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Smart School Council Debate in Year 4
In our Smart School Council session today, we debated whether it is better to have online friendships rather than face to face friendships? The children had lots of great points to discuss within their groups but they came to the unanimous decisions that face to face is always best!
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Forest school club
We a nice shaded forest school session today with lots different activity stations set out in our shaded areas. The children enjoyed making natural bubble wands using either pipe cleaners and sticks or giant bubbles using large sticks and string. We had the mud kitchen and water set out where children used their imagination to create different dishes. Some children chose to build dens and some chose to make friendship bracelets and some children had a go at all the activities. What a fun packed session we had!
Reception Maths - Counting to 20
This week in Maths we have been extending our counting to 20 using concrete materials. We have been using a double ten frame and a variety of counters to represent amounts between 10-20. Whilst we did this, we noticed how we can see the numbers clearly on the frames, for example 10 and 5 makes 15. The children enjoyed developing their counting skills in this and worked hard to think about the cardinality of each number.
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Year 2 PE from Monday - Two handed throws and push throws
On Monday, Year 2 learnt how to throw with two hands and complete push throws to a partner.
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Year 2 - PSHE - What does my body do?
Year 2 have been learning about our bodies and the functions of major internal organs.
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Year 6 Junior Jam - French
This week in French, year 6 revisited colours and shapes in order to be able to describe flags from around the world. As a challenge, they had to translate full sentences from French into English. They also learned some interesting facts about France and listened to the French national anthem.
Year 3- Big Debate Club: Online vs. Face-to-Face Friends!
In this week's class meeting, the children discussed the question: Can online friends be just as important as the friends you see in real life? After some brilliant discussion, the whole class ended up voting a big "yes!" Even though everyone agreed that nothing is better than hanging out face-to-face, mostly because you can actually play properly and mess around together, they made some fantastic points about why digital buddies matter too. They talked about how online friends are great for bonding over specific games or hobbies. We also talked about staying safe online, highlighting how important it is to always check with a trusted adult before talking to people or playing games on the internet. It was impressive to see the children realise that while online and real-life friendships feel totally different, they can both be good in their own ways!
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Reception- PSHE- Summer
In our PSHE lesson we have been looking at the different seasons and especially focusing on Summer. Together we took a quiz to identify signs of summer. In class we did some flower arranging, making fans to keep cool and colouring our summer posters.
Year 4 - Linking Schools Visitors
It was an exciting end to our year of linking this week with St Matthew’s coming to our school to visit the Year 4 Class. We completed a number of team building activities together. Our first was building team towers using just rolled up paper and masking tape. There were some very successful structures made with strong bases and reinforced joints. In the afternoon, we headed to Whitehall Park to create pictures using natural objects. The children were tasked with creating a face to show how they feel about their year of linking.
Year 4 - VR Lesson: South America
The VR session for Year 4 was the perfect complement to all the work we’ve done this year on South America. The lesson really brought the children’s learning to life as the children had the opportunity to explore parts of the Amazon Rainforest, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil and a few other places.
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Year 4 - RE: Visit to Spring Vale
The Year 4 class went on a walk to Spring Vale Methodist Church to explore symbols of Christianity. After an informative introduction to Methodism from David, the children were given the opportunity to explore the church. They then shared the similarities and differences they’d spotted in comparison with St Barnabas Church. The children were also treated to a drink and a cake before they headed back to school.
Year 5 - Ancient Greece in VR
Today PrimeVR visited St Barnabas, allowing classes to experience immersive, computer generated simulations through virtual reality. Year 5 had the opportunity to travel back in time to Ancient Greece and witness the Parthenon in its original splendour and offer tribute at the statue of Athena. We also got a taste of everyday life in Ancient Greece, seeing close up how people travelled and fished.