Good afternoon,

I have been really impressed this week at how hard the children focused and tried their best in the SATs and then have kept that focus for the rest of the day.

In geography, we compared the climate of England to Greece; in art, we began investigating the print artist India Flint, and in P.S.H.E. we explored why we need to talk about all our emotions (positive, negative, happy, sad).

Next week, the children will have P.E. on Tuesday as well as their usual Wednesday and Friday sessions.

Have a fun weekend,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

We have managed to fit a lot of things in our 4 day week. In English, the children have created their own short story, they are very creative and some are really showing how good a writer they are. In maths, we have looked at division and multiplication,

In Geography, we tried to find another town in Europe that shared similar features to Shrewsbury, although tricky, the children came up with an interesting range. For computing, we continued to look at design and shape.

Next week is SAT’s week, please ensure all children arrive at the usual time in their normal school uniform.

Hope you have a fun weekend,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

We have had a full on first week back. In maths, we have revisited ways of tackling and representing questions, finding answers and solutions. In English, we have looked at how we create a character description and have had a go and creating some of our own.

This term for topic, we are exploring Eastern Europe, paying particular attention to Greece, then diving in to the Ancient Greeks.

Have and enjoyable and safe bank holiday, please keep encouraging the children to read,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

We have had a very productive week in Willow class. In English, we have looked at instructional texts; we had to make sure we didn’t assume people just knew what we were talking about. In maths, we have begun looking at angles, in particular, using a protractor accurately.

In design and technology, we have continued building our robots to explore a planet. In history, we looked at the terms ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ information and linked this to Spring.

Please ensure all the children have a restful weekend and keep up the reading,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

This week was our assessment week; the children all tried very hard and I was impressed by their focus. The tests confirmed the need for the children to read daily at home and a range of text types, so please keep encouraging them to do so.

In English, this week, we have focused on description, which has resulted in the children describing what is behind a door. They have all brought their writing home with them so that they can share their work with you.

In science, we have planned an investigation; in history, we have looked at geocentric and heliocentric views of the universe and in design and technology we have started to create our robots to explore other planets.

I hope the children all have a restful weekend,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

We have had interesting week; writing newspaper articles on setting off bottle rockets on the school playground (the children have taken a copy of their work home this evening to show you); investigating components in electricity and exploring GROWTH as part of Science Week.

We have concluded our unit on perimeter, area and volume (in maths) by using a range of manipulatives to consolidate our understanding. In our history lesson, we explored some ideas around how people use to view the Earth and the advance in technology which has changed our ideas and understanding.

Please keep encouraging the children to read and rehearse their times tables.

Hope you all have a great weekend,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

We have had an interesting week, starting and ending it with a visit from Mr Edwards –  teaching the children some tag rugby skills. Between the visits, we have continued to explore newspapers in English, with the children writing an article on their guided read book. In maths, we have begun our topic on area and volume.

In science we looked at scientific symbols used in circuits and checked our understanding on creating circuits. In history, we researched a piece of space technology and in P.S.H.E. we looked at what is appropriate to share with others.

Thank you to all of you who have had a Parent Teacher meeting, it was great to have a chat about some of the wonderful work I am seeing.

Please keep up the daily reading and enjoy your weekend,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

We have had a mixture of week: starting our new topic in English on Newspapers, focusing on formal versus informal language and headings; coming to the end of our algebra topic; continuing to investigate Space and having World Book Day yesterday.

This week you should have all received a letter in regards to a parent/career meeting, it is on Monday and Tuesday next week. The meeting will be set up through the child in Willow class email account, so you will need to log in through them (they know how to log on and get on to teams).

Please keep up the reading at home, it does really show in their English work and mathematical reasoning.

*On Monday 7th March – children will need to wear their P.E. kit.

Hope you all have a good weekend,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

I am really impressed with some of the writing the children have produced this week. They have really taken to persuasive writing, filling it with a range of features and punctuation. As well as working hard in English, their maths work has been very good, we concluded our percentage work today, ready to move on to algebra.

The children have enjoyed talking about Internet Safety Day, our class made ‘fake news posters’ which were shared across the school. In science, we continued to explore light and in geography we have looked at seasons.

Please keep up the daily reading at home,

Mr Reynolds

Good afternoon,

This week we started our percentage topic in maths, thinking about how we can use our decimal and fractions to help us. In English, we have continued to explore our persuasive techniques and concluded the week with a debate.

In science we explored the light spectrum, investigating the types of light and wave lengths. We have also explored phases of the moon, thinking about how it orbits the Earth.

Please keep up the daily reading,

Mr Reynolds