Friday 18th March 2022

Happy Friday, everyone!

This week we've been busy again!

On Monday, we started the week with some singing and music practice with Carole from the Voices Foundation.  Carole comes into school every few week to help us as teachers to strengthen our musical skills, and to teach the children some new songs!  Everyone really engaged with the singing - Oak class, perhaps you could try teaching someone at home one of the songs we have tried!

Another exciting lesson was Geography this week, where we learnt about volcanoes and how they are formed.  We looked at stratovolcanoes, which get bigger every time they erupt - ask one of Oak class to explain why!  After learning about the volcanoes, we created our own pop-up volcanoes for our books (effective, but not quite as explosive as the real thing!)  

On Thursday, the children had a visit from a PE specialist from Real PE.  Real PE is a new scheme we are going to follow, to ensure we are delivering high-quality PE for everyone.  I wasn't in school as I was attending a training course, however I have heard lots of good things about the session, and believe that the class really enjoyed it.

This morning, we were thinking all things water, after a visit from Sophie at South West Water.  Year 3 and 4 were told about how much water we use everyday, how our water is filtered and made safe for us to use, and also learnt about what we should and shouldn't flush down the toilet or drain - amazingly, items such as phones, and false teeth have been found down drain, these were definite no's for flushing!  We all had a think about how we could reduce our water usage, from cutting down our shower times, to turning the tap off when we brush our teeth!

Have a super weekend everyone - enjoy the sun!
​Miss Paddon