Congratulations to the year 3&4 basketball team! We are so proud of you for being determined, resilient and balanced to achieve 4th place out of 45 schools in the over all competition. You did amazing at the final to reach the semis to be knocked out by just a few points. Well done!
We were lucky enough to take a small group of children on a den building and campfire experience this morning and what fun we had! The Year 4’s worked fantastically in teams, supporting each to make dens and collect fire wood for the campfire. Everyone had a turn at toasting marshmallows on the campfire – they were delicious!
We had great fun igniting our pirate project, the children showed fantastic learning zones throughout the day and their was a lovely buzz of excitement! We started the day with a treasure hunt to find a diary entry from a cabin boy, we will be exploring this further in literacy and having a go at writing our own! We moved on to make some musical instruments and then learnt lots about who pirates are!! We are looking forward to linking sound with our pirate project and will keep the website updated with celebrations of their learning!
The children dived straight into their new project yesterday, coming in ready to continue in their learning journey through the project of “Pirates”.
Whether in costume (we had some brilliant outfits!) or not, the children were very engaged in learning all about pirates, how they lived, who the famous pirates were, what the ships were like that they lived on and many more interesting facts – they came up with some brilliant pirate jokes too!
The children worked in groups to be pirate detectives, using lots of resources to find out as much information as they could, as well as perfecting their pirates noises and sayings throughout the day.
Here are some pictures of all of the year 4 classes from their ignite day with me.
This week years 3 and 4 have been learning all about Martin Luther King as part of our work on Black History Month. All of the children have been shocked about what went on in America in the 1950s and 1960s and are very pleased to live in such an accepting, inclusive, multi-cultural society.
Welcome to our first video diary! Stand by for further updates on our current topic – The Romans!
Mr Stott
Unfortunately Miss Rose has had trouble posting to the website but she is keen to show her enthusiasm with you!
She says…
“I am enjoying working with all of the children in Year 3 and 4 again! I am really looking forward to helping them achieve and celebrating their successes with them this year.”
What a great start to the new school year! Children in Lower Key Stage 2 have been in great learning zones today and I have been very impressed at how quickly they have got back into the swing of learning! In Mr Stott’s class, they tried out their new literacy books and I could already see improvements in their handwriting! Miss Fowler’s class were busy describing what makes a good learner and Miss Sheridan’s class were exploring their new peer marking resources. In every class there was a buzz of excitement. Bring on tomorrow!
I can’t believe the summer is over already! (Even the weather agrees!) I hope everyone has had an amazing time, whether you have been relaxing at home or off adventuring somewhere exotic!
All of the teachers at Brooklands Farm have been back at school since yesterday, busy learning to be even better teachers and preparing for Monday!
I am very excited about my new role as Head of School for Lower Key Stage 2 and I can’t wait for the children to be here so we can start becoming balanced learners and achieving together!
See you on Monday everyone 🙂
Summer Holiday Homework
During our transition Project, we looked at the painting ‘Mr and Mrs Andrews’ by Thomas Gainsborough. We will be continuing to link our learning to the painting in September, as part of the National Gallery’s ‘Take One Picture’ project.
Please choose at least one of these activities to do for your summer holiday homework:
- Re-create the painting ‘Mr and Mrs Andrews’ in your own style! You could paint it, collage it, do it as a mosaic, sketch it etc
- Research Thomas Gainsborough – his life and his most famous pieces of artwork. Create a Powerpoint presentation or information leaflet about him.
- Pretend you are Mr or Mrs Andrews and write your diary. You could share how you are feeling, your thoughts on your relationship etc.
- Write a story with Mr and Mrs Andrews as your main characters and their farm as the setting.
Please bring your homework into school on the first day back, Monday 7th September, so that classes can share what they have done over the summer together.
If you are looking for a day out which will link to our ‘Take One Picture’ Project, then we recommend you visit the National Gallery in London and find Thomas Gainsborough’s painting ‘Mr and Mrs Andrews’ to have a look at the real thing!
