Hello Everyone,

we have had a very busy two weeks! The children have written their very own Ancient Greek Myths, they are currently editing their myths. They have begun a new unit in maths: they are now adding and subtracting decimals.

Congratulations to Paige for winning the Golden Certificate this week for her work on decimals; also to those children – Maddie and Issy who have gained their 20 Quiz Certificates for reading.

We are really enjoying our class story, “Who Let The Gods Out!” by Maz Evans. It really is a super story.

The children have been learning a song from the Sixties ready for the Jubilee Picnic on Friday – it would be lovely to see you their and to share the afternoon together. Oak Class have been telling me all about the fancy dress from the Sixties they would like to wear. Here are a few ideas…

I’m sure you have lots of ideas of your own. My goodness, these remind me of my Mum and Dad! I’m sure it will be a super time. Make sure you send in your favourite cake recipes so that we can start compiling The Crowmoor Platinum Jubilee Cake Celebration Book.

Yesterday The Community Health Nurses visited school to talk about mental health and well-being with the children. The key was to say that many feelings and anxieties can be quite normal. They had some super suggestions for the children to try to use to build resilience; we have talked about them in our PHSE lesson too. MAGIC = Mindfulness, Active, Generous, Interest and Connect. We spoke about what each of these words would stand for. The children then talked about what made them happy and we popped them in the “Happy Box.” Not the children but their thoughts! If you evoke a happy memory it can really help to calm and relieve anxiety.

The children have a spelling list in school – more “OUGH” words – and will receive another one for homework on Monday. The test will be on Friday as usual.

Next week we will be creating a class portrait of the Queen, designing a card and also a paper plate for the celebrations. I’m sure we will be very, very busy.

Have a super weekend, from Mrs.P, Mrs Brunyard, Ms Nicholas and Miss Hipkiss.

Hello,

It seems a very long week and yet it was only four days long!

Congratulations to Amelia for gaining the Golden Certificate for her super writing about a Greek hero. Next week the children will be writing about a Greek mythological beast!

Jaimiey has received a “Kindness Counts” certificate for raising funds for Ukraine. Daisy has also received the same certificate for donating her hair to “The Little Princesses Trust,” they are such kind and caring girls. Well done.

If you have something special to share please let me know as a special mention can be made in assembly. Amelia also bought her gymnastic medals and ribbons to share. There really are some super children in Oak Class.

The children have been ordering and changing decimals to fractions. They have concentrated on tenths and hundredths. Any help you can give them at home, perhaps in the form of money and noticing prices in the shops, would be a great help to them.

Today we have created our own story-boards ready to create a short video using different framing techniques and camera angles. We have also started to talk about our PSHE theme: relationships. Today we have thought about what makes us unique and that we should celebrate and respect our differences.

As the weather warms up the children will need appropriate clothing for PE: black/navy joggers or shorts, white T shirt, sweatshirt and trainers. Trainers are for PE not every day use. The children should not wear any jewellery for PE so it is best to leave these at home. With this in mind, please put your child’s name in their clothing – we already have an enormous collection of cardigans and sweatshirts without names. We cannot keep them all, if they are not claimed they will be recycled.

Everyone in Oak Class would like to wish Year 2 and Year 6 every success for their SATS next week. We promise to be quiet for you as we move around school whilst you are sitting your assessments. Good luck!

Finally, the Oak Class team wish you all a super weekend,

Mrs.P, Mrs Brunyard, Ms Nicholas and Miss Hipkiss.

Good afternoon,

I hope you have all had a super Easter – the weather was great. Hopefully, the sunshine has sent all of the bugs and virus’s away for the Summer.

This week the children have started their new thematic learning: “Where in The World is Greece? Ancient and Modern” We are very excited about our new theme and have lots of wonderful learning activities planned. Please see our thematic web below.

Website Theme Plan Where in The World is Greece Ancient and Modern

With this in mind our literacy unit is all about Greek myths and mythology. Our chosen text is The Odyssey by Homer and our story to end each day with is called “Who Let The Gods Out” by Maz Evans. We are also hoping to improve our reading fluency and each week we have a short text to read out loud and discuss – the children will bring it home to practice too. This week it was called “Who are the Ancient Greeks?”

We have spent time completing our maths theme – Fractions. Next week we begin our maths theme – Decimals and Percentages.

Just a reminder that as the weather becomes warmer the children may want to wear either navy or black shorts for PE with a plain white T shirt and their sweat shirt. Trainers or pumps are suitable for PE on the playground or the field. A football kit is not appropriate for school PE. We are very proud of our uniform and so are the children.

A huge well done to Finley Williams for being awarded the Golden Certificate this week for his excellent maths work this week.

The spellings list will be given to the children on Tuesday.

We hope you have a super Bank Holiday weekend – take care if you are out and about in the Sun. “Slip, Slap, Slop, Slide” as they say in Australia.

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Next week we welcome Miss Hipkiss back to complete her teacher training – we are looking forward to working with her again.

See you all on Tuesday, best wishes,

Mrs Parkhurst, Mrs Brunyard and Ms Nicholas.

Hello,

once again a super end to a super week. The children have all tried hard with their latest assessments. There are a few more to come next week!

A massive congratulations to Daisy-Mae Wilson for being awarded the Golden Certificate this week: she read 5 out of 6 books for the Shrewsbury Book Award – super.

We have completed our investigation: How to make the Red Planet green. The seeds all grew very well. The deciding factor came down to the amount of water the children used! The daffodil bulbs have all bloomed superbly, the hebs are beginning to germinate and the potatoes are shooting – win, win all round I believe!

We have some strawberries to plant and a bee garden to scatter.

Today has been a day of mixed emotions for all of us in Oak Class: Igor Wenta has left our class. We wish him lots of luck in his new school in Poland. He has been an absolute joy to teach. The children spent the afternoon telling him their fondest memories: his friendliness, helpfulness and someone who tried and worked hard but also liked to play a good game of football has shone through in everything they said. We will miss him and his brother and sister but we hope he will email us via the class email. Just in case you need the email it is as follows:

oak@crowmoorschool.co.uk

It looks like it is going to be a sunny weekend so I hope you manage to get out in the Spring air. Don’t forget the clocks will go forward on Sunday which also happens to be Mothering Sunday. Have a super weekend,

Mrs P, Mrs Brunyard and Ms Nicholas.

Hello,

we have had a super week. I have been very impressed with the ways in which the children have added and subtracted fractions with the same denominator. Well done to Paige, who has received the Golden Certificate for her work in maths this week.

It has been science week – the theme was “Growing.” We have planted herbs, which we hope to add to salads in the Summer Term and eat them. We have also planted potatoes as part of a competition between classes – if you have any tips for growing a good crop please let your child know so that they can pass them on! We have yet to plant our “Bee Garden” and our strawberries. The children are also investigating how we could “Make The Red Planet Green!” They have planted seeds in soil samples from Mars – they have used rock particles ranging from microscopic, powder like particles to flat slate like rocks – all from Mars! Each day the children will record what happens.

We had a super start to science week by walking around the school grounds to identify changes and growth which occurs in Spring. We cleared up a few misconceptions along the way, for example: daffodils are not buttercups and pigeons are not robins. We all agreed learning spellings about Spring would be very useful when we come to create our own version of “The Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady.”

A huge well done to those children who gained levels for their “Cracking Times Rables” this week. Igor level 13, Maddie level 10, Arthur level 7, Adam level 6, Emily level 5 and Millie level 4. I hope everyone else is working hard to achieve their levels.

Unfortunately, our classroom was in a huge mess on Tuesday morning! I believe aliens had invaded our room – there was paint everywhere, books all over the floor and chairs upside down to name a few things! The children reported their finds in a newspaper report that day – they certainly make for interesting reading. I hope they don’t return but you never know. Do you know what an astrobiologist does? Please ask your child to explain – it’s an incredible, incredulous job which really exists.

The weather is very Spring like so please enjoy all the lovely fresh air this weekend. Perhaps a walk in the park and a reminder of all the flowers the children have identified and are learning about for spellings.

Tale care, Mrs P, Mrs Brunyard and Ms Nicholas xxx

Hello Everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful half term despite the terrible storms and floods! Some have you have been very very busy because the moving robots the children have made are absolutely fantastic! I have them all on display. Some of the other children have promised to bring their’s in by next Wednesday 9th March when we will be talking about them. I hope to talk to the children about the ways in which robots are used in Space as part of our science work this term.

The children have started to learn about fractions during their maths lessons. Their literacy lessons are focussed around newspaper reports.

We have had a tremendous end to the week. World Book Day was incredible, thank you so much for all of the care and support you gave your children – their costumes were outstanding. The whole day started when the BFG came to take our assembly! Mrs Tiggy Winkle taught all day in Oak Class, which was rather interesting! I have put together a separate post of the photo’s from the day.

Today the children have written blurbs for their book characters from World Book Day. They have also written some super thank you letters to Coach Neil – I am sure he will be really chuffed to receive them.

During art the children  have completed their alien pictures and rocket pictures which are proudly displayed in the classroom. Again, I will post these photo’s in another post.

The children created a reading river yesterday to show how much reading they do in a day from when they wake up to when they go to bed. Try it… you will be surprised at how much you use your reading skills daily. The children can explain what you need to do but here is an example for you to see.

My Reading River

A huge congratulations to Jaimiey for receiving the golden certificate this week for writing a super letter to Coach Neil. Well done!

Have a super weekend from Mrs.P, Mrs Brunyard and Ms Nicholas.

Hello,

we have had a super week this week. Today we have completed our maths work all about multiplication. Next week we move onto division.

In our science work we know the names and order of the planets in our Solar System – fabulous. The children have collected many facts about each of these planets: please encourage them to share some of their knowledge with you.

In our art lesson today we looked at the ways in which fiction books about space are illustrated. We watched Cressida Cowell as she modelled how to illustrate the “How To Train Your Dragons” and “The Wizard’s of Once” books. The children tried out some of their own styles. This one by Alice particularly caught my eye – well done.

A hige congratulations to Emily for receiving the Golden Certificate this week for her poster about “Respecting the Game” which she completed yesterday when Coach Neil was in.

Finally, 恭喜發財 / “gong-hey faa-chwhy” or Happy New Year as we enter Chinese New Year. The children have come home with a fortune cookie – a well known Chinese tradition which is shared at this time of the year. I have asked them to share them with you – good luck.

Have a super weekend,

Best wishes, Mrs P, Mrs Brunyard and Ms Nicholas.