March | 2015 | Brooklands Farm Primary School

An Eclipse of the Sun

22nd March 2015

On Friday 20th April 2015 there was a spectacular event that we just could not ignore – a solar eclipse!

We were fascinated to find out how this event happens and what it would look like. The whole of foundation watched the eclipse in all the safe ways that we could find and even had a go at looking at it first hand through a pin hole projector that the teachers had made.

All this investigating made us really eager to continue our learning by drawing and writing newspaper articles about the events of the day.

The Moon steals the sun’s spotlight

20th March 2015V Holloway

This was one of the fantastic headlines created in year 5 today as we wrote newspaper reports about the Solar Eclipse.

We started the day researching and investigating the solar eclipse by writing a brief description of what happens and using diagrams to support our explanation. We also watched the eclipse live!

Miss Low set us the challenge of using the solar eclipse to inspire us to write! So for the rest of the day we planned and have started writing (very nearly finished!), our own newspaper reports about this rare phenomenon! At the end of the day we shared our work with each other.

We will share some finished results with you next week.

Miss Low’s Blog – 16th March 2015

20th March 2015Mrs E Allen

This week I have been to the Challenge Partners Conference in Manchester. It was focused on Meeting Challenge through Collaboration. There were an excellent range of activities arranged throughout the day to provoke our thinking and I met lots of other amazing Teachers and Head Teachers. And supports us to build a school at the forefront of national thinking.

Today we were all very excited about the solar eclipse. We knew that we couldn’t look at the sun so we kept the sun on our backs so that we could feel the solar eclipse. The sun was out but there was no warmth on our backs. What an experience! We then went and wrote about it and the results can be seen on our class pages.

We also saw it by using a pin hole projector using the sun coming in through the windows. We even had a fabulous pair of solar eclipse glasses made for us!

Here are some of the photos:

The Eclipse!

20th March 2015D Gray

We’ve had a fantastic morning learning all about the solar eclipse! We watched a live video from the BBC, which showed the moment the moon obscured the sun from view. Later, we did some creative writing to consolidate what we have learnt!

Keep up the great learning Year 3.

Caterpillar Class Special Visitors

20th March 2015Mrs l Jenkins

The children in Caterpillar Class loved our special visit from Amelia Spring’s mum and baby sister today.

The class were so calm and caring watching Daisy moving and smiling!

They found out lots about what Daisy can now do at 5 months!!

Thank you for sharing your gorgeous baby with us again !! Xx

Year 6 Closing the Gap Plans

18th March 2015Mrs c Hern

From this week, year 6 pupils are becoming even more independent!
The children will be bringing home their close the gap plans on Friday, where they have analysed their learning and planned their own homework.

Close the gap plans need to be in school from Wednesday to Friday each week, so that they can be updated and reviewed in lessons.

As this is planned and owned by each individual child, year 6 homework will no longer appear on the website as it is completely personalised.

We look forward to seeing the children in charge of their home learning!

Investigating Shadows

17th March 2015

The sun was bright in the playground so we had great fun investigating the shapes that we could make with our shadows and looked at the way that the shadows moved throughout the day.

We were amazed by the knowledge that the children had about how shadows are made and why they moved!

Brooklands Bulletin 13th March 2015

13th March 2015Mrs J Gowen

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Open, Grow, Believe

13th March 2015V Holloway

A big congratulations to 2 boys from 5c who have achieved their Open, Grow, Believe badges this week. You have both opened your heart to Brooklands Farm, have taken big steps on your learning journey and are believing in yourself and others!

Well done! (p.s we loved the silly faces for comic relief!)

Miss Low’s Blog – 13th March 2015

13th March 2015Mrs E Allen

It’s been a very busy week!

I’ve been to see David Cameron at No.10 Downing Street and he knows all about Brooklands Farm Primary School and how amazing we are. It was very windy but I managed to take a selfie!

I’ve also met with an outstanding Teaching School in Northampton. We are going to be working in partnership with them to continue our outstanding journey.

And today I’ve visited our new school site. Its really growing fast every day. Here are a few photos of what it looks like today.