Today we started case study 3. We thought about what we already know about coding and created a KWL grid. We then discussed what coding is and watched a clip on binary, building background knowledge. After, we used an alphabet chart to build our name in binary!
We then watched another clip to find out what coding actually is. We added our findings to our KWL grid. The next clip proved how much our lives depend on coding! Finally we worked collaboratively to create a group code, we had to ensure our instructions were clear and could be followed. We then thought about the guiding question and how coding helps movement in our world.
During expedition we read the feedback from our independent writing then made further edits and improvements to our work. We then allowed our partner to read our work and they offered further critique before we made our final improvements. Some fantastic pieces of writing!
A really fantastic crew session as part of our caring crew. We built on our knowledge from our previous crew session on what makes a good friend. We used word art to create our own representation then created our own anchor chart to show examples of what the words mean to us personally. Some great discussions and explanations of our work during our debrief.
Over the course of the next few weeks you will receive a letter with the emergency contact details we have on record for your child. Please can you ensure you read the letter and complete the form using the link provided indicating whether there are any changes or amendments. These will be sent one crew at a time, so don’t worry if you do not receive all your children’s at the same time.
Challenge Crew. Fun in Challenge Crew this week. The children worked in pairs to challenge themselves to draw a picture with their eyes closed. It was really fun and we noticed lots of smiles. No peaking!
LKS2 have worked really hard writing their biographies about local people. It has been great to see the children writing with such focus, working really hard on their beautiful work. The children have blown us away with the knowledge they have gained from our experts.
As I am sure many of you are aware, the world cup is fast approaching. We know that there is controversy surrounding the hosts of this and that there are some issues regarding Qatar. Many of our students are asking whether we will be watching the England match next week. The purpose of this letter is to clarify our position around the controversy and what we intend to do with students to support their education in regards to this.
It is important that we share the concern regarding the ongoing human rights record in Qatar. As a school, we have activism as a pillar of our curriculum and know it is important that as citizens of the UK we support our pupils in learning how to respectfully fight for what they believe is right. At the heart of our education, we teach our pupils the importance of having choice and valuing the choices they have in the UK.
We will have special crew sessions next week planned to ensure that pupils are aware, at their sensitive level of understanding, of what the controversy is about and we are using this as an opportunity to continue to develop children’s understandings of British Values.
On Tuesday 29th November, school will have a non uniform day where children can come dressed in their football/England shirts, however this is not essential as we understand some parents may be opting out of watching the World Cup this year.
Today was very very busy, it was the first day of assessments ( which is where we take tests). We were a bit fussy due to been out of our normal routine but we didn’t let that affect our learning. We turned it around with our writing, we planned and chotted our chunk about mechanisms for our non-chronological report. Miss kept our energy levels up with some of our favourite biscuits😋 Well done everyone for trying so hard today!
Tuesday
Today we started redrafting our double page spreads (non-chronological reports) by making our title and introduction. Keep your eyes peeled for these at our expo! Next, we did our reading assessment; miss is getting us ready for our SATS. We had a wet break including extra break! We ended the day with handwriting then had crew and went home. We definitely needed some rest!
Wednesday
Today we enjoyed playing on the guitars and listening to different songs. Well done everyone for having a go at Scotty’s Heroes, it was so fun. Wow…how hard was arithmetic? Get ready for Thursdays test.
Thursday
Today we went into our groups to do two tests- reasoning and arithmetic. We then started our case study 2 reflection, recapping our learning journey. We then made a start on reading our new text, which was very engaging. It was called ’First Woman in Space’.
Friday
Today we did celebration crew and then our reasoning test, well done everybody for working so hard! Then we did a Joe Wicks workout because we were sat down for so long and it was super fun ! After, we did our double page spread for expedition and we are almost finished. After dinner, we then finally finished our double page spreads and ended the day in crew. We appreciated each other (adults and children) for being so positive and working so hard this week. Bring on Monday !
Check out our beautiful writing, we are so proud of ourselves
