Welcome Back! We hope that you all had a lovely Easter break and are ready for the summer term!
Eagle Owls have also begun a new project in geography where they are researching our changing environment – this week looking at physical weathering on the environment. This is one of the pupils work, they are presenting it using computing.
Spring Term is now complete! Well done everyone.
In Eagle Owls we made Easter cup cakes this week. We used up the left-over mincemeat we made at Christmas to create some Easter delights! Working cooperatively in groups, the pupils have to work independently and support each other with the different methods needed to create the cakes. They have to share the work and tidy up after themselves. We hope you enjoyed them!
Eagle Owls have begun their research into mosaics and are creating a page in their sketch books on what they find.
Eagle Owls have completed their Dragonology Book pages, after weeks of careful assembling using their pop-up skills and the writing that they have completed in English.
This week the whole school dressed up for Crazy Clothes Day ( a fund-raising initiative for the local Little Lifts identified by Verity in Year 5). Verity is doing a variety of fund-raising events out of school and we are very proud of her – well done Verity, to be thinking of others in such a positive way – please see the Newsletter for a link with more information.
Eagle Owls are enjoying the space inspired texts that they are using in English and for cross curricular work. Two pupils took it upon themselves to produce a 3D version of our solar system with details of the distances between the planets – well done!
We are reading Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and The Jamie Drake Equation by Christopher Edge.
We always enjoy World Book Day and this year was no different. Pupils and parents are fantastic at producing the most amazing costumes and vegetable characters! Well done and thank you!
Eagle Owls also returned to school for their Stargazing Evening – participating in a variety of activities such as using the telescopes, going into the Planetarium, making Star Jars and observing the phases of the moon. It was ended with some hot chocolate.
Eagle Owls had a wide range of Earth and Space activities for their science this week. They worked in groups where they discussed what they know about Earth and Space and recorded their thoughts into their books at the start of this topic.
They are looking forward to a special Star-Gazing night next week, where they return to school once night has fallen and participate in a range of space activities including using telescopes and going into a Planetarium in the school hall. Fingers crossed for a clear sky!
Can you believe we are halfway through the year already! We ended this half term with a lovely Day of Calm run by our School Sports Partnership, Suzy. She taught different techniques that will help our pupils with wellbeing and good mental health. They ranged from free drawing to different musical tracks, breathing techniques, Tai Chi and slow careful movements to focus the mind away from worries, listening very carefully to a sound until it can’t be heard any longer and laying still with concentration on our surroundings and own breathing. We value skills for life and hope that our pupils can take something away from their session today, that may help them to find a calm inner peace and to support in times of anxiety.
Barn Owls and Eagle Owls enjoyed a Fantastic Forces Science workshop with Dr Cato where they explored forces as scientists and engineers. There were hands on activities as well as demonstrations that appeared to be magic! Don’t be surprised if they challenge you at home to one or two things from this great afternoon of science enrichment.
