Earlier in the term class 1JH were able to take part in their family assembly, when they all thoroughly enjoyed reciting the Cecil caterpillar poem. Thank you for coming to see it.
In our recent numeracy lessons we have been covering the topic of money. The children are continuing to work in the role play area using money to buy and sell toys. Mrs. Powell is supporting them in working out the correct coins to buy a toy.
In our literacy lessons we have been writing our own little books, based on the story, Whatever Next!
These are just a few of the things we have been doing this term in class 1JH.
Welcome to 2M!
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- Playing on our PSP’s and DS’s during Technology Week
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- Working hard but having fun on the Apple Mac’s.
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- Making movie’s!
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- ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’ animation.
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- Our mustard and cress sheep!
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- Can we get 10 fish before Christmas?
We have had a very busy term doing all sorts of fun things!
We have really enjoyed writing our own poems in literacy and have even been learning how to use our voices and our bodies to perform them!
In literacy, we have also been learning about instructions. We have had fun writing our own instructions as well as following written instructions to make things such as Venetian Carnival masks, ‘cress sheep’ and beautiful baubles for our Christmas trees!
In ICT we have been busy working on animation projects, editing, photos and music, but bringing in our DS’s and PSP’s was our favourite day!
We have all been working extremely hard, and are hoping to get 10 fish in our tank to win a Christmas party!
Watch this space for more exciting news in the future!
Hello everyone!
Welcome to our blog news!!!
We are really busy at the moment practicing for our Christmas Concert! We hope you will be coming to see us singing, dancing and acting!
We have had a very interesting term learning lots of facts about famous people. Don’t forget to ask some questions about the people we have learnt about!
In Literacy we have been writing and performing poems. We used voices and actions to perform our poems and enjoyed hearing poems written by famous poets. We have recently been learning how to read and write instructions and have made masks and moving teddies!
On Friday last week we had a special visitor who taught us how to use the Apple Mac computers. We have had the opportunity to use different programs to animate, create pictures and make music! During last half term we had an exciting technology week where we designed and made lots of different models and instruments.
Parents/Carers do you have any talents that you could share with our class? Please speak to Ms Gilbey and she will be delighted to talk with you!!
Starting next year, we will be inviting parents and carers to listen to us read on a Friday morning for about 10/15mins. We hope you will be able to make it and we look forward to seeing some of you soon.
From 2G
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- Pupils take a last look.
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- Waiting for the demolition to begin!
On Monday 23rd November 2009, a group of pupils and staff were invited to attend a small ceremony to mark the start of the demolition process on the Ayloff school site. The pupils were met by ‘Ivor Goodsite’ a cartoon character who tells children about the dangers of building sites and how important it is to be sensible when moving around a building site.
The children enjoyed drinks and biscuits before the main event. The children took part in a countdown and Neve and Millie were asked to sound the horn to signal the digger to start demolition.
The event was tinged with a mixture of emotions. Sadness at the fact that the old Ayloff school, which has served a number of generations of pupils so well had come to the end of its life, but excitement and anticipation that this day marks the start of a whole new era, with a new state of the art building being built in its place.
The children were very excited when the digger took its first ‘bite’ at the building. It is hoped that demolition will be complete by the end of December and that the foundations for the new building will be able to be started in the new year.
In year 3 we have been learning about the Romans during this term. We have looked at the changes that the Romans made to Britain and how those changes are still seen today. The children have made Roman Shields and Helmets in Art. We have also been looking at volcanoes and the city of Pompeii as part of our topic and have built a volcano.
In Literacy we have been writing reports and have looked at story settings. In Maths we have been working on our times tables, number bonds and fractions. We have had a technology week in which we were making podcasts and movies about Boudicca.
Click here to hear Gabby, Jina and Milly K.’s podcast
Click here to hear Evie, Alfie and Mia’s podcast
Click here to hear Megan, Sophie and Mikey’s podcast
Click here to hear Nii, Adam and Grace’s podcast
Welcome to 4J and 4G.
Year four’s topic this term has been journeys and WOW what an exciting journey we have had. Our exciting journey started in our new school Elm Park Primary.
In literacy our journey took us back to World War 2 where we learnt about the evacuees and how they felt when they had to leave their families and travel to the countryside for safety. We have been writing reports and created our own newspaper article. Now we are looking at poems and have already written some great similes of our own to use when writing our own poems.
During maths we have been working out all sorts of problems, using lots of different methods. We have used mental calculation strategies to solve money and real life problems, Pencil and paper methods to work out doubling and halving to name just a few.
We know lots about the human body too, in science we have learnt how many bones there are in the human body and which muscles we use to move our arms and legs. Did you know that the heart is a muscle? As winter approaches we are looking at keeping warm and changing temperatures.
Technology week was a real hit with year 4, our favourite activity was designing and making our own sandwiches Yum! Yum! It was great when we were able to bring in our D Ss and I Pods, the children in 4J were able to talk to the children in 4G without actually leaving the classroom.
Year 4 have also had the opportunity to make their own movies, spending a day filming each other and then editing their work, Watch out Steven Spielberg!
We will keep you up to date as our journey continues, so watch this space.
Elm Park Primary have been very lucky to have had the opportunity to work with Apple Educator Oscar Stringer. He has been working in schools introducing pupils to the art and craft of model animation and filming techniques for the last six years, and last year set up courses introducing teachers to creative uses of ICT. When he’s not teaching, Oscar makes two short films a year. One was bought by the BBC last year and another by Atom films. Other short films have been screened at festivals around the country.
Oscar recently visited class 5T and spent a day with them making short films based on ‘Autumn’. The children where shown how to take a varitey of shots including close-ups, mid and long shots. They also had to consider the setting, light source and angle of the shots. Having planned their films, the pupils then looked for a suitable location. They were then given an hour to shoot all the footage they would need, being encouraged to return with no less than 15 shots that were at least 10 seconds long. After lunch, the films were imported onto the Apple Mac computers and the children started the editing process. They had to edit their footage down to a 60-90 second film (which was quite a hard task for the children that had managed to video 15 minutes of film!) Making sure that they had a variety of shots in their film the children then added titles, transitions and music. Some even managed include slow motion in their film to capture the leaves falling.
The children had a thoroughly enjoyable and educational day.
In Reception, we are currently learning how to write our names. Some of us are learning how to write our surnames as well! In Numeracy, we are learning how to make two groups and add them together.
The book we are reading this week is called ‘Pirate Pete’. We are finding his buried treasure in our sand tray. We are also making a moveable Pirate Pete using split pins and card. We will be taking our learning outside too, and will make a Pirates Corner in our Foundation Stage playground. So watch this space me hearties!!
18.11.09
Class 4G has been very busy during this term. The unit we are covering in Literacy is Poetry and we have been studying different poems. Today we made clay models to use when we are going to create sounds for our poems. We have enjoyed making them. We are going to video our poems on Friday. This is going to be fun!
Yr 4G has been making wallets during their DT sessions. Here are some of us hard at work.
In Class 6W we have been looking at World War II. These are some of the things we have been discussing
When and why the war started.
Which countries were involved in the war?
The Blitz.
Rationing
We have learnt that food was rationed during the war. The Germans tried to cut off our food supplies by sinking the ships that were bringing food to our country. This meant that there was a shortage of food and people had ration cards to make sure that there was enough for everybody. You had to take your card to the shops. The shopkeeper would stamp the rationing card when you bought the items. You could only buy items from the shop you registered with. This made sure that each shop had enough food in stock, e.g you only were allowed 90 grams of chocolate a week and only 1 egg every 2weeks.
