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Red Nose Day 2023

Next Friday 17 March 2023 we will be celebrating Red Nose Day in School.  

We will be having a non-uniform day and we are asking people to come in their brightest clothes for the cost of £1.00.

We will also be holding an after school cake sale.  Please send any donations of cakes (home-made or bought) into school on Friday morning.  Thank you.

Finally, we are running a competition to design a Mr Man or Little Miss character.  Entries should be on a piece of A4 paper with your name and year group on the back.  It costs £1.00 to enter the competition and there will be prize for the best entry from each year group.

Holiday Activities & Food (HAF) in Schools 2023

With Spring just round the corner (hurrah!) and the Easter holidays looming, the HAF Worcestershire Team are just sending out a quick reminder to all schools and families that the HAF programme is gearing up for an action-packed, exciting Easter break. 

Bookings will be open from 10th March - please visit www.haf-it.co.uk

Families Hereford and Worcester

Here is the LINK to the March/April issue of Families magazine.

Even though the school week may have been cut short, we have still been busy in Kingfishers.

In English, we have been delving deeper into the story of The BFG. We focused how Roald Dahl chose to start the book and why he did it this way. We then looked at different techniques used to open stories and how it is vital that the opening of a book is interesting in order to hook the reader. In groups, the children had four different story openings.  They had to identify the technique used to start the book and suggest why this would hook the reader and make them want to read on. After, the children began to plan their own gripping story opening, using one of their witching hour creatures from last week. On Wednesday, they began to write their opening. We will finish these on Monday.

In maths this week, the children have learnt and practised how to add and subtract lengths. They identified how important it was to check the unit of measurements of the lengths and convert these to be the same before beginning to add or subtract. We then moved on to learning what perimeter was and how to calculate the perimeter of different 2D shapes. Those who were confident, moved on to solving perimeter problems where the shapes were missing measurements. They had to use what they knew to solve the missing lengths before being able to calculate the perimeter. 

In PE, the children continued to practise their tennis skills. We have been focusing on control and using forehand to return shots accurately.

In history, we examined and compared the trade routes of the British, Dutch and Spanish during Georgian times. We also learnt about consumerism and what businesses would sell back in the Georgian era. We examined trade cards and explored how these were used to advertise businesses as it was cheaper than advertising in the newspaper. The children then designed their own trade card.

In English this week, we have been focussing on aspects of grammar. The children have learned about the subjunctive form and how this is used in extremely formal situations. We have also been revising how to use apostrophes for contraction and possession. This is something that children can get easily confused about so it was helpful to go over this again. We have also continued reading our class book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.

In maths, we are studying statistics. The children have been reading and interpreting line graphs and next week we will remind ourselves on how these are drawn. This will mean looking at scale and the best one to use based on the data the children are using.

In science, Y6 were separating mixtures. We discussed all the different methods they could use to separate different mixtures and then the children had to decide which to use when sorting out the calamities that happened in Merlins on Wednesday afternoon. You may have seen the news story!

In DT, we were looking at different ways to strengthen joins when constructing small frames. The children moved around a range of activities including putting pipe cleaners into straws to make them stronger, rolling newspaper around dowling and making card triangles to strengthen joins and corners when putting lollipop sticks together. They will use these techniques next week when they make a small framed structure.

We have all had positive week in Merlins class. We started the week by reading more of our class story 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief'. In the story, Percy, his friend Grover and his mum are being chased by a Minotaur. The children have been working hard to write descriptive sentences and they have been using the 5 senses which will support us when writing a character description of this vicious creature next week.

In maths, we have been converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages. We then moved onto comparing and ordering fractions, decimals, and percentages. 

In PE this week, the children have had the opportunity to practise their backhand swing in tennis. We have been focused on becoming more familiar and comfortable with the racket and have even worked up to rallying with a partner. 

In Y5 history, we have been studying the French Revolution. We have analysed the reasons why the revolution began and the feelings of anger amongst the working-class regarding taxation and rights. We have compared how French society and living standards compared to that in Britain in the late 1700s and we have discussed why these differences meant that no similar revolution took place in Britain. Y6 will explore these themes next week.