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'Once Upon a Time' in Year one...

Year 1 have also been learning about Traditional Tales. We have been reading the story of the Jolly Postman. Do you know any of the Traditional Tale characters that are mentioned in the story?

We have drawn pastel pictures of the characters and discussed what they are like. We have also used 'Dazzle' on the computer to create pictures of the characters.

Looking after your teeth.....

We made posters to remind each other to look after our teeth and to keep them clean. Which one is your favourite?

Well done to Bradley (Year R), Jimmy (Year 1) and Paolo (Year 2) for winning the competition. Your posters will be displayed in our local dental practice for all to see!

Year 3's Mythical Exhibition

Year 3 presented a fantastic home learning project exhibition on Friday. Well done to all the children who have worked so hard and thank you parents and friends for coming too!

Please have a look at our photos below.

Governors learn about spreadsheets...and lots more

Some of the governors spent a day in school recently. We all enjoy seeing the school in action and spending time talking to the children about their work. On this visit year 5 enthusiastically told us all about the biscuit business topic. Their knowledge of spreadsheets put us to shame and it was lovely seeing the children work in teams to come up with so many creative ideas. We also took part in singing assembly and spoke to a group of children from all of the year groups about their writing books. The thing I enjoy most about our visits to school is just popping in to see the various classes doing their day to day work. A particular highlight for me on this visit was seeing year 4 act out their poetry. All of the children I spoke to during my visit were happy and enthusiastic about their time at school and very keen to talk to us about their experiences.

Year 4 Bollywood Day

This half term, Year 4 will be studying their Bollywood Topic. We will be comparing life in our local area to life in a small village in southern India, Chembakolli.

Today we took part in an Indian hook day where we did a number of exciting activities. Here are some of them:

• Dressing up in Indian clothes
• Finding India on the map
• Connections to Indian game
• Looking at photos of an Indian village
• Cooking and tasting Indian food - vegtable curry, naan bread and onion bhajis
• Indian music
• Indian dance
• Indian art (look out for the displays in our classroms soon!)
  
  
  
  
  
  

Year 2 Traditional Tales...

We have been thinking about the heroes and villains in traditional tales. Look closely at our display:

We have made shoe box settings of some Traditional Tales:

The Three Little Pigs

Little Red Riding Hood

Friday 10 February 2012: Schools Open

The Oakwood Schools will be open as normal today, Friday 10 February 2012.

There has been some snow overnight, but the roads seem to to be generally clear, and we see no major problems with staff getting to work or pupils getting to school.

Roads and pavements may be icy, so please take care on your journey and allow extra time.

We may need to keep some pedestrian gates closed, but the gates from Sandpiper Road will be open. We welcome your understanding if you can't use your normal gate.

Thank you!

Friday 10 February: Schools Open

The Oakwood Schools will be open as normal today, Friday 10 February 2012.

There has been some snow overnight, but the roads seem to to be generally clear, and we see no major problems with staff getting to work or pupils getting to school.

Roads and pavements may be icy, so please take care on your journey and allow extra time.

We may need to keep some pedestrian gates closed, but the gates from Sandpiper Road will be open. We welcome your understanding if you can't use your normal gate.

If your child is at Minstead, we will update you during the day - they did have snow last night, but at the moment, we don't see any problems with the journey back.

Thank you!

Snow at Minstead

Frosty Thursday at Minstead

Today at Minstead we rotated to our final chicken, muck moving or pond dipping activity.

In the afternoon, we explored more of the New Forest and made our seven special words using only natural materials. There words are: biodiversity, transport, rich world, poor world, energy, water, recycling and food and farming.

In the evening, we sat around a glowing bonfire, told jokes, sang songs and Chris told us a fascinating and magical story. We might even share it in assembly when we get back!

We can't believe we are going home tomorrow! This week has gone by so quickly, probably because we have been so busy and have been having such a brilliant time.



Please see today's photo gallery!