Year 4 is currently the home of 9 very fluffy little chicks.
On Monday we welcomed them to school as eggs and have been keeping them warm in the incubator all week. Our first chick hatched on Wednesday afternoon and the final chick arrived on Thursday morning.
They have spent a lot of time sleeping, but they have been awake long enough for us to get to know them a little bit!
All this week year 4 have been working on solving maths problems. They have been working on the skills of analysing and reasoning - looking for patterns, common elements and reoccurring themes.
If you think you can solve it, then have a look.
Today Year 3 have had the opportunity to write whatever they like, wherever they like! Many of them were inspired by the great outdoors! We saw lots of creativity and a real passion to write for pleasure (and not just because the teacher said so)!
Oakwood welcomed St Deny's Junior School to the school field after school today for their latest league match.
Oakwood played some very good football and were very professional and disiplined in the one sided match. With the half time score at 11- 0 St Deny' changed their goal keeper which slowed the tide of goals. However Oakwood did eventually win 17 - 0.
Goal scorers: Levi (5), Gabe (3), Harry (3), Reece (3), Sam (1), Sam (1) Rhys (1)
Today was a very productive day in Year 5. We spent the day planning and making our very own gardens in preparation for our new topic 'changes'. Our new topic involves revising the life cycle of a plant and how plants reproduce. We will keep you posted with more photos when the gardens get going!
Today in Year 3, we lived through Anglo-Saxon History from the Fall of the Roman Empire in 410AD to the Battle of Hastings in 1066! We learnt about their Politics, Religion, Laws, Hobbies and even how they organised their attacks in close combat. Thanks to Mike and Portals into the Past. What a fun end to the topic!
Anglo-Saxon Battle Charge
To kick off our new topic 'Tell me a story', Year 1 had a fantastic fairytale hook day.
We were very impressed with all the fantastic costumes, particularly those who has added something home made.
We focused on recalling the stories through songs, role play and making puppets. We used Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff & The Three Little Pigs.
We have been learning about how some people celebrate Chinese New Year. We have been trying on traditional Chinese clothing and pretending to have a special Chinese meal in a restaurant. We have been making dragons and fans using our fine motor skills and have been reading a story called, "Ling Ling Goes to China". We wrote postcards to tell people about what we would like to see if we went to China. In dance class we pretended to be dragons and used large scarves to fly around the hall with traditional Chinese music playing. In maths we had to problem-solve ways to share a Chinese Moon Cake with friends and noticed that the circular Moon Cake changed shape as we continued to cut it in half, eventually transforming into a very small triangle-like shape!
Happy Chinese New Year from Year R!
The last week of the half term saw the 4th round of the inter-house sports cup competition. Y3 competed in a Benchball tournament to see which house could gain a lead at the half way stage of the cup.
Adonia romped to victory, winning all three of their matches. Ventura managed two victories, and Britannia one. But Azura could only manage to prop up the table with no wins.
This means at the half way stage of the competition the table looks like this;
Here are a few final pictures from Day 5 at Minstead.
The children had to pack and tidy their dormitories before changing their beds for the next set of children.
The final activity was the map of mystery, and although the weather finally turned on us and we got a little wet the children's spirits weren't dampened and they finished their Minstead adventure in style.
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