A very busy but fun-filled final week of Spring Term! Please see below all of our learning and amazing achievements in 4E!
Learning:
English: This week we wrote, edited and rewrote our poem of strength and power based on Maya Angelou's poem I Rise. We focused on including similes, metaphors, repetition for effect, commas and verses alongside focusing on our presentation. Miss Edgeley is incredibly impressed with our handwriting and is proud of all the children for taking their time with their writing!
RE: We finished our worldview of Christianity and answered our enquiry question of Is forgiveness always possible? We chose inspirational quotes of forgiveness and created our own symbols that show forgiveness.
PSHE: We completed our topic of Healthy Me by completing our self-assessment and focused on our inner strength and assertiveness. We read a scenario and discussed ways in which the characters could show assertiveness.
History: We continued our learning of Ancient Rome by focusing on life after Julius Caesar's assassination. We learnt that Octavian and Mark Anthony's alliance soon fell apart and Octavian became Caesar Augustus (the first Emperor of Rome) and that for 200 years Rome had peace (Pax Romana).
Geography: We continued our learning of Northern Ireland by focusing on how Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are two separate countries. On a map we showed the border and spoke about nationalist and unionist views on the countries.
Art: We consolidated our learning of Ancient Roman Monuments. Firstly, we learnt that Trajan's Column was built to remember Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars and the marble shows the events of the war. Finally, for each monument we studied (Pantheon, Colessuem and Trojan's Column) we wrote a fact next to the photo and explained what power it showed.
Spanish: Los Animales.
PE: OAA and football with Mr Watson.
D.T: This week we created our own cushions! We learnt about the different types of stitches and appliquéing. We then planned our cushion - who was it for, what colours and patterns we would use, what it would be used for and then sketched our design so we would have a rough idea! We then cut and chose our felt for our cushion, designed our own appliqué and used the running stitch to form our cushion. A huge thank you to Miss Chapman and Miss Read for working so hard on helping us sew and stuff our cushions. At times, we found this challenging, but it was so rewarding seeing the children happy with their creations! We then evaluated our designs and spoke about what we would do differently if we had to make them again.
On Thursday we were very lucky to be visited by the Royal Institution for Science in Schools! We learnt all about bacteria and how easily viruses spread! We even got to see and handle fire!
Assembly Awards:
Firstly, a huge well done to our Golden Golden Pupil Linas, who has impressed us with his complete transformation in his attitude to learning and his behaviour towards others. Linas continues to persevere with his learning, even when he finds it difficult and takes more pride in his handwriting. He is showing great enthusiasm towards reading and general school life. He is also showing great ambition to meet our school values each day, and we are incredibly proud to see this!
Well done to Lukas for winning the Impeccable Manners awarded by the office!
Well done to 16 members of the class for achieving their 60-point reading certificates and gaining a new book! Hope you enjoy reading during the Easter Break!
Well done to these pupils for achieving 100% attendance this term, maximising their learning and progress in school! An incredible achievement - you've done better than the adults in class!
Class Awards:
Another huge well done to our Star of the Half-Term and latest winner of Miss Edgeley's prestigious fidget spinner, Dhyan. Dhyan has settled into Howard so well this term and is showing great ambition towards gaining his pen licence and taking the time with his presentation. Dhyan takes every opportunity with his learning and always supports others' wellbeing. We are so proud of you!
Well done to this pupil for being this week's double whammy ReadTheory winner for achieving the most knowledge points and taking the most quizzes!
Well done to the Red Roses for extending their lead further, becoming this week's winning Dojo Team!
As it was the end of term, each child was awarded with personalised certificates of achievement for their Spring PixL assessments, Big Cat Reading and Spring Multiplication Check! We are so incredibly proud of all the hard work and effort the children put into their learning, and it was lovely to see them so proud! Special congratulations to the following children:
- Csongor for making progress in ALL of his assessments.
- Henry-George for achieving the highest GPS score.
- Maddison for achieving the highest reading score.
- Dhyan for achieving the highest Arithmetic and Paper 3 Reasoning score.
- Angelo and Logan for achieving the highest Paper 2 Reasoning score.
- Edwin for achieving the highest Spelling Score.
- Victoria for achieving full marks in her practice Multiplication Check.
- Maddison, Dominic, Evie and Edwin for maintaining Free Readers!
Finally, we wish you all a lovely Easter and Easter break. We look forward to welcoming the children back on Wednesday 23rd for our fun-filled final term together!