children have been using clocks to use the 'big' and 'small' hand to tell when it is 'oclock' and 'half past'. 

English:

In English we have been looking at using exclamation marks, suffix -'ed' and speech bubbles through our focus book 'Chapatti Moon'.

Science:

In science we have continued with 'curious chemistry'. We have learnt to look at different materials and how to change the recipes to make them appropriate for their use. We have had a fun lesson on making slime!

Shared learning & assembly:

The children in 1S did amazing with their assembly on 'plants' and all children really enjoyed shared learning on this topic with a variety of activities. Thank you to everyone who came to watch and took part in shared learning, the children and teachers really appreciate it and we hope you enjoyed too!

Sports Day:

Well done to all the children and teams on sports day! Thank you to parents and family for attending and cheering us on, especially on this warm day! Children enjoyed icelollies in the afternoon.

It has been a sunny week in the Rainbow Room and we have enjoyed being in the garden.

Our core words this week were 'this' and 'that'. We completed some colour matching using the phrases 'this colour' and 'that colour' which the children really enjoyed. 

In phonics, the pupils have been learning the sounds ur, er, ow, ai and oa. After the success last week we used playdough to form the sounds again but this time the playdough was mint scented. 

In maths, the children started using the 10 green bottles manipulatives. They did such a great job with the 5 Little Men and this has been a huge hit.

In sensory play, the pupils used coloured cornflour water to paint in the playground, they dug using soaked oats, ice block painting and we crafted glued some crepe paper to make Father's Day cards.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Monday 6th July

• 10-11am Additional Sports Session (sports day).
• 11-12pm Shared learning in the Rainbow Room (bring your own lunch).
• 12-1pm Lunch in the Rainbow Room.
• 1pm - take your child home.

Monday 13th July

• Parent Consultations to discuss your childs progress and school report.
• 12.45-3.30pm - book a 15 minute slot directly with Mrs Staples.

This week our focus story has been 'Pirates Love Underpants'. The children have loved the pirate themed activities and have shown great enthusiasm towards their learning. The children have been learning about sea creatures, sorting and matching, floating and sinking and matching numerals and amounts. They have also been counting gold coins and we were impressed with this! We finished the week with a Healthy Eating Week activity. The children cut up their own fruit and spooned on yummy yogurt to make their own healthy yogurt bowls. 

Next week we will be reading 'What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside'.