World Cup day - Elm visit Spain!

Here are a few snaps of us investigating Spanish traditional dress!

More photos from the Citizenship Day

Getting ready!

Abbey learning about healthy eating and the importance of exercise.

Yinka as the bus driver, reminding us to always say hello, be polite and thank them!

Sponsored Walk

This afternoon all of our children descended upon the field for a sunny Sponsored Walk. Supporting eachother, the children walked, marched and strolled around our newly built pathway. Each child will bring home a record card of their personal achievement this afternoon in the hope of raising lots of money to go towards our school lunchtime play equipment. Please donate some money towards their efforts if you can. 

Year 6 Junior Citizen 2014 Event

Year 6 have been learning about being outstanding citizens.

 Firstly we learnt about DR ABC. If we found a person who appeared unconscious we know what to do! Check for DANGER, check for a RESPONSE, check persons AIRWAYS and BREATHING and lastly CALL 999!

Next we met the Transport Police,  we know what to do if we are ever in danger on a bus...Always tell the bus driver if there are any problems when it's safe to do so! 

Afterwards we went to an 'abandoned building' we know to stay away from them and to never go inside one as we don't know what dangers could be inside. 

Next we learnt about road safety and wearing our cycle helmets!! If we ever fell off our bikes or were hit by a car, the helmet could be the difference between life and death. 

Then we saw a demonstration from UK Power Station showing us the dangers of electricity. 

Next we had a discussion about litter and our responsibility to ensure we throw all our rubbish away and pick up any animal mess too!! Who wants poo on their shoes? Plus the effect it has on our environment. 

Afterwards we went to meet some firefighters, we found out that 2-3 breaths of smoke and you are unconscious. We need to remember to check our smoke alarms and test them to ensure they work. Check they work weekly and change your batteries each year. 

Lastly we looked at how we can keep ourselves healthy and take care of our bodies. 

Empty classroom - Macbeth

Elm class continued the outdoor learning today, when they performed Macbeth on the field. Tackling one of Shakespeare's more brutal plays, the children devised the scene where Macbeth encounters the witches for the first time.

Elm star writer

Congratulations to Ruby who wrote a fantastic soliloquy this week. Well done Ruby, your work on Macbeth has been brilliant! 

Empty Classroom Day: Sand Math

Today every classroom will be empty at some point during the day for empty classroom day, a day to give everyone the chance to take their learning outside. 

In Miss Reynolds' maths set we headed straight to the newly built sand pit! We continued our work to do with fractions and decimals, converting between both forms of fraction. However, rather than writing on paper or boards, we scribed our answers directly into the sand! The children even showed what fractions would look like in the forms of diagrams and sand sculptures. Great job everyone! 

Willow's Star Writer

This week our Star Writer in Willow is Daria Bekisz. Daria wrote a diary entry from King Duncan's point of view in Macbeth. Daria remembered to use first person narrative and included detail from the play. Well done Daria! 

Outdoor place value

Today children from year 5 took their maths lesson outside. The children pretended to be numbers and had to physically move themselves to multiply and divide decimal numbers by 10, 100 and 1000!

Sky Blue Theatre Visit

Yesterday, we welcomed actors from The Sky Blue Theatre into Years 5 and 6. As part of our studies on Shakespeare's Macbeth, the actors came in to give a performance and lead some exciting workshops based around the play. The actors, who are returning visitors to our school, showed children how to create some physical comedy, movie trailers and powerful description of the famous "double double toil and trouble" scene.
At lunchtime, the entire school was treated to a reinactment of the famous fight scene from Romeo and Juliet. John and his colleagues were so impressed with one of our budding actors throughout the day, that they awarded him with their coveted "Best Actor" award. We look forward to welcoming back the Sky Blue Theatre next year.