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Kestrel - Year 3

Welcome to Kestrel Class

 

Have you seen the Kids’ Zone? Play games and visit some cool websites.  You can vote for your favourites.

Class Teacher: Mrs Henderson

PPA/NQT Cover: Mrs Humphreys

Teaching Partner: Mrs Sabatini / Mrs Lewis

French Teacher: Madame Lawson

End of Summer Term

 

Well done Kestrel Class and your families; you’ve worked really hard to continue your education through extremely challenging times. I have especially enjoyed seeing all your work and activities, which have made me very proud of all of you and a little jealous of some of the things you have been able to do.

 

Have a wonderful Summer Holiday.  You all deserve it. Come back to Bromet in the Autumn refreshed and ready to learn again.

 

Don’t forget to keep up your reading using books from home, the library (if it is open) or Borrow Box to access online books from the library, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

  

Well done to Gabi, Diggory, Nazar, George, Tommy G, Lauren, Amelie, Aaron, Emilia, Otis, Qasim and Max who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week. This will be available to access over the Summer Holidays along with Mathletics too.

 

Have fun.

 

Year 3 Team


 

Home Learning Work - Week 12

Week Commencing 13th July 2020

 

Well done, you have reached the final week of this academic year and you have all worked so hard.  Please let me know about any final activities you complete this week; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

 

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.  This week is all about reflecting on this school year and looking forward to the new one.

 

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

 

Well done to Nazar, Gabi, Alfie, Lauren, Diggory, Amelie and Qasim who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team



 

Sock Challenge

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Kestrel had to see how long they could balance on one leg whilst balancing a pair of socks on their head. Well done Sienna. It looks tricky!

Week 11 - Home Learning

How Many Words Can You Find in the Word - IMPORTANT?

 

Find as many words as you can hidden within the word.

Rules:

  • The words can only be formed by letters that are consecutive in the word.

For example, in the word ‘explanation’ I could offer the following words:

explanation (plan)

explanation (an)

explanation (at)

  • You can't have ‘it’ because it would require a rearrangement of the letters ‘i’ and ‘t’.

 

Let me know how many you found and what they were.

Week Commencing 6th July 2020

 

Just two more weeks until the end of term.  Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

 

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

 

Keep checking Google Classroom and the Class Page because if I find any interesting extra optional activities I will upload them on both these areas. Next week there is so far a spelling challenge. Enjoy.

 

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

 

Well done to Gabi, Nazar, George, Qasim, Amelie, Lauren, Alfie and Otis who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team

Week 10 - Home Learning

How Many Words Can You Find In The Word - Favourite?

 

Find as many words as you can hidden within the word.

Rules:
The words can only be formed by letters that are consecutive in the word.

For example, in the word ‘explanation’ I could offer the following words:

explanation (plan)

explanation (an)

explanation (at)

You can't have ‘it’ because it would require a rearrangement of the letters ‘i’ and ‘t’.

Let me know how many you found and what they were.

Week Commencing 29th June 2020

 

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

 

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

 

Keep checking Google Classroom and the Class Page because if I find any interesting extra optional activities I will upload them on both these areas. Next week there are so far two Natural History Museum Online Live clips, a Mindfullness breathing activity, First News Newspaper to read and a spelling challenge. Enjoy.

 

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

 

Our free access to the First News website has finished now.  Look out this week for the file with the First News newspaper on our Class Page and Google Classroom.  Enjoy reading.

 

Well done to George, Nazar, Gabi, Walter, Emilia, Lauren, Rosie W, Faith, Amelie, Diggory, Alfie and Qasim, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team



 

Week 9 - Home Learning

Week Commencing 22nd June 2020

 

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

 

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

 

Keep checking Google Classroom and the Class Page because if I find any interesting extra optional activities I will upload them on both these areas. Next week there is so far a Science activity, Natural History Museum drawing and nature activity and a reading challenge. Enjoy.

 

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

 

Our free access to the First News website has finished now.  Look out this week for the file with the First News newspaper on our Class Page and Google Classroom.  Enjoy reading.

 

Well done to Rosie W, Nazar, Katherine, Gabi, Diggory, Tommy G, Lauren, Amelie, George, Qasim and Alfie, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team

Week 8 - Home Learning

TTRockstars Times Table - Local School Challenge

First News - Topical Articles for Children to Read

Week Commencing 15th June 2020

 

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

 

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

 

Our free access to the First News website has finished now.  Look out this week for the file with the First News newspaper on our Class Page and Google Classroom.  Enjoy reading.

 

Well done to George, Diggory, Lauren, Qasim, Nazar, Alfie, Amelie, Emilia and Tommy G, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team

Week 7 - Home Learning

Summer Reading Challenge

 

Visit the Summer Reading Challenge at https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ to find out about this year's reading challenge and the new way they are operating it this year.

 

 

Week Commencing 8th June 2020

 

Look out for the International Challenge Sheet on Google Classroom on Monday and send me any photos of activities you take part in towards this.

 

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

 

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

 

Well done Kestrel Class, we are fourth on the school leader board for reading 45,165 words.  Well done to Gabi, Max, Alfie and Qasim for completing reading tasks on The First News Website. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension. This is the last week we have access.

 

Well done to Rumaysa, Walter, George, Diggory, Lauren, Qasim, Nazar, Alfie, Amelie, Fredric, Aaron, Tommy G and Rosie W, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team


 

Week 6 - Home Learning

International Challenge - Activities to Complete

Bromet School is currently trying to gain re-accreditation for the International School Award. The International Challenge Sheet can be completed to go towards gaining this award.  Children can complete the actitivites over this term and send evidence via Google Classroom or School Admin Email. Should enough children complete it, this will count as an international activity towards our award.

 

The Wildlife Trust

Use the link below to watch live footage of wild animals with your adult.

Child Safety Week – 1st-7th June 2020

 

The British Red Cross have created loads of educational activities to complete on their Website for Child Safety Week.  Below are a few links to some you may like to try or explore the whole of the Website for other activities.

 

Spot the Dangers

Investigate the picture in this 360° view of a house.  Then see if you can answer the questions.

 

Asthma

Watch the clip about an asthma attack in a child and see if you can answer the quiz questions.

 

Burns

Watch the clip about a burn injury on a child and see if you can answer the quiz questions.

 

Bleeding

Watch the clip about managing a bleed injury on a child and see if you can answer the quiz questions.

 

Quiz

Have a go at the quizzes and see how much you know.

 

Week Commencing 1st June 2020

 

Welcome back for the Summer Term. I hope you have all had time to relax and enjoy the Half Term Break.  We have been very lucky with the weather.

 

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

 

A new Home Learning Grid has been uploaded to the Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom.  Please feel free to continue to use the last term’s one as well if you still have activities to complete.

 

Work is available from Monday if you wish to complete it, even though we have an Inset Day in school.  Don’t feel you have to if you wish to have another day off.

 

Well done Kestrel Class, we are fourth on the school leader board for reading 43,412 words.  Congratulations to Gabi who is in top place on the class leader board with 3,345 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

 

Well done to Aaron, Alfie, Amelie, Diggory, Emilia, Faith, Fredric, Gabi, Katherine, Lauren, Nazar and Qasim, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Well done to those children who designed and created a Lego model for the Natural History Museum Lego Life Form activity and received a Tweet back from them.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team

Week 5 - Home Learning (Video)

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Week 5 - Home Learning

Joy of Moving Home Festival - Friday Replacement Sports Day at Home

TTRockstars Guinness World Record

Week Commencing 18th May 2020

Week 5 of Home Schooling.  I hope you've had a fun week of learning.  

 

Well done to Emilia, Diggory and Otis who took part in this week’s Natural History Lego Life Form Challenge and were lucky enough to receive a Tweet back from them about their designs.

 

Thank you to those of you who have uploaded work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there’s a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s lovely to see the children’s work.  Please keep sending it in along with photos of any activities your child has completed.  They might even make it into Bromet’s Weekly Newsletter.

 

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

 

Remember, if you want any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

 

Well done Kestrel Class, we are second on the school leader board for reading 37,553 words.  Congratulations to Gabi who is in top place on the class leader board with 3,777 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

 

Well done to Alfie, Amelie, Emilia, Fredric, Gabi, Lauren, Nazar, Otis, Qasim, Rumaysa and Rylee, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Lots of creative work going on this week.  See the photos on our pages.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

The Natural History Museum, London has a page on dinosaur facts abd activities to complete.

 

Have fun

 

Year 3 Team

 

Home Learning - Week 4

Weekly Work - Fri (15/5)

Week Commencing 11th May 2020

 

Week 4 of Home Schooling.  I hope you enjoyed your VE Day Bank Holiday Friday. 

 

Well done to Otis and Rylee who took part in this week’s Natural History Lego Life Form Challenge and were lucky enough to receive a Tweet back from them about their designs.

 

Thank you to those of you who have uploaded work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there’s a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s lovely to see the children’s work.  Please keep sending it in along with photos of any activities your child has completed.  They might even make it into Bromet’s Weekly Newsletter.

 

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

 

Remember, if you want any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

 

Well done Kestrel Class, we are second on the school leader board for reading 29,245 words.  Congratulations to Qasim who has held top place of the class leader board with 3,781 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

 

Well done to Alfie, Amelie and Otis, who have all use TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Lots of creative work going on this week.  See the photos on our pages.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

The Natural History Museum, London is offering live online learning opportunities which are then available on YouTube.  This week at 10.30am on 15th May the chat is on Hope the Blue Whale.

 

Keep safe.

 

Year 3 Team

 

Home Learning - Week 3 (Videos)

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Rosie is showing us how to keep fit. It looks like she's combined one of Joe Wick's PE moves with an idea of her own.

Home Learning - Week 3 (Videos)

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Otis has been learning and performing poetry.

Home Learning - Week 3

VE Day Poems and Home Displays

VE Day 75th Anniversary - Home Learning and Class Poppy Wreaths

Friday - VE Day - Bank Holiday

Examples of Weekly Work

Week Commencing 4th May 2020

 

Starting Week 3 of home schooling and hopefully you are getting into a bit of a routine.  This is a strange week as Monday would normally be a Bank Holiday however due to the 75th Anniversary of VE Day it has been moved to this Friday 8th May. 

 

Thank you to those of you who have been able to upload work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there is a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s been lovely to see the work the children have completed.  Please keep sending it in. Any photos of activities you have been getting up to are welcomed too so I can included some more on Bromet’s Weekly Newsletter.

 

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

 

Remember, if you need any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

 

Well done Kestrel Class, we are second on the school leader board for reading 12,000 words.  Congratulations to Gabi who has held top place of the class leader board with 1,327 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

 

Well done to Otis, who maintains his lead with an average speed of 1.9 seconds to answer his timetables in the Studio games on TTRockstars.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Fantastic work from Rosie W who has completed some beautiful artwork and Brooke who wrote some brilliant diary entries, to name but a few.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

The Natural History Museum, London is offering virtual tours of their galleries. You have to sign up to take part.

 

Keep safe.

 

Year 3 Team

Examples of Weekly Work Submitted

Week Commencing 27th April 2020

 

One week of home schooling completed.  I hope it hasn’t been too stressful for you and your children.  I spent this week in school and therefore experienced your frustration when the links failed.  However, by the end of the week we had settled into a good routine. 

 

Thank you to those of you who have been able to upload work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there is a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s been lovely to see the work the children have completed.  Please keep sending it in. Any photos of activities you have been getting up to are welcomed too.

 

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

 

Remember, if you need any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

 

Well done Kestrel Class, we are top of the school leader board for reading 7961 words in the last week on First News.  Congratulations to Gabi who is top of the class leader board with 2682 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

 

Well done to Otis, who maintains his lead with an average speed of 1.94 seconds to answer his timetables in the Studio games on TTRockstars.

 

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

 

Fantastic work from Alfie who has completed and uploaded 3 pieces of the Home Learning Work and Aaron who wrote some entertaining diary entries, to name but a few.

 

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

 

Keep safe.

 

Year 3 Team

 

Free eBooks Library

Register and login, for free, to access tablet-friendly eBooks at your child’s reading level at the link eBooks.

First News - Reading Comprehension

Well done Kestrel Class, a total of 1,789 words read today on First New and we are 2nd on the Class Leader Board.  Keep up the good learning.

 

TTrockstars

Well done to Otis who is 25th on the School Leader Board for speed of answering the times table questions – 1.94 seconds.

We are 6th on the Class Leader Board for average speed to answer the times table questions.

Guide to Submit a File to an Assignment in Google Classroom

Guide for Accessing Google Classroom

Week Commencing 20th April 2020

 

Welcome back to school – home education style.  I hope you and your family managed to enjoy a different kind of break from school and that the Easter Bunny was still able to make a visit to your household.

 

From this week, school timetables and work will be set and made accessible via Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom.

 

Well done, if you have already managed to complete and submit work on Google Classroom.  If you haven’t, don’t worry you can start accessing it now. For those of you who need extra support to do this, please find guides, above, on ‘How to Access Google Classroom’ and ‘How to Submit Work via Google Classroom’.  Any problems just email school with your query.

 

Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

 

A ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

 

If you wish to share any of your learning with me, please upload it via the relevant Assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Please ensure your children are safe whilst accessing the internet.  Remind them about guidelines for internet safety by watching this clip together and discussing the points raised, before they start learning online.

 

CEOP KS1 Film : ‘Lee and Kim Cartoon Suitable 5 yrs – 7 yrs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWH2KzIVDk

https://www.st-marks.stockport.sch.uk/our-school/e-safety/e-safety-children-1

 

This is going to be a strange few weeks. If there is anything I can do to make it easier please let me know via email to: admin@bromet.herts.sch.uk

Look after each other.

 

Year 3 Team

 

Rainbow Pictures and Poems - Great Work

Teddy Artwork - Great Work

Science Experiment - Day 22

Look at the results for your group's experiment.  

What can you see on each piece of bread? What do your results suggest?  Can you come to any conclusions about the most effective way for cleaning hands?  Did you expect these results?

Write a short Conclusion in your writing exercise book.

Geography - Learning About Clouds

Science Experiment - Results (Day 9)

Computing - Coding Using Scratch

Show and Tell - Book Review

Google Classroom / Mathletics / TTRockstars

Passwords for all the above programmes were sent out with the children on Friday.  Please keep them safe.

 

Google Classroom

The children need to make sure they can log in to Google Classroom.  This can be done by clicking on the link below:

Google Classroom

The children then need to enter their email address and password. This will then log them into Google Classroom.  Please ask your child to send me a message in Google Classroom to confirm they have accessed it from home.

Thank you

Week Commencing 16th March 2020:

Congratulations to Mia for being our Star this week!

 

This week we will be completing informal assessments along with continuing our writing task using The Black Dog by Levi Pinfold and Fractions in Maths.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science we will continue our topic on Forces and Magnets and monitor our Bread Experiment.

For Computing we are learning about programming.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In Geography we are learning about clouds.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  This week thinking about being safe.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

Mindfulness Activity - Rainbow Breathing

Show and Tell - Book Review

Science Week - Create a Tree From 4 Pieces of A4 Paper with No Glue, Sticky Tape or Staples

PSHE Board - Garden of Dreams

Show and Tell - Sharing Books Read By The Children

Science Experiment - What Is The Most Effective Way to Clean Your Hands?

Week Commencing 9th March 2020:

Congratulations to Gabi for being our Star this week!

 

In English we will continue to read Black Dog by Levi Pinfold to inspire our writing.

In Maths we will continue with our topic on fractions.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science for ‘Science Week’ we will complete an experiment linked to the importance of washing hands properly and constructing a tree from paper only.

For Computing we are learning about programming.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be completing spelling tests on words we have learnt in school and learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In History we are learning about Romans and the impact they had on towns and cities in England.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  This week they are discussing what they know about drugs and their attitude to them.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Parents Evening 3.30 – 6.20pm

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Parents Evening 4.15 – 6.50pm

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

 

 

Maths Morning

Pop Art - Soap Sculptures of Turtles

Week Commencing 1st March 2020:

Congratulations to Ishan for being our Star this week!

Well done Kestrel Class for winning the class cup for attendance this week.

 

In English we will be using Black Dog by Levi Pinfold to inspire our writing.

In Maths we will start looking at fractions.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science we will continue learning about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are learning about how moving images are made up of lots of still pictures.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be completing spelling tests on words we have learnt in school and learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In Geography we are learning about precipitation and using graphs to answer questions.

For Art we are sculpting a turtle out of soap, linked to our Pop Art topic.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  They will be setting themselves a fitness challenge.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Parents Evening Sign up in the KS1 Playground from 8:15- 8:45am and 3:00-3:30pm

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Maths Morning - 8:45-9:30am for KS2

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

World Book Day – Wear Pyjamas and Bring in Your Favourite Book (£2 donation)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

Our Garden of Dreams

Mother Tongue Day

Thank you to all the parents who were able to help with Mother Tongue Day, by providing food and or talking to the children about their country and language.

The children really enjoyed the opportunity to try out food and words from different cultures. They also learnt that the children in our class have a variety of different countries that their families come from, when we stuck dots on the world map.

During the day the children also were able to play a Maths game from a different country.

Maths Game from Italy

Morocco and Kuwait

Talking in Other Languages

Tasting Food From Other Countries

Traditional Dress

HELP NEEDED - Plastic Bottle Tops Request

For our sculpting session in our Art lessons we will need a large supply of plastic bottle tops.  Milk, juice, water, fizzy drinks - all needed.

Please collect and send in any you have this Half Term.

 

Thank You

Food Tasting - Mother Tongue Day

The labels are proving impossible to photograph.  If you are concerned about the foods please pop into the classroom tomorrow before school and you can have a look at the labels.

 

Thanks

Week Commencing 24th February 2020:

Congratulations to Alfie for being our Star this week!

 

Mother Tongue Day – Thursday 27th February

Thank you to those parents who have kindly offered to supply food from their native countries, which the children will have an opportunity to taste. (As soon as I have ingredient details I will post them on the website. Please let me know if there are any issues.)

During the day, the children will also have a Spanish lesson.

Please ensure your child knows which country their family originates from, so that we can mark it on a world map during the day.

 

In English we will be using Black Dog by Levi Pinfold to inspire our writing.

In Maths we will finish length and look at perimeter.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science we will continue learning about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are looking at digital images and how they are made up.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be completing spelling tests on words we have learnt in school and learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In History we are using maps to research about the history of Oxhey Park, based on the children’s request to learn more about it.

For Art we are sculpting a turtle out of soap, linked to our Pop Art topic.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  This week they are concentrating on the importance of exercise and the effects on their body.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Mother Tongue Day – Food Tasting and Language Activities

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Garden of Dreams

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Show and Tell - Book Reviews

DT - Testing the Strength of Shapes - Squares and Triangles

Geography - Learning About Tectonic Plates

Science - Testing Magnets and the Materials They Attract

PE - Dance - Telling the Story of Christmas (Linked to a Roman Festival)

Digital Images - Understanding They are Made Up of Pixels

NSPCC Numbers Day

Week Commencing 10th February 2020:

Congratulations to Max for being our Star this week!

 

In English we will continue using Escape from Pompeii to inspire our story writing.

In Maths we will move onto length and perimeter.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will continue learning about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are looking at digital images and how they are made up.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we are practising spelling some more Year 3 / 4 words, learning about the suffixes less / ly and looking at spelling root words by adding suffixes and prefixes.

In Geography we are learning about tectonic plates.

For DT we are continuing our topic on complex structures.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about obstacles that may hinder their achievements and how to overcome them.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

Class Sharing Assembly

Book Reviews Show and Tell

Talent Show Auditions

Well done to all those children who took part in the auditions to represent Kestrel Class in the talent show next week.  We had a variety of acts taking part including magicians, dancers, singers and musicians.

 

The children voted for their favourite acts to put forward to the school talent show next week.

 

Congratulations to:

 

Rylee and Nazar

Walter, Bader and Tommy K

 

who were the talented winners of the auditions.

Talent Show Entrants

Number Day - Friday 7th February

Children can come to school dressed up in an outfit. Remember the theme is numbers.

 

Look around you for inspiration - dice, cards, phones, characters with numbers on them, calendars, watch, road sign etc.  Numbers are all around us.

 

Don't forget your £1 donation too.

Kestrel Class Talent Show Auditions

The auditions for our class will take place in the classroom on Thursday afternoon.  Those children who wish to audition will have the chance to do so then.

The class will vote for their two favourite acts to represent us in the school talent show next Friday.

Book Reviews - Show and Tell

PE - Dance - Pompeii

Life Cycle of a Seed - Day 17

Flotsam Display Board

Week Commencing 3rd February 2020:

Congratulations to Otis for being our Star this week!

 

In English we will be working on speaking and listening by practising for our class assembly.

In Maths we will finish learning about money and move onto statistics.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be moving onto a new topic about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are looking at digital images and how they are made up.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we are learning about the different letters for the ‘sh’ sound, looking at 5 more words from the Year 3 / 4 spelling list and suffixes –less and –ly.

In Geography we are learning about tectonic plates.

For DT we are continuing our topic on complex structures.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about obstacles that may hinder their achievements and how to overcome them.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Class Assembly 9am

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

What Effect Does Exercise Have on Our Bodies?

Life Cycle of a Seed - Stem and Leaves Developing

Colosseum Roman Dance

Andy Warhol Inspired Digitally Altered Flotsam Turtle Pictures

Week Commencing 27th January 2020:

Please note, this week only, the Reading Records will be checked on Thursday for those children who have read 3 times and books changed.

We are still in need of tissue boxes if you haven’t already sent a box in this academic year.

 

Congratulations to George for being our Star this week!

 

In English we will be reading Pompeii by Christina Balit to practise our comprehension skills, extend our vocabulary and inspire our writing.

In Maths we are start to learn about money.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be learning about the effects of diet and exercise on our bodies.

For Computing we are manipulating digital images linked to our Art topic of Pop Art.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we are learning about the use of apostrophes in contracted words, another spelling strategy and practising Year 3 / 4 spelling words.

In History we are comparing the Ancient Greek political system with ours.

For Art we are drawing a turtle in the style of Pop Art.

In RE we continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about breaking down goals into small steps to make them achievable.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

Life Cycle of a Plant

PE - Dance

Week Commencing 20th January 2020:

Our PE day has changed to Monday, so please make sure your child’s PE Kit is in for this day.

If you haven’t had a chance to send in a box of tissues this academic year, please do, as we are in need of some more boxes for all those sniffly noses.

Also, please ensure your child has a water bottle in school every day as they all wish to drink during the day and this is difficult if they do not have a water bottle in class.

 

Congratulations to Halo for being our Star this week!

 

In English we will continue to use Flotsam by David Wiesner to inspire our writing, this time to write a persuasive letter.

In Maths we are learning about written division methods and then moving onto scaling.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice their times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables they have learnt and are working on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be learning about reproduction of flowering plants.

For Computing we are manipulating digital images linked to our Art topic of Pop Art.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we learning about the suffixes ‘sub-‘ and ‘tele-‘.

In History we are comparing the Ancient Greek political system with ours.

For DT we are continuing our topic on complex structures looking at bridge structure and local bridges.

In RE we continue our top about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about being motivated and enthusiastic about achieving a new challenge.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

Life Cycle of a Seed

The children have all planted two seeds.  We have learnt about Life Cycles in Science.  So through this experiment the children will confirm what they have learnt and be able to observe first hand the changes happening.

Week Commencing 13th January 2020:

Our PE day has changed to Monday, so please make sure your child’s PE Kit is in for this day.

If you haven’t had a chance to send in a box of tissues this academic year, please do, as we are in need of some more boxes for all those sniffly noses.

Also, please ensure your child has a water bottle in school every day as they all wish to drink during the day and this is difficult if they do not have a water bottle in class.

Congratulations to Walter for being our Star this week!

 

In English we will be working towards writing a setting description based on one of the pictures in our book - Flotsam by David Wiesner.

In Maths we are continuing to learn about formal written multiplication methods and then moving onto division methods.

On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice their times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables they have learnt and are working on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be learning about Life Cycles of plants and animals.

For Computing we are learning about digital images and how they can be easily manipulated.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will practise another spelling strategy and learn about words ending with ‘gue’ and que’.

In History we are starting our topic on Ancient Greece.

For Art we are starting our new topic on Pop Art by looking at Andy Warhol and his works.

In RE we continue our top about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about their Dreams and Ambitions.

 

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

Week Commencing 7th January 2020

Happy New Year and Welcome Back.

 

Our PE day has changed to Monday, so please make sure your child’s PE Kit is in for that day.

 

In English, for the next 3 weeks, we will be looking at the book Flotsam by David Wiesner and using this for our writing inspiration. The focus this week is drama and vocabulary development.

In Maths we are concentrating on multiplication and will starting to learn the formal method.

For our Music we will be listening to music by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we are starting our All Living Things topic with sorting and classifying.

In RE we are thinking about Christians and specifically Jesus.

As part of Jigsaw the children will be revisiting their Network Hand and thinking about the people who they can turn to if they need to talk to someone.

In Spelling we are practising words with y making an ‘i’ sound, commonly misspelt words and proof reading for spelling errors.

In Geography we are learning about food trade in the UK.

In DT we are focusing on nutrition – specifically how the food we eat is produced.

 

Monday

INSET DAY

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Thank you for your cards and gifts.  Have a wonderful break. School starts Tuesday 7th January 2020.

Christmas Movie and Popcorn in Class

Santa's Breakfast

Thursday 19th December

We will be having a movie morning with lightly sea salted popcorn.  The children have voted for the Nativity Rocks film.

Do All Types of Chocolate Melt at the Same Rate?

The children enjoyed investigating whether all types of chocolate melt at the same rate.  Our results were not conclusive however we did discover that the chocolates melted at different rates. This experiment was part of our learning about states of matter and what could change a state.

This Week

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Performance as much as the children liked taking part.  It was lovely to see so many of you.

 

Congratulations to Katherine for being our Star this week!

 

Congratulations to the following children for earning our end of term awards.

Sienna for Empathy

Yaseen for Curiosity

Bader for Determination

Parents of these 3 children are welcome to attend our Awards Ceremony on Friday 20th December at 9am.

 

Week Commencing 16th December:

In English we are finishing our fables unit.

In Maths we will finish our topic on multiplication and division. .  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to Christmas Songs.

In Science we are investigating the change of state caused by temperature.

In Art, we will be making a Christmas Card.

We will also be completing some Christmas activities, watching a Christmas Film and on Friday the Children can bring a game in from home to play.

 

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Santa’s Breakfast

Christmas Jumper Day

Christmas Lunch

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Thursday

Pantomime at School

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Bring a Game to Play (optional)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

School finishes at 1.30pm

 

Have a good holiday.

Claude Monet Inspired Lilly Sculptures

KS2 Production St Matthew’s Church

Wednesday 11th December

Children can arrive from 6pm but should arrive no later than 6.15pm.

Please drop your child off, with a member of Bromet School staff, via the main door of the church.

The children will change into their costumes once they arrive at the church.  At the end of the evening the children will change back into their home clothes before leaving.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday.

This Week

Thank you to the parents who have kindly volunteered to help us walk the children to St Matthew’s Church on Monday at 1pm.

 

Congratulations to Finley for being our Star this week!

 

Week Commencing 9th December:

In English we are continuing to learn about Fables and the children will be creating their own imaginary world out of food. If you have any spare magazines with images of food could you please send them in.

In Maths we will continue our topic on multiplication and division. .  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to Traditional Christmas Carols.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Science we are investigating the change of state caused by temperature.

In Art, we will be finishing off constructing a lily out of paper as our final piece of work on this area.

In RE we are thinking about how Christmas is celebrated by Christians.

In Jigsaw we are giving and receiving compliments and to think about how this feels for the giver and receiver.

 

Monday

Christmas Performance Afternoon Dress Rehearsal at St Matthew’s Church

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Homework Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

PE Kits Due In For PE

Homework Goes Home

Book Bags Go Home

Christmas Performance at St Matthew’s Church

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

 

Have a good weekend.

This Week

Congratulations to Sienna for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Alfie who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Week Commencing 2nd December:

In English we are going to learn and write about Fables.

In Maths we will continue our topic on multiplication and division. .  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to Christmas Songs from other countries.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Science we investigating the change of state caused by temperature.

In Art, inspired by the impressionist work of Claude Monet, we will be constructing a lily out of paper as our final piece of work on this area.

In History, we will be looking at the impact of the Romans on the roads in Britain.

In RE we are writing an advent poem and creating a candle to go with an advent promise.

In Jigsaw we are problem solving bullying scenarios in groups.

 

Monday

Outfits for Christmas Performance Due In

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Flu Vaccination

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

KS2 Christmas Concert

Details about your child's part and outfit requirements were sent out in their book bag today (Thursday).  Please send outfits in by Monday 2nd December.  Thank you for your help with this.

Making and Eating a Fruit Salad

Today the children have been learning how to cut fruit to make a fruit salad.  They used a bridge hold and a claw grip to cut the fruit.  The children chose the fruit they wanted to include in their fruit salad and really enjoyed eating them.

Bauble Decorations for Bromet School Christmas Tree

The children have been carefully designing and colouring in their own Christmas bauble this week.  These are beautiful and will be placed on the Christmas tree in the hall during next Friday's whole school assembly.

This Week

The weather has turned colder this week and our PE lessons take place outside unless it is raining.  Please ensure your child has a school tracksuit to wear to keep warm. Thank you.

Congratulations to Sonny for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Walter who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Week Commencing 25th November:

In English and Maths we will be completing assessments for Reading, Grammar / Punctuation and Arithmetic and Verbal Problems.

For our Music we will be listening to Christmas inspired music written by different composers and practising our Christmas Songs.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In DT, we will be making our Fruit Salad.  Please ensure you have returned the consent form so your child may take part.

In RE we are thinking about the morals we learn from the stories The Blind Man and The Boy Who Cries Wolf.

In Jigsaw we are thinking about how to help people who have been bullied feel better.

 

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

This Week

We have had a busy week. The children have made red and white poppies for remembrance; thought about bullying and being different by wearing odd socks;  visited Affinity Education Centre and worn pyjamas for Children in Need Day. All of which they have thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you for your donations for Children in Need.

Congratulations to Emilia for being our Star this week!

 

Week Commencing 18th November:

In English the children will be writing their own Roman Myths.

In Maths we are starting to learn about formal written subtraction methods and the language involved with subtraction.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to classical Christmas music written by different composers and starting to learn our Christmas Songs.

In Science we will be learning about Non-Newtonian Fluids.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will learn about the prefixes mis- and re-.

In Art, inspired by Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, we will be making a lily out of paper.

In Geography we are learning about the Water Cycle.

In DT we are learning about nutrition.

In RE we are learning about the 99 names for Allah and what they mean then the children are thinking about the meaning of their name.

In Jigsaw we are thinking about solutions to everyday set scenarios.

 

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

Children in Need - Pyjama Day

Affinity Water Class Trip

FLIP Theatre Company

Odd Socks Day

Show and Tell - Culture and Religion

Book Bags

Please note that although the children need to bring their book bags in daily with their reading books, we will continue to change reading books on a Tuesday and Friday only.

If your child brings a letter or note in their book bag on other days please remind them to take it out and hand it in when they arrive at school.

Next Week

Next week is National Anti-Bullying week and the children will have a Kindness drama workshop on Wednesday. Friday is Children in Need Day!

School Trip

On Thursday we are off to Affinity Water’s Education Site in Bushey.  Please make sure your child is suitably dressed as we will be completing activities outside. We leave school at 9.30am and will be back by the end of the day.

Congratulations to Rosie H for being our Star this week!

Week Commencing 11th November:

In English we will be continuing to learn and write about Roman Myths.

In Maths we are continuing to learn about formal written addition methods and the language involved with addition.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to winter inspired music written by different composers.

In Science we will be leaning about the properties of liquids, solids and gases.

For Computing we are learning more about the worldwide web.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will learn about the prefixes mis- and re-.

In History / DT we will learn about poppies for Remembrance and make our own Poppy Wreath.

On Friday we will be completing activities relating to Children in Need.

 

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Maths Morning

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

School Trip to Affinity Water’s Education Site

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Children in Need Day - Wear pyjamas and donate £1Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

Welcome Back

School starts normal time on Monday 4th November. I hope you have all had a good half term break and are feeling refreshed and ready to come back to school.

This term we are going to focus on the British Value - Mutual respect & tolerance of different faiths, beliefs and cultural traditions for our Show and Tell.  Therefore, I would like the children to share one of their cultural traditions or beliefs.

 

Week Commencing 4th November:

In English we will be starting to learn and write about Roman Myths.

In Maths we are starting to learn about formal written addition methods.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to sleigh music written by different composers.

In Science we will be investigating different states of matter.

For Computing we are learning more about the worldwide web.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will continue to look at particular homophones, where words sound the same but are spelt differently and the children will complete a spelling test on the first 5 words in the Year 3/4 Spelling List, 4 of which we have looked at in class.

In History we are researching about Roman life in Britain.

In Art we are practising the skill of shading with a pencil.

In Jigsaw we are thinking about families and how they can vary.

 

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags and water bottles go home.

This Week

It was lovely to meet you all at Parents’ Evening this week.  Copies of your child’s Personal Target Sheet will be sent home with them today.

Thank-you to those of you who have completed and returned a new Consent Form, if you haven’t please complete and return one.

This week the children took part in an Indian Dance Workshop which they all thoroughly enjoyed. We have some amazing dancers!

 

Congratulations to Aaron for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Brooke who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Have a good half term break and will see you week commencing Monday 4th November.

This Week

The children have been practising to log on to the Chromebooks this week and then went onto to develop their keyboard skills.  They really enjoyed playing the touch typing games.  These can be found on Typing.com website if they wish to continue working on these skills at home.

 

Thank-you for your support with the character drawings; the children produced brilliant pictures from these.

 

Congratulations to Rosie B for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Katherine and Rosie H who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Week Commencing 21st October:

In English we will be finishing of our biographies about Anthony Joshua.

In Maths we are thinking about Fact Families in relation to addition and subtraction.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to music by Manuel de Falla an Impressionist composer.

In Science we are learning about the phases of the moon.

For Computing we are practising how to use the internet for research.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will continue to look at particular homophones, where words sound the same but are spelt differently and the children will complete a spelling test on the first 5 words in the Year 3/4 Spelling List, 4 of which we have looked at in class.

In Geography we are learning about the human feature of settlements.

In DT we are looking at complex structures.

 

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

This Week

Thank you to those parents who have kindly sent in donations for our Harvest Appeal and those who have listened to their children read 3 times this week.

The children enjoyed taking part in the djembe drums workshop and created some music together as a class. They also had fun in DT and learnt from building their structures they had designed.

 

Congratulations to Amelie for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Walter who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Week Commencing 14th October:

In English we will be combining Black History Month, Local History and learning about biographies, when writing about the local black hero – Anthony Joshua.

In Maths we are continuing to develop the children’s mental strategies for subtraction.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to music by Paul Dukas an Impressionist composer.

In Science we are learning about the movement of the moon.

For Computing we are practising our computer and keyboard skills.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will continue to look at particular homophones, where words sound the same but are spelt differently and the children will complete a spelling test on the first 5 words in the Year 3/4 Spelling List, 4 of which we have looked at in class.

In History, as part Black History Month, we will learning about the life of Barrack Obama.

In Art we are practising our mixing skills with paint to make different colours, tints and shades then moving on to recreate a lily in an impressionist style.

On Friday, the children will be drawing an image of their favourite book character for our page in the PTFA School Calendar.  Your help for this would be appreciated.  Please send your child in with a book on Friday, which has an image of their favourite character, to help inspire their creation. In addition, they will be designing their own Christmas Card.  Sorry to mention the ‘C’ word so early.

 

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

African Djembe Drumming Workshop

This afternoon, the children were lucky enough to have a djembe drum workshop, as it is Black History Month.

The hall was filled with the loud rhythm of the drums which the children were able to recreate by saying a phrase to drum to.  At one point, the class even managed to play 3 different rhythms at the same time.  The workshop required the children to listen to the teacher and follow his instructions and play as a group.

All the children really enjoyed themselves and their musical skills were apparent. 

Djembe Drums

Harvest Appeal

A big thank-you, to those of you who have already kindly sent in donations for our Harvest Appeal this year.

 

We are supporting The Red Trust in Bushey.  A small charity that runs a foodbank, open to all who have a need for it.

 

The trust is especially in need of donations of: tinned meat, custard, rice pudding, tinned vegetables, tinned chopped tomatoes, pasta sauces, tinned pulses/beans, tinned fruit, biscuits, baked beans, rice, instant noodles, coffee and toiletries.

Donations should be sent into school via your child between now and Thursday 10th October, when we will be having our Harvest Assembly.

 

Thank-you for your support.

This Week

Thank you to those parents who have managed to find time to listen to their child read 3 times this week.  Your regular support in this area really helps to develop their reading skills.

To celebrate National Poetry Day the children listened to and discussed some poems by Kenneth Grahame, Robert Louis Stevenson and James Reeves.  They seemed to really enjoy the poems especially those that rhymed.

 

Congratulations to Max for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Tommy G who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Week Commencing 7th October:

In English we will continue to work on our character descriptions, thinking about including expanded noun phrases and similes.

In Maths we are continuing to focus on mental strategies for adding and then starting to think about subtraction.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to music by Frederick Delius an Impressionist composer.

In Science we are learning about how different places in the world experience night and day at different times.

For Computing we are practising our computer and keyboard skills.

In RE we are learning about how Muhammad was protected by Allah and relating this to the children’s lives; thinking about whom and how they are protected in their lives.

For Jigsaw we will be thinking about the rewards that exist at Bromet.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will be looking at another spelling strategy for learning words and words from the Year 3/4 government spelling list. We will also look at homophones, where words sound the same but are spelt differently.

In Geography we will be looking at settlements.

In DT we are continuing to extend our knowledge about complex structures.

 

Monday

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

PE - Invasion Skills

This Week

Thank you for your support in discussing a day in your child’s life to help with their diary writing task, it really made a difference to their work today.

The children practised their construction skills, tested the strength of different structures and designed their own building using this knowledge.

 

Congratulations to Faith for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Rosie W who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Week Commencing 30th September:

In English we will be thinking about character descriptions and creating our own Superhero character ready to enter a competition.

In Maths we are focusing on units of measurement, weighing objects and mental strategies for adding.  On Monday we will be completing our weekly times table test.  Your support in ensuring your children practise their times tables weekly is appreciated.

For our Music we will be listening to music by Jean Sibelius an Impressionist composer.

In Science we are learning about what makes night and day.

For Computing we are learning about computer networks.

In RE we are continuing to think about the life of the prophet Muhammad, specifically ‘The Night of Power’.

For Jigsaw we will be investigating how our own behaviour brings rewards and consequences.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will be looking at the long ‘a’ sound and the different letters that can be used to represent it.

In History we will be looking at Watford Football Stadium, now and in the past.

In Art we are practising drawing with pencils and creating shading using different techniques.

 

Monday

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

This Week

Another busy week for Kestrel Class.

As part of our music appreciation sessions, we have listened to pieces by Maurice Ravel.  Many of the children particularly enjoyed Bolero and we seem to have quite a few drummers in the class!

Mathletics passwords have been issued. Hopefully you have found them in the back of your children’s homework book, along with their TTRockstar logins.  Work has been set on Mathletics for the children to complete, which relates to our class work.  Please can you help your child to log on to these sites as many of them seem to find this process difficult.

 

Congratulations to Diggory and Rosie W for being our Stars this week!

Congratulations to Nazar who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

 

Week Commencing 23rd September:

Last week in English we started reading ‘Voices in the Park’ by Anthony Browne and we will continue to use the book this week as our inspiration to produce a diary recount. It would be helpful if you could ask your child to verbally summarise one of their days ready for writing their own diary entry this week.

In Maths we are concentrating comparing numbers up to 1000.  On Monday we will be completing our weekly times table test. Some children will continue to with their 2 times table whilst other children will move onto their 3 times table, if they have got 13/13 for the last 2 weeks.

For our Music we will be listening to music by Fredric Chopin an Impressionist composer.

In Science we are learning about how the planets move.

For Computing we will be practising logging onto the Chromebooks, into our TTRockstar accounts and becoming familiar with the keyboards on the chromebooks.

In RE we are thinking about life of the prophet Muhammad.

As part of Jigsaw we will be looking at why rules are needed and how they relate to rights and responsibilities.

Our PE lessons we will be focusing on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will be looking at strategies to learn words, encouraging the children to have a go at spelling unknown words and the sound made by ei in the word vein.

In Geography and DT we are continuing to learn about our topics rivers and structures.

 

Monday

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

DT – Testing Bridges and Building the Tallest Free Standing Structure

Last week the children learnt about bridge structures and tested how to make a strong bridge.

They then tested their buildings skills, using only paper and sellotape, to construct the tallest free standing structure.  This proved to be more difficult than they first thought. However, they had lots of fun experimenting and working in a team to achieve their end results.

Two structures met the criteria of being free standing, whilst the rest required the support of its builders to stand.  The winner of the competition was one of the shorter structures, as the taller ones were not free standing.  

Friday 13th September

We’ve had a busy week in Kestrel Class starting all our new topics.  The children worked hard at performing a free verse poem and learning about place value in Maths. They also developed their construction and team work skills to build the tallest tower in DT.  They thoroughly enjoyed the activity and gained new learning but found it challenging to build a structure that would remain free standing.

It was lovely to see those parents and carers who were able to come and visit us in our new classroom.

Children who read every week and practise their times tables on TTRockstars can earn a raffle ticket to enter our weekly class draw.

All clubs begin next week.

 

Congratulations to Brooke for being our Star this week!

 

Week Commencing 16th September:

This week in English we will finish off our free verse poem topic and move onto recounts.

In Maths we are concentrating on 10 / 100 more or less than a given number.     On Monday we will be completing another weekly times table test. We continue to focus on the 2 times table however for some children the questions will now be out of order.

For our Music we will be listening to music by Maurice Ravel an Impressionist composer.

In Science we are learning about the planets in our Solar System .

For Computing we will be practising logging onto the Chromebooks.

In RE we are thinking about changes in our life.

As part of Jigsaw we will be looking at how we can face new challenges positively and what we can do to help ourselves.

Our PE lessons we will be focusing on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school by then. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling we will continue looking at the prefixes dis- and un- and apostrophes for contractions.

In History we are learning about the Palace Theatre in Watford.

This week we will start our Art lessons by looking at the work of the impressionist artist Claude Monet.

 

Monday

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Book bags and water bottles go home.

 

Have a good weekend.

Friday 6th September

What a busy first few days!  The children have all worked very hard. They have: thought about what it means to be part of a team and worked together to achieve a result; identified people they can talk to if they are feeling scared or uncomfortable; produced a mindfulness bookmark and created displays for our classroom and school. 

We have started our class reading book: Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo.

This is a twist on the classic tale.  The children seem to be enjoying it so far.

 

Congratulations to Rylee for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Rosie W and Diggory who were voted in as Kestrel’s School Council Representatives and to George and Lauren who have agreed to take on the responsibility of Kestrel’s Sports Representatives.

 

Week Commencing 9th September:

This week in English we will be focusing on poetry - reading, comparing, performing and writing our own poems. On Thursday, to help with our learning, we would like the children to bring in either a photo of a special occasion, a treasured object or a favourite book to stimulate vocabulary ideas .

In Maths we are concentrating on place value and what it digit in a number is worth. On Monday we will be completing the first of our weekly times table tests. This week’s focus is the 2 times table. Can you complete it accurately in under 2 minutes?

For our Music we will be listening to music by Claude Debussy an Impressionist composer.

In Science we are starting our Earth and Space topic with looking at the Earth.

For Computing we will be revisiting E-safety and practising logging onto the Chromebooks.

In RE we are thinking about what we already know about Christians and Muslims.

As part of Jigsaw we will be setting ourselves learning goals.

Our PE lessons start on Wednesday with WFC and we will be focusing on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school by then.

In Spelling we are looking at suffixes: -s, -es, -er, -ed and –ing as well as prefixes un- and dis-.

In Geography we are learning about rivers in the UK and for DT we are starting our topic on structures.

 

Monday

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Book bags and water bottles go home.

Open door for children to bring their adults in to see their new classroom.

 

Have a good weekend.

Welcome Back

 

We hope you have had a good break and are ready to work hard in Kestrel Class this year.

 

Our first three days back will be based around SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health).  As part of this we will be thinking about being a global citizen and team player, as well as British Values.

 

Please ensure the children bring in their water bottle, sun hat and PE kit on the first day.  Reading Books and Homework will go out week commencing 9th September.

 

Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 4th September.

 

 

Our New Classroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Kestrel Class!


 

Have you seen the Kids’ Zone? Play games and visit some cool websites. You can vote for your favourites.

Class Teacher: Miss Hickey

Supported by: Mrs Lewis, Mrs Dempsey and Mrs Sabatini

Our Curriculum:

Madame Lawson teaches French

Our Classroom

Curriculum Overview 18/19

Kestrel Weekly News (12.7.19)

 

Update: 1 more week to go! The children found out which class they will be going into today. Mrs Burns will be the Nightingale teacher and I will be moving up with those going into Woodpeckers.

 

Woodpeckers and Kestrel Class shared their wonderful projects on the Jurassic Coast with each other this afternoon. I am super impressed with all of the hard work that has been put into all of them. Well done!

 

As it is our last week in Kestrel Class, we will be celebrating. On the last day (Friday 19th) I will be providing the class with a goodbye breakfast, including a selection of breakfast foods. The children can bring in a suitable toy which must be labelled to play with afterwards. 

 

Maths: We have been looking at different measurements this week and had a revision session on the long division method. We are also working hard on our times tables!

 

English: The children have finished publishing their Ottoline stories and wrote their own blurbs focussing on persuasive writing. 

 

Things to remember: There will be no clubs next week. All book bags in on Monday please. Mrs Lewis will be getting these ready for September. Please send your child in with a plastic bag so they have something to take everything home with on Friday. 

Kestrel Weekly Update (5.7.19)

 

Update: We had an amazing trip to Southend! The children were fascinated by all of the sea life they saw at the Aquarium and had lots of fun playing on the beach! Please enjoy the photos! We will be leading the thank you assembly on Thursday morning. We will be reading some poems, singing a song and handing out cards to all of the helpers from this year. 

 

Maths: We will be looking at different measures in Maths including m, cm and mm and l and ml.

 

English: The children will be practicing their story writing before they go into Year 4, remembering to use paragraphs to structure their writing.

 

Things to remember: Please hand your report reply slip to the office by Wednesday!

Kestrel Weekly News (28.6.19)

 

Update: Only 3 more weeks left! This year has gone so quickly and the children have all made such wonderful progress. This week in PE we started to learn how to play tennis. We are continuing to look at coasts in Geography. They learnt about how beaches are formed and erosion. We used rich teas to see how erosion works!

 

Maths: We have been doing lots of decimal work and the children have been introduced to tenths and decimal points. Next week we will be continuing to learn about decimals with a focus on rounding and estimation. 

 

English: This week, the children learnt about the features of a limerick poem and wrote their own. They enjoyed sharing them with the class and having a giggle!

 

Things to remember: Please make sure your child has a sun hat and a water bottle in school now that the sun has decided to make an appearance finally! We have our trip next Friday. The children will be able to bring 2 pounds for the Aquarium gift shop. Thank you to all of those who have made the contribution. 

Kestrel Fun!

Kestrel Weekly News (14.6.19)

 

Update: We've had a busy week this week. The children have started to learn about coasts and have been able to use the atlases to locate seaside resorts in the United Kingdom. We will be talking about erosion next week. We made our fathers day cards and the children were able to go and put their learning into action buy spending their money in the fathers day sale. We also carried out our soil experiment. We had plenty of jars so thank you! The children were able to see what soil is made up from. 

 

Maths: We have been doing lots of work with money this week. We have added two amounts together and found change from a given amount. Next week they will be learning about decimals!

 

English: We have done lots of work on grammar this week and will be continuing with poetry next week.

 

Things to remember: Our school trip is creeping up on us. Please do make sure you have given permission for this and paid the voluntary contribution otherwise we will have to cancel. 

Soil experiment!

Kestrel Weekly News (7.6.19)

 

Update: Can you believe we are now in our final term! We had a wonderful but wet time at our golf competition on Tuesday with Bromet 3 coming 4th place out of 12. We have now finished our Relax Kids sessions but hopefully the children can start using some mindfulness techniques they have learnt over the past 6 weeks at home. Thanks to Natasha for delivering this. 

 

Maths: The children have been learning about time duration this week and using different methods of adding and subtracting minutes and hours.

 

English: The children have finished writing their mystery stories and will be going through these 1 to 1 with Mrs Bridgeman before writing them up in neat. This week they focussed on replacing boring verbs with exciting ones and next week we will be looking at poetry. 

 

Things to remember: On Monday, the children will be having an A-life healthy workshop. Please make sure all children have their PE kits back in next week. We will be carrying out a science experiment on Tuesday so please can you send your child in with a clean straight sided jar. Thank you!

 

Watford Afternoon!

Kestrel Weekly News 17.5.19

 

Update: This term has gone very quickly! We had a fantastic afternoon celebrating Watford in the FA Cup final! The children created some wonderful artwork with all of the Watford colours.

 

Maths: We have been very busy learning the long division method this week. Hopefully the children can teach you at home. Next week, we will be looking at time on a digital and analogue clock. 

 

English: The children have planned their mystery stories with their own problems. We will be writing these up next week with a focus on punctuating speech correctly and using paragraphs. 

 

Things to remember: A form regarding peer massage has been emailed out. Please fill this out and return to me asap so the children can take part in this on a Wednesday afternoon. If you cannot find the email or do not have a printer, let me know and I will send home a paper copy for you. Sports day is next Friday 24th. 

 

Kestrel Weekly News 3.5.19

 

Update: A great week of learning in Kestrel Class. We hope you enjoyed coming in and seeing the heritage boxes on Friday! We've learnt all about the three different passes in netball in PE and had fun practicing these. The children have been learning all about the Stone Age with Miss Weyer. 

 

Maths: We are still working on division this week. We will be using bar models to help us work out problems involving fractions!

 

English: We are still looking at Ottoline and the Yellow Cat as a class. The children have written postcards last week as Ottoline and this week we will be finishing the book and starting to think about writing our own mystery stories!

 

Things to remember: Homework please and sunhats now the sun is making more of an appearance!

 

Miss Hickey :) 

Kestrel Weekly News 26.4.19

 

Update: A good first week back. The children have started to present their heritage boxes which has been really fascinating. They are clearly very passionate about their heritage. Every Wednesday afternoon, the children will be taking part in Relax Kids which is a mindfulness session. The theme is superheros. Every Friday, Miss Weyer will be teaching the children topic as I will be teaching Kingfishers Gymnastics. 

 

Maths: This week the children have learnt the short multiplication method. Next week the focus will be on division as this is an area we need to practice. 

 

English: We have started to read the book Ottoline and the Yellow Cat as a class which is a mystery story. The children will be writing their own mystery stories at the end of the unit. 

 

Things to remember: Homework MUST come in every Monday! One reading task, Mathletics and spellings. We have done a lot of spelling practice in class with our rule 'ch' as the 'sh' sound within words. Hopefully the sun will be making more appearances this term so please can you send your child in with a sun hat. 

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Miss Hickey :) 

Kestrel Weekly News 5.4.19

 

Update: Spring term is complete! Can you believe we are already two thirds of the way through the school year? We have learnt lots of new things this term in all subjects! We loved our trip to Wagamamas this week and were lucky enough to eat some yummy noodles that we prepared. Next term, I will be starting to give out pen licenses to those children with consistently legible handwriting. They will receive a certificate and a special license card to keep so keep practicing! We will be presenting our heritage boxes after the holidays which I am really looking forward to seeing. They are super impressive!

 

Thank you for all of your support and hard work this term and have an eggcellent Easter break! 

 

Miss Hickey :)

Hockey fun and Maths morning!

Kestrel Weekly News 29.03.19

 

Update: Another great week learning! We have been lucky enough to have the sun come out and we enjoyed a game of rapid fire cricket with Woodpeckers this afternoon. The children had fun buying their mothers day presents and making some beautiful cards with some moving poems which we hope you enjoy. 

 

English: We have written our persuasive letter to the council about a zoo and now we are designing our very own persuasive leaflets! Our spelling rule for next week is the 'ch' as the 'sh' sound.

 

Maths: Fractions, fractions and more fractions! We have finished adding and subtracting. The children did really well and we used diagrams to help us understand this. We will be doing problem solving next week including fractions. 

 

Things to remember:

- April 1st is our Easter art competition

- April 3rd our heritage boxes are due in

- Wagamamas on Wednesday morning, please be in for 8:30 as we are leaving school at 8:45 sharp!

 

Kestrel Weekly News (25.3.19)

 

Update: The children had an exciting workshop delivered to them by the dogs trust. They learnt how to care for a dog. PE links in well with our Jigsaw theme on keeping healthy. We are having great fun learning lots of different hockey skills and keeping active!

 

Maths: We are carrying on with fractions. We will be adding and subtraction fractions this week with the same denominator.

 

English: We have been learning how to write persuasively. We have written letters to the council to try and convince them to open up a new zoo. Our spelling rule this week is using 'gue' to make the 'g' sound and 'que' to make the 'k' sound. 

 

Things to remember:

- Maths morning on Wednesday

- Wagamama consent forms please ASAP

- Heritage box's due in for 3rd April 

- Easter art competition on the 1st April

Kestrel Weekly News - 18.3.19

 

Update: It was lovely to speak with you all on parents evening. We had a very interesting and exciting Anglo Saxon Day. The children looked fantastic in their outfits. We spent the following couple of days writing a news paper report about our day. The children learnt lots of interesting facts which hopefully they have shared with you at home. 

 

English: We will be doing persuasive writing over the next couple of weeks, looking at the book 'Zoo' by Anthony Browne - we will be doing homophones and near homophones in spelling this week.

 

Maths: We will be ordering and comparing fractions in Maths

 

Things to remember: Homework, water bottles and PE kits with plimsolls please! Class photos on Tuesday. 

World Book Day and shield making 11.3.19

Kestrel Weekly News 11.3.19

 

Update: We had a wonderful world book day! I was super impressed with all of the outfits. We have finished learning about the Flood by Alvaro F. Villa. The children completed some wonderful pieces of writing. We focussed on using fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases to write the narrative to the story. In PE, we have started hockey. Last week, the children learned how to hold the hockey stick and manuaver the ball whilst keeping control. 

 

Maths: We will be using the bar model to help with division word problems helping the children to understand the aspect of sharing equally

 

English: Our spelling focus for the week will be 'ch' making the 'k' sound

 

Things to remember: We have our Anglo Saxon day on Wednesday. The children are very excited and we have our shields ready. Thanks to those who brought in cardboard. The children will need to dress up as an Anglo Saxon. A few suggestions were emailed out along with the letter. There will be a competition on 1/4 where KS2 children have been asked to create a piece of Easter artwork to enter. This is not compulsory. 

Garden of Dreams

Kestrel Weekly News

 

Update: Thank you to all of those who came to visit our garden of dreams. We hope you enjoyed them! We sure had a lot of fun making them. 

 

Maths: Children have been learning about the distributive law in multiplication and ways of making multiplying numbers easier by regrouping them into different numbers. We will now be moving onto data handling with a focus on pictograms. 

 

English: As you know it is book week this week! The text we have been focussing on as a school is called the Flood. The children have been really engaged with this beautiful picture book. As the book has no words, it is up to the children to write the narrative. We have been especially focussed on using expanded noun phrases within our writing. 

 

Things to remember: As per the email, please do bring in any large pieces of cardboard you may have at home to make our shields for our Anglo Saxon day which is on the 13th March. It is world book day on the 7th, so come dressed as any book character you wish! There will be a prize for the best dressed. 

Kestrel Weekly News

 

Update: Thank you to the parents who came to our maths morning, we hope you enjoyed it! We have been very busy in Kestrel Class learning about lots of different things. We are particularly enjoying learning about Anglo Saxons and I have arranged for an outside company to come in and deliver a whole day on Anglo Saxons. This is arranged for the 13th March and the children will be asked to come in Anglo Saxon fancy dress. A letter will be sent home regarding this. In PE, we have been doing gymnastics and have worked on our balance and core shapes.

 

Maths: We have been very busy in maths. It is one of our favourite subjects! This week, the children will be learning all about perimeter of a shape. Last week, the children were introduced to fractions. They found fractions of amounts using a bar model and learnt what unit and non-unit fractions are.

 

English: This week, the children are writing up their non-chronological reports about pirates. They spent last week, researching all about pirates and learning how to make notes. We will be writing our reports up in neat on our very own treasure maps! Thank you to those children who did extra pirate research at home!

 

Things to remember: We were supposed to have our Kestrel talent show heats on Friday, however we were blessed with snow so we will be doing them this Friday instead; the 8th February. Our school trip to the stadium has been rescheduled to the 13th February. We will use the same helpers as before and our class assembly will be on the 15th February! Please do ensure your child is completing their home learning ready for Monday. We are doing a lot better this term at remembering!

Kestrel Weekly News

 

Update: We have had a great start to the new year! The children have settled in well and are keen to start learning again! Our topic this term will be Anglo Saxons!

 

English: We will be focussing on non-fiction texts this term and the children will eventually be writing their own non-chronological reports. We will be learning about the features of a non-chronological report compared to a fiction book and how these reports are structured. The children had fun finding different facts using the contents and index pages. 

 

Maths: The children have just finished learning about angles (obtuse, acute and right angles) and Mathletics will be a task related to their learning. We will now be moving onto different types of lines (parallel and perpendicular)

 

Things to remember: Homework must come in on a Monday please. This is very important and prepares as they get older. The children should be completing their spellings, their Mathletics and another task of their choice from the homework grid. Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school. This includes green shorts/ green Bromet t-shirt and plimsolls. 

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Miss Hickey :)

Homework

 

As you know, the children have been sent home with their new homework grid along with two letters; the Erasmus letter and the suggested texts for year 3. I have attached both of these letters in case they did not reach home. If you have any questions about the homework, please do not hesitate to send an email to admin. If your child has chosen to carry out a task to do with the heritage box they are making then please do make sure to sign the grid so I can see that they have completed their homework for the week. Your child will need to be reading a suitable book to be able to carry out the reading tasks on the grid. Mathletics will be set weekly and I expect this to be completed by Monday along with the other task that has been chosen.

Kestrel Weekly News

 

Update: We are having a very busy Christmas term with all of our rehearsing for our Christmas production. The children are thoroughly enjoying all of the acting and singing!

 

Maths: In Maths, the children have been looking at bar models and will be moving onto statistics this week.

 

English: In English, the children have planned a moral story and will be using the techniques they have learnt through this topic to write it up. We are still adding the suffix 'ly' however this week, we are looking at exceptions to the rules.

 

Things to remember: The children have been sent home with a costume ideas slip. We have quite a few costumes in school so please let me know as soon as possible if you are not able to provide one for your child. Costumes need to be in by Monday 10th at the latest ready for our dress rehearsal in the afternoon. Thanks to all of those who have returned the permission slip. I will send out an email on Monday to let you know who will be helping. Homework, water bottles and book bags in for Monday please. 

Nativity Cast List

 

This is the cast list for the Nativity this year. Please feel free to make your own child's costume at home. If this is not possible, we do have costumes in school for the children to wear.

 

Character

Cast

Mary

Aimee

Joseph

Emilio

Inn Keepers

Mariam, Karim

Donkey

Grace

Star

Tom

Shepherds

Aron, Imy, Sherali

Kings

Vinnie, Jemima, Jasmine

Angels

Rosie, Elizabeth, Wasema, Layla

Angel Gabrielle

Tyrell

Angel 1

Inaaya

Children

Daisy D, Nya, Lara, Taylor

Sheep

Daniel, George

Horses

Phoebe, Henry

Chicks

Zoya, Daisy H

Cows

Eliza, Kiara

Kestrel News

 

Update: We have spent lots of time commemorating the First World War and remembering all of our fallen soldiers over these last few weeks. We were lucky to have a visit from two parents who bought in some artefacts for the children to look at and we had a special visitor who took the children on a walk down to St Matthews Church to visit the war memorial there. The children were all very respectful and well behaved. In PE, we have started gymnastics and the children made up there own routines this week focussing on simple shapes. We are continuing to look at the local area in our Topic and have researched lots of Watford FC players.  

 

English: Fables is our topic. We are studying the text War and Peas. The children have been able to role play parts and have been producing some great writing. Our spelling rule this week is adding 'ly' to words ending in 'le'

 

Maths: We are problem solving this week, using the bar model to help.

 

Things to remember: Please bring in a large plastic carrier bag by Friday as the children will be taking home their exercise books from last year. Friday is the traditional tea party from 2:45 - 4pm. The children have spelling words sent home in their homework book every Wednesday. These are the words used in the test on Monday so please make sure they are practicing them!

 

Welcome back!

 

Update: Welcome back Kestrel class! I am looking forward to this term and have missed you whilst I was away! As you know, it is 100 years since the end of the First World War this month and I am therefore asking if anyone has anything they would like to bring in relating to this to share with the class then please do. This may be letters, medals, certificates etc. We will of course take extremely good care of any items bought in. 

 

English: In English this term, we will be studying fables. We will be looking at the features of a fable and reading a variety of these traditional tales ready to write our very own. Our spelling rule for the week will be adding the suffix -ly.

 

Maths: In Maths this week, we will be learning column addition. We will start with addition without regrouping, moving onto borrowing and carrying towards the end of the week.

 

Things to Remember: Homework, water bottles, PE kits with appropriate footwear and book bags in on Monday please! We have our weekly times tables and spelling test on Monday as well. 

Kestrel Week 5

 

Update: Another great week in Kestrel Class! The children have finished off painting their sunflowers. We clearly have some budding artists which is great to see. We also learnt about where we live in England and all about the county of Hertfordshire. We learnt about the word 'local' and had some fun naming our local amenities. 

 

Maths: Children learnt about mental addition this week and will be carrying on with this as well as learning about mental subtraction.

 

English: The children have fully planned their news paper articles on the Three Little Pigs and will be writing these up next week! We have learnt about the features of a news paper article and what needs to be included. Our spelling focus this week is -ai. Children have a weekly spelling test on a Friday covering all of the words we have learnt in class.

 

Things to remember: We have a Maths morning on Wednesday, where you are welcome to come into the classroom from 8:45 - 9:30 to play some fun Maths games with your children. Homework, book bags and water bottles in on Monday please. 

Kestrel Week 4

 

Update: We have had a lot of fun learning in Kestrels this week! In art, the children begun to paint their sunflowers. We looked at the different colours and painting techniques Van Gogh used in his original painting. We had our wonderful harvest assembly. Thank you to all who bought in food donations. In PE, we are continuing with our Athletics. The children learnt about different throwing techniques this week. Have a look at some of our pictures. 

 

 

English: We are still studying the Three Little Pigs. The children wrote a news article and learnt how to correctly punctuate speech. 

 

Maths: The children learnt to estimate where numbers go on a blank number line and how to round numbers to the nearest ten. This week we will continue to round numbers to the nearest hundred and learn about different types of measures. 

 

Things to remember: Thank you for bringing in your homework every Monday. I will be setting a weekly Mathletics task, however there has been a few technical difficulties. Don't forget, a water bottle is needed in school which gets sent home every Friday! Book bags in Monday and Thursday.

Kestrels Week 2

 

Update: A great first week back, really getting stuck into our learning! The children had their first times table test this week and will be having one every Monday. 

 

English: In English this week, we are continuing to look at recounts. We will be looking at different types of news articles and the features of a newspaper.

 

Maths: We are staying with place value and the children will be securing counting on and backwards in tens and hundreds. 

 

Things to remember: Don't forget book bags, water bottles and homework in for Monday. Our meet the teachers is also on Monday. I will put the slides up for those who cannot attend. 

 

Kestrel Week 1

 

Update: We have had a wonderful week settling back into school life. I have really enjoyed getting to know all of the children and hearing about their wonderful summer breaks. We have spent this week learning about classroom routines, creating our class rules and getting to know where everything is in the classroom. There was a large focus on PSHE and we have been focussing on our feelings, working as a team and the British Values. The children also had to opportunity to remind themselves or imagine a safe place which they can take themselves to if they ever feel worried or anxious.

 

As a class, we have created our very own team shield. The children each drew a picture of themselves and labelled this with their interests. Take a look at our wonderful display!

 

 

Maths: Next week in Maths, we will be focussing on place value of 3-digit numbers. Understanding hundreds, tens and ones. 

 

English: Next week in English, we will be focussing on how to write a recount. I will also be listening to all of the children read ready to start how guided reading sessions. Our Spelling focus will be -sp and -spr words e.g. sprint, spill, speak etc.

 

Things to remember: If you can, please can your child bring a box of tissues. Our PE day is Thursday so please ensure your child has their PE kit in school with a suitable change of shoes, ideally black plimsolls. Homework will be going out on Wednesday. I will also be setting weekly Mathletics tasks. Book bags come in on a Monday, out on a Tuesday, in on a Thursday, out on a Friday. Our meet the teacher is on the 17th. 

 

Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday!

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

A fantastic achievement!

 

A huge well done to Lola for coming fourth in her gymnastic competition at the weekend! A big well done to George and Olivia as well! 

 

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

 

Well done to Harrison who is our star of the week for working really hard with his times tables!

 

 

 

Kestrel Weekly News

 

3 weeks to go! The children had great fun this week and were very lucky to take part in a circus skills workshop! They were able to learn lots of new skills such as juggling, balancing and ribbon twirling. 

 

In Maths, the children did really well with long division. Perhaps ask them if they could teach you at home! We will be continuing with this next week and then moving onto securing decimals. 

 

In English, the children have learnt how to write persuasively and have thoroughly enjoyed completing their leaflets for their new Roman Baths!

 

I understand that as we are coming to the end of term, some children have already completed their homework. This is fine, however please ensure they are completing their SPAG mats and Mathletics challenge for Monday.

 

Have a wonderful weekend in the sun! Don't forget your sun-cream and drink plenty of water! 

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

 

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

 

Well done to Daisy who is our star of the week for respecting everyone's differences.

 

Kestrel Weekly News

 

Thank you for all of those who attended our sports day on Monday! We had a wonderful time taking parts in lots of different sports.

 

As you know, we had our well-being day on Friday. The children were able to take part in a very interesting workshop based around different emotions. We were able to use puppets to help with our understanding. The children also created some lovely pieces of art using their sewing skills. 

 

In Maths this week, the children will be learning the long division method. 

 

In English, we will be writing up our leaflets in neat. 

 

As the weather is particularly hot this week, please ensure your child has a sunhat and a water bottle in school. 

 

 

 

Miss Hickey smiley

Kestrel Star of the Week

 

Well done to Charlie who is our star of the week for always respecting others!

Kestrel Weekly News

 

What a fun week! We had an amazing school trip and a week full of science! Have a look through the photos I have uploaded of our Verulamium visit, we had a lot of fun, and learnt lots of interesting Roman facts! The children have been learning Roman numerals in Maths this week. Perhaps they could teach you too! We are also becoming very good at telling the time, please do keep testing them whenever you are around an analogue clock. 

 

In English next week, we will be continuing to write a persuasive text all based around our topic the Romans!

 

As you know, it is our sports day on Monday. The children may come in a t-shirt of their house colour. They can change into their school PE shorts when they arrive in the morning. You are welcome to come and watch from 1:30. 

 

On Friday, we have our wellbeing day.  The children will be taking part in lots of activities including mindfulness and yoga.

 

 

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

 

Our Trip to the Verulamium!

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done to the whole of Kestrel class for behaving so beautifully on our school trip. I was one PROUD teacher!

Kestrel Weekly News

 

It's science week! We have a very exciting week lined up with lots of fun workshops and a really exciting assembly on Monday. We will also be carrying out some fun experiments in the afternoons!

 

As you know, we have our school trip to St Albans coming up on Tuesday. The children are all really excited about this and going to see the Roman ruins. We will be leaving at 9am on the Tuesday morning so I will be asking the children to come straight in to the classroom to get ready. The children will need to be in school uniform with a sun hat and sun cream applied in the morning please. We will be taking our water bottles with us. 

 

As you may be able to tell, the children have done really well with learning how to tell the time. I am one proud teacher! We will be moving onto Roman Numerals this week which fits nicely into our topic. 

 

In English, the children will be learning about persuasion texts and will be creating their own leaflets persuading others to visit their brand new Roman Baths!

 

Have a wonderful week, and enjoy your sunny Sunday!

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

 

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 

 

Congratulations to Alex who is our star of the week!

Kestrel Weekly News

 

One more week to go! All the children have worked really hard this term! 

 

As you know, on Tuesday we will be taking part in a tri-golf competition. The children have had fun learning all of the mini games involved and are ready to compete! Thank you for all of the offers to help, we now have enough adult helpers. 

 

The children looked wonderful in their best wedding outfits on Friday. We had a lovely day celebrating.

 

This week in English, the children will be publishing their mystery stories and we will be able to read these to other classes later on in the week.

 

In Maths, we are continuing to learn how to tell the time. 

 

As a part of the homework, the children bring home a SPAG mat every week. I understand that some children are finding parts quite tricky, however, I am able to use this to assess what the children know and what the children need to work on. Just try your best!

 

Have a great week!

 

Miss Hickey smiley

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done to Kishan who is our star of the week for working extra hard in his English and for being a great friend!

Kestrel Weekly News

 

Next Tuesday afternoon, we will be visiting Watford Boys and taking part in a tri-golf competition. The children will be bring home a letter this week. Please complete the permission slip attached and send it back into school as soon as possible! If you are available to help, please let me know on collection. They will also receive their letters about our school trip to St Albans later on in the week.

 

As you know, the Royal Wedding is on Saturday so the children will be having a royal themed tea party on Friday morning to celebrate. They will each receive a slice of cake and a glass of squash! The children will be able to come in their best party wear. There will be a competition for the best dressed child!

 

We are coming to the end of our English topic and this week the children will be writing their mystery stories after having planned them last week. We will be focusing on the use of paragraphs to structure the story and using conjunctions to add extra detail.

 

In Maths, we will be learning about time on both an analogue and a digital clock in 24 hours.

 

Have a wonderful week in the sun!

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done to Ava B who is our star of the week for always including everybody in group work and helping out if anyone is stuck!

Kestrel Weekly News

 

The sun has returned! Lets hope it is here to stay this time! Please ensure your child has a sunhat and a water bottle in school and they have suncream applied at home. 

 

This week in Maths we will continue to look at division and we will be using lots of maths equipment to help us grasp the idea of sharing into equal groups. The children did very well last week!

 

In English, we will start to plan our very own mystery stories. We will be including everything we have learnt so far. I am pleased to hear so many children thoroughly enjoyed Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. 

 

In Science, we will be looking at the seeds that we planted last week in 5 different environments and will be seeing how different amounts of light, water and warmth effected their growth. 

 

Enjoy the sun!

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 

 

Well done to Jasmine who is our star of the week for always being a great friend!

 

Kestrel Weekly News

 

We've had another great week of learning. The children have been busy learning about

written multiplication in Maths and have been working on the column method. We have used base ten to help them to understand what each digit represents in the sum. We will continue to practice this method this week so the children can secure it. The Mathletics task this week will be the column method of multiplication. We will be moving onto division later in the week. 

 

The children are loving Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. We have nearly finished the book now and will be studying the features of a mystery story this week ready to write their own next week. 

 

We had great fun with the Premier League Primary Stars football coaches on Monday. The children will be developing their fundamental movement skills through a series of fun and exciting lessons. Please make sure your child has an appropriate pair of trainers in school for this as the lessons will mostly be outside.

 

In Topic, the children began to learn about how the Romans invaded Britain and took part in some role play which was very exciting to watch. 

 

A HUGE well done to Charlie for arranging our non-school uniform day on Friday in aid of the WWF and standing up and speaking in front of the entire school. What a massive achievement, we are very proud!

 

Just a quick reminder for the homework task. Please ensure your child is completing the SPAG mat they are bringing home in their homework book. I will then mark these and they will go into their English folders in school. They should also be completing the Mathletics task which is relevant to their learning in school. Please see me if there are any problems completing this at home.

 

Lets hope the sun returns!

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

 

Well done to Max who is our star of the week for always being a good friend and working extra hard in Maths and English.

Kestrel Weekly News 

 

We’ve had a great first week back! The children have started to read Ottoline and the Yellow Cat in English and are really enjoying it. We will be studying this book and learning all about mystery stories for the next couple of weeks. 

 

In Maths, the children have continued to learn about fractions which was reflected in the Mathletics task set. This week, we will be taking a break from fractions and moving into written multiplication. 

 

It has been beautiful weather this week and will hopefully continue to be. Please ensure your child has a sun hat which they can keep in school and a water bottle. 

 

We will be working with Premier Football every Monday and the children will have a specialist teaching them all about football. This will be on the field so please ensure that your child has a pair of trainers in school for this. We are also completing a daily mile everyday where the children have the option of wearing trainers. 

 

We have started to learn about Romans in our topic lessons. I have been arranging the school trip this term to be based around this subject. We will be visiting the Verulamium museum in St Albans and taking part in a walking tour to see the Roman ruins. A letter will be sent home with the children sometime in the next couple of weeks. 

 

Miss Hickey 🤗

Kestrel Weekly News

 

Just 3 and a half more days to go! You have all worked super hard this term and I am very proud of you. 

 

In Maths this week, we are continuing to look at fractions focusing on adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator.

 

In English we are still working towards writing our own autobiography. The children are really enjoying this. Please continue to bring in any autobiographies you may have at home. 

 

The children enjoyed working in the garden again on Wednesday and getting their hands dirty. This week we planted some carrots, potatoes and lots of beautiful flowers which we will see bloom over the next few weeks. This is a great opportunity for the class and links in well with our science topic of plants. 

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

  

Kestrel Star of the Week 

Well done Alex who is our star of the week for working extra hard in Maths. 

Kestrel Weekly News

Thank you for a wonderful parents evening. I enjoyed meeting with you all and discussing your child's progress. 

 

We have had lots of fun in Kestrel Class this week. Thanks to all who bought in a jar, we had fun carrying out an exciting science experiment with them. 

 

The children have worked really hard in Maths this week learning about fractions. We will be continuing this next week. 

 

In English we are looking at autobiographies and by the end of the topic the children will be writing their very own. If you have an autobiography at home, please bring this in and we can compare different ones. 

 

We will now be going to the garden every Wednesday. The children had great fun this week planting lots of seeds and getting rid of all of the unwanted weeds. 

 

I hope you have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday. 

 

Miss Hickey 🤗

Kestrel Star of the Week 

Well done Bianca who is our star of the week for working really hard in her maths. 

Kestrel Weekly News

 

This week in Kestrel Class, the children have continued to look at poetry and have produced some brilliant shape poems all about their chosen fruit. We had to think of the five senses we would use and come up with some exciting adjectives to turn into similes. 

 

In Maths, we have finished learning about statistics, including bar charts and pictograms and will be moving onto fractions next week.

 

Could I please request that each child brings in an empty glass jar (if you have one) as we will be needing them for our science experiment this Wednesday. 

 

Thank you to everyone who has signed up for parents evening, I am looking forward to meeting with you all and discussing your child's progress. Please do sign up if you haven't already. 

 

Have a lovely weekend smiley

 

Miss Hickey

Kestrel Star of the Week 

Well done to Miley who is our star of the week for always having a healthy snack and producing a brilliant poem in English.

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Daniel who is our star of the week for showing perseverance and performing brilliantly in the gymnastics competition this week!

 

You are all stars this week, well done!

Kestrel Weekly News

 

A HUGE well done to all of you for the class assembly! You were absolute stars and all performed amazingly, I am one proud teacher. Thank you to all who came and supported us, it is thoroughly appreciated and we hope you enjoyed it! Thank you also for visiting our garden of dreams display. We had great fun thinking of our dreams and goals and decorating our flowers. One more well done for winning the attendance for this term and being able to wear your own clothes today; what an achievement! Keep up the good work! 

 

Next week it is poetry week and we have a very special visitor coming in to do a workshop with us on Monday afternoon. He is called Stewart Henderson and he is a famous poet. We will be focussing on some of his poems within our English lessons. Don't forget it is World Book Day on Thursday so you are all invited to come dressed as your favourite book character. I will most definitely be dressing up! 

 

In Maths, we will be continuing to look at statistics and will be gathering our own data to turn into a bar chart.

 

I hope you have enjoyed reading your letters from your pen-pals, I will be sending our replies off back to the USA this week! We have had a very exciting week in Kestrel class so have a restful weekend and I will see you all back on Monday. 

 

Please bring in your PE kits if you haven't done so already. Thank you. 

 

Miss Hickey smiley

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Muhammad who is our star of the week for always giving it his all and helping others when they need it!

Kestrel Weekly News 

 

We are settling well into the spring term and the children are working very hard! This Week in English we will be writing our very own fables and focussing on the correct use of time adverbials and conjunctions within our writing. In maths we will be recapping on the bar model. 

 

Remember we have our talent show on Monday. I am very excited to see all of the wonderful talents we have as a class. 

 

Don't forget to bring in your home learning. Keep up the good work! 

 

Miss Hickey 🤗

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Ava M who is our star of the Week for being a great team working and always trying her best! 

Kestrel Star of the Week

 

Well done Joseph who is the star of the week for his hard work and determination especially in maths. 

 

Kestrel Weekly News 

 

We've had another fantastic week of learning in Kestrel Class! In English we have been continuing to look at fables and we have been reading the book war and peas as a class. The children have had fun acting out some scenes from the book to aid them with their writing. 

 

 

In maths we have started to learn about polygons and perimeter. We took a leisurely jog around the playground to help us to understand what perimeter means. We like to make learning fun! 

 

As you will know, the children have bought home their plimsolls, please remember to bring these back for Monday. All children should have a pair of plimsolls in school for their PE lessons. It would also be beneficial to have a pair of trainers that you don't mind getting muddy in school for when we do activities on the field. 

 

 

On Friday, Kestrel Class will be having a talent show and we will be sending the top two acts through to the whole school final. No more than four children in a group please. The children have been informed and we are excited to see all of the talents the children have. 

 

Within the children's homework books, they will have six SPAG mats. Please complete one of these a week along with their chosen homework task. I would like the portrait of your chosen monarch back this Monday so we can put up our display. 

Reminders: 
- Homework, SPAG mat, plimsolls and book bags for Monday please
- Class talent show on Friday 

Have a wonderful weekend 

Miss Hickey 🤗

Kestrel Star of the Week 

Well done to Maggie who is our star of the week for always being motivated and trying her hardest with every piece of work she is given.

Week 15

 

Two days left! Last week we wrote our stories in English, they are brilliant and we learnt about angles in maths. Test your children by asking them what a right angle is! We've also been very creative this week and had the chance to make lots of lovely crafts. Monday afternoon is our class Christmas party. I have asked the children to bring in some sort of party food. It doesn't need to be a lot. This could be some fruit, something savoury such as sausage rolls, some popcorn or biscuits etc. Thank you very much! 

 

 

Don't forget we are singing in John Lewis on Monday at 10am now. We will be standing somewhere by the lifts in the actual store if you would like to come and watch.

 

Book bags do not need to come back in until January. Term will finish at 1:30pm on Tuesday so the children will be having lunch in school. 

 

Have a Christmassy weekend. 

 

Miss Hickey 🎄❄️

Christmas Jumpers

 

Just to let you all know, that the children are still expected to wear their school uniform underneath their Christmas jumpers tomorrow. 

 

Miss Hickey 🎄

Week 13

 

One more week to go! Can you believe we've nearly finished a whole term already! Time does fly when you're having fun. Well done all of you for your beautiful performances in the nativity on Tuesday. I was one proud teacher! You have worked really hard and it certainly paid off. As you know we are singing in John Lewis on Tuesay. Thank you to those who have brought in the permission slips, we just need a couple more and we are all set to go. We have been learning the songs for our performance this week in class so please pop into store to cheer us on. Thank you to those who have offered to help walking. We now have enough adult helpers. 

We have been working really hard in English and Maths this week. We have been looking at Moz the monster and even had a chance to have a go at acting out Moz and Joe. We will be writing a story based on the advert next week. Maybe we'll get to see the real Moz when we go to John Lewis! In maths, we have been continuing to work on problem solving and using the bar model to help us with us. 

You have all worked really hard on your homework this term. I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at it so well done! Your round houses were fabulous! I understand that most of you have finished the grid now, so just remember to keep reading and practising those times tables. Don't forget Mathletics which we have now bought as a school due to the high success. You will have a new grid after Christmas. 

Just a few reminders for next week:
- Monday: Book bags
- Tuesday: John Lewis
- Wednesday: Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day 
- Thursday: Book bag
- Friday: Christmas fair straight after school (thank you for your tombola donations) 

Have a brilliant weekend, lets hope for snow! ❄️

Miss Hickey 🤗

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Leila-May who is our star of the week for always trying her best and for her positive attitude to learning. 

 

 

Week 12

 

Christmas is fast approaching and we have been practising really hard for our Christmas production. Well done everyone for working so hard! We have most of the children's costumes in however there are still some children who need to bring theirs in ready for the dress rehearsal on Monday and the performance on Tuesday evening. Please pop in to see me on Monday morning if you cannot find a costume for your child. 

 

As you know we visited Celtic Harmony Camp on Wednesday. We had a brilliant day despite the cold. The children learned lots of interesting facts and were able to take part in lots of exciting activities. Please see the pictures attached. 

 

 

 

Thank you very much to those who have offered to walk with us to the church on Monday afternoon. Please meet us at school for 1pm. 

 

Next week in English we will be looking at this years John Lewis advert and using this for some creative writing! The children will be finishing their DT topic with Mrs Sullivan and we will be doing lots more festive activities. On Friday it is Christmas jumper day, so please come in your best jumpers! 

 

Dont forget your book bags and homework books on Monday.

 

Have lovely weekend!

 

Miss Hickey 🤗

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kestrel Information

This week we have been practicing hard for our Christmas production! I am sure the children have come home singing all of the songs. Your child may bring in the costume for the Christmas play whenever it is ready. Please come and see me if you would like to use one that we have in school.

Our school trip is on Wednesday! Please can your child come in either wellies or old shoes as it may be quite muddy. They will also be allowed to wear tracksuit bottoms as I would imagine it will be rather chilly.

I am extremely impressed with all of the round houses that have been bought in, so I would like to invite parents to come and have a look at them all straight after school on Friday.

Don't forget your book bags and homework books on Monday!

Miss Hickey :)

Week 9

Another week done! We have learnt lots this week especially about remembrance day. The children had lots of interesting stories to share about grandparents and great grandparents in the war. I hope you enjoyed looking at our work!

As you know we wrote our pen pal letters this week and will be sending them off on Monday. If you would like to include a photo of yourself within your pen pal letter please bring one along on Monday.

Thank you for all the offers to help on our upcoming school trip. We now have enough adult helpers. The children are very excited to go! Also thank you to those who have bought in your round houses already, they look fantastic. These are due in on the 23rd November.

Just a quick reminder – please ensure book bags are bought back every Monday and Thursday so we can change the reading book and look at the reading record. This is the same for homework. Keep practising those times tables so we can get those cars moved forward!

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Hickey

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Daisy who is our star of the week, for always trying her best and working well with others when they need help.

 

Children’s University – parent information

The children had an assembly earlier in the term. This is the link for more information, we have a lot of KS2 children register for this every year, all who take this opportunity find it worthwhile.  http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/ Please return application forms to Miss Weyer

 

Year 5 Cross Country

I wanted to say a HUGE congratulations to the children that took part in our (slightly wet) cross country competition this afternoon.

All the children completed the 1500m course and represented the school fantastically, showing good sportsmanship to the other runners.  I was incredibly proud!

We did very well, with Zoe coming 3rd in the Girls race and Ben coming 2nd both winning medals!  They, along with Rosie and Tom, will be taking part in county finals soon!

Once again, WELL DONE to all of the runners!

 

Kestrel Week 8

 

Well done Kestrel for winning the attendance cup, keep up the good attendance for this week! After such an interest learning about America and pen pals, I have arranged for the children to pair up with a class in an elementary school in Iowa and we will start writing our letters to them this week. Remember our school trip on Wednesday 29th November. If you haven’t already, please send in your permission slip along with payment for this. Just a quick reminder that the round houses are due in for the 23rd November, I am looking forward to seeing these.

 

We have been using lots of equipment in maths to help us with our understanding over the past couple of weeks. As mentioned, we have been learning about different countries and non-fiction texts in English which seems to have promoted a great interest from the children which is great! We are carrying on with gymnastics this term and learnt about different balances in PE today. Have a look!

 

Miss Hickey

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Louis who is our star of the Week for working really hard and showing a great improvement in his work!

 

Half term!

Woohoo we made it to half term! Well done everyone you have worked really hard and achieved some great learning. Next term we will be starting our Stone Age to Iron Age topic which will be extremely fascinating and link to our trip. You will receive letters for this the week you come back.

School photos are the first Monday back, so come in looking smart!

Have a restful week

Miss Hickey

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Luka who is our star of the week for always following the class charter! 

Week 6

Wow, can you believe we’ve nearly finished a whole half term already with just 1 week to go! We’ve had lots more fun learning this week and even created our own questions to play our very own game show in English. Next week we will be looking at poetry. We’ve been using lots of equipment to help us with our learning in maths and have been remembering to use our growth mindsets when finding things tricky. We’ve created posters with lots of inspiring quotes to look at if we ever become stuck. Have a look!

 

Things to remember for next week:

Monday – Book bags, water bottles and homework to bring back please

Tuesday – Parents evening 4:30 – 7

Wednesday – Parents evening 3:30 – 6

 

Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday for 1 more week!

Miss Hickey

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Khaim who is our star of the week for working well with others!

 

Kestrel Class Black History Month Posters

Well done Kestrel Class your posters were really interesting to look at and read. Keep up the hard work!

 

Miss Shah

History Coordinator

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Poppy who is our star of the week!

 

Kingfisher Plea for Construction 

Hello, if you are intending to make space for Santa to drop off toys before Christmas Kingfisher Class would be very grateful for any unwanted construction (Lego , Knex etc) We have a small box at the minute and even though they are very good at sharing the children would like some more. 

Thank you 

 

Eagle Class ‘Black History Month’ Poster

Eagle Class your posters are fantastic I can see how much detail is in the posters. Well done!

 

 

Miss Shah History coordinator

 

Sparrow Class ‘Black History Month’ Posters

Well done Sparrow Class your posters are fantastic, you have learnt loads.

 

 

Miss Shah History coordinator

 

Falcon Class Black History Month Posters

Well done Falcon Class your ‘Black History Month’ posters look really fantastic and I can see how much detail you have added.

 

Miss Shah History coordinator

 

Celebrating Black History Month Poster!

 

Kingfisher Class Black History Month Learning

Kingfisher Class have started their learning to mark the start of ‘Black History Month’. I am really impressed with your research on ‘Katherine Johnson’ keep it up!

 

Miss Shah

History coordinator

 

Week 4

Week 4 is complete, you’ve all worked really hard! Just a few reminders:

  • Please bring your PE kit back on Monday ready for our lesson in the afternoon
  • Please bring in your home learning books
  • Please bring your water bottles
  • Please bring in your book bags
  • Keep practicing those times tables ready for our speedy tables test on Monday.

Next week we will start looking at non-fiction texts in English and will work towards writing our own instructions for a game show! We are going to start looking at fractions in Maths (my favourite) and will continue to learn all about animals including humans in Science. In Geography, we will be creating a case study all about a coastal town called Withernsea. If you have something at home that is relevant to one of our topics, feel free to bring it in for show and tell, we love to hear all about it.

Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday!

Miss Hickey

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Sophie who is our star of the week!

Sports Afternoon 2017

Just a reminder:

  • Please bring cakes in Thursday or Friday for our Peace Hospice cake sale.

  • Children need to come to school in their PE kits with a coloured top of their house colour (the colour they sit in at lunch) on Friday. If they do not have a top in that colour their teacher will give them a coloured sticker.

  • Please come and watch Sports Afternoon from 1:30pm. We will be having a parent and teacher race at the end of the results.

  • The children will return to their classrooms at the end of the day and you will collect them from the playground as normal.

    Thank you.              Miss LH

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Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done Charlie who is our star of the week!

 

Week 3

Well done for finishing week 3. You have all settled in really well and I am very proud of you.

We have learnt lots of new and exciting things in Kestrel Class this week. We have learnt all about 3D shapes in maths and are experts at prisms! In English we have been continuing to look at The Party in the Sky and have produced some fabulous writing including a diary entry. We’ve learnt lots more about coasts in Geography including how caves, arches and stacks are made, we even had a go at making them ourselves using clay! Have a look at some pictures!

 

Thank you to those of you who have bought things in for the harvest. There is still time to do this, a letter was sent out with items suitable. Please remember to bring your book bags, home learning and water bottles back on Monday.

Have a restful weekend

Miss Hickey

 

Week 2

We have had lots of fun learning in Kestrel Class this week. We’ve been using number lines to add and subtract numbers in maths and have started to look at a new story called Party in the Sky in English. In topic this week, we have learned how beaches are formed and even used digestive biscuits to help us understand how cliffs erode. Have a look at some pictures!

Remember Monday 18th Sept is our meet the teacher evening. The children will be bought out to you first and you can then make your way back into the classroom. Please remember to bring in your home learning (which I’ve really enjoyed looking at this week), your water bottles and your book bags back on Monday.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Miss Hickey

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done to Meadow who is our star of the week!

First Week

Well done for completing your first week as year 3’s in Kestrel class, Mrs Adoum and I have been really impressed with your attitude to learning. Please remember to bring in your chosen homework task on Monday along with your water bottles and your book bags. Monday afternoon will be when we have our PE lesson so you should make sure you have your PE kit with you.

Next week we will be continuing to look at animals and humans in science, coasts in geography and will start with gymnastics in PE. In maths we will be ordering numbers.

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Miss Hickey

 

Kestrel Star of the Week

Well done to Lola who is Kestrel’s star of the week for helping others to feel welcome!

 

Bedtime Story Competition 2017

Do you know a child aged between 5 and 11 years old who has a brilliant idea for a bedtime story? Would they love to see it published as a fantastic picture book? Book People, in association with Little Tiger, are on the lookout for the nation’s best storyteller!

 Any child living in the UK aged between 5 and 11 years old can take part in Book People’s Bedtime Story Competition. Schools, libraries and community groups are welcome to submit entries for their children, too. All they will need to do is:

  • Write a 200-800 word bedtime story about friendship
  • Have a parent or guardian submit their entry using the link below
  • All entries must be submitted by 11:59pm on Monday 2 October

One winner will be selected from each age category and one overall winner will be chosen to have their book illustrated by Alison Brown, published by Little Tiger and sold exclusively through Book People!

To find out more, go towww.thebokpeople.co.uk/bedtimestory 

Mr Libberton

 

Hertfordshire Library Services

Here are some events at local Hertfordshire Libraries. Click the link to find out about different events and activities on offer.

Weekend Stories – story time for under 8s

Weekend Stories are story time sessions in the library aimed at children under 8 years old. Come along to Saturday Stories or Sunday Stories and enjoy listening to old favourites and discovering new stories too.

This is a family event and all ages are welcome.

  • £1 voluntary donation per family

Hertfordshire Weekend Stories

 

Chatterbooks – reading groups for 8-12 year olds
Whether your child is already an avid reader or needing some inspiration, joining Chatterbooks is a great way to encourage them to have fun with books.

Please find more information about when the groups meet and to apply for a space in the link

Hertfordshire Chatterbooks

 

If you take part in any of these activities please let us know at school it would be great to share experiences at the Library.
 
Many Thanks
 
Mr Libberton

 

Welcome to Kestrel Class!

Hello, welcome to Kestrel Blog Page. We hope you have had a fantastic summer and we look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday!

This week we will focus on settling into year 3. We will share all of our adventures we had over the summer so don’t forget to bring in your chosen item or photo ready for Tuesday. I’m very excited to hear all about it! We will also be looking at some class rules together. Have a look at your classroom so far. All it needs now is yourselves and some of your amazing work!

Autumn Term!

Each week we will be updating our blog to give you information about the coming week and important dates to remember.

This blog tells you about the term ahead and what your children will be learning.

Maths – This term in maths we will be refreshing our knowledge on place value of numbers. We will also be looking at different addition, subtraction, multiplication and division methods. We will study different shapes and also cover fractions and measurement of time and mass. Times Tables and division facts will be practised each week.

English – This term in English, we will be looking at different genres of texts. Through our study of story-telling, non-fiction texts and poetry, we will develop our writing skills, including the use of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary choices and text layout.

Science – This term in science we will be learning all about animals including humans! We will be looking at their habitats, their lifestyles and will be carrying out lots of fun investigations.

History – This term in history we will be looking at changes in Britain and focussing on the Stone Age to Iron Age period. We will be learning about where they lived, their homes, their food and lots more! Think of some questions you’d like to ask for the beginning of the topic.

Geography – This term in geography we will be learning about the coasts along the United Kingdom and will learn how to locate different countries around the world using an atlas. Can you think of any different countries?

PE – For the first half of the term we will be learning all about gymnastics – my favourite! We will learn lots of new skills improving our balance, strength and coordination. For the second half of the term we will be looking at how to keep fit and learning many different ways to do this.

Music – We will be doing lots of exploring in music this term. We are looking at different sounds, patterns and tones.

RE – For RE this term you will have Mrs Forty teaching you. You will be looking at Christianity and Islam; focussing on Muhammad’s life and God.

Computing – Mrs Forty will also be teaching computing this term and you will be looking at staying informed and how to bring an image to life.

Art and DT – Mrs Sullivan will be teaching art and DT this term which is very exciting! You will be linking most of your art to our history topic this term. For DT you will be learning how to build structures and using different computer programmes to help you design these.

Enjoy your weekend and we will see you on Tuesday!

 

Class Party

We are hoping to have our class party on Thursday.

If you would like to bring in food/drink or games for the class to share please feel free. Please remember no nuts!

Have a fantastic weekend!

 

Attendance winners!!!

A HUGE congratulations Kestrels on winning the attendance cup again and…

having the best attendance in the school for this half term!

As a reward the children will be able to wear their own clothes on Tuesday 18th July. 

 

Visit your local Library over the Summer

Kestrel Week 12

No home learning this week!

The children may be getting tasks set for them by their new class teachers on Thursday.

 

Reminders:

  • Wednesday 12th- Open Afternoon – feel free to come and look at the children’s books in the classroom. Books will be returned to the children after the autumn half term.
  • Thursday 13th- Transition PM- The children will be told their new classes in the morning. In the afternoon they will then go and spend an hour in their new rooms, with their new teacher and class mates.
  • Friday 14th- Reports sent out

Have a good week!

 

With only 2 and half weeks to go we have been very busy trying to finish off all our topics! On Monday we took part in a Game On workshop which was great fun practicing rugby skills. With Miss Hickey we learnt about changes in volume and pitch, playing with some different instruments.

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence. I will now be focusing on specific words that the children commonly misspell.

Maths- Complete the multiplication sheet for your group.

Science/Music- Fill in the missing names of the different instruments. If you are not sure try and find these out!

 

Reminders:

  • I was very impressed with the behaviour of the children on International day! They were excellent and really enjoyed learning about our countries: Sweden, Russia, India, Spain & China. I know lots of children enjoyed sampling some Spanish cuisine and making Chinese flags.
  • Thank you to all of you that supported the International Breakfast.
  • Next Monday (10th July) is an INSET day. Enjoy your day off!
  • Next Thursday is change over day. The children will be informed of their classes for next year.
  • Reports will be sent out on 14th July.

Have a great week!

 

Kestrel Home Learning W10

We have had a wonderful week so far watching Year 6 Puppet show on Tuesday as well as making our own string telephones on Monday.

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence. I will now be focusing on specific words that the children commonly misspell. I have given the children a challenge to write sentences using alliteration this week!

Maths- Please complete the adding capacity sheet. I would like all children to attempt Ch 1/2. If they would like to attempt challenge 3 this would be great!

English– Write some sentences using the pictures on the sheet to help you. Make sure you are using an apostrophe to show what belongs to each person.

 

Reminders:

  • Thank you to all of you that supported the Summer Fete! The school raised £2200 which is incredible!
  • Friday is our International Day. We are starting with an international breakfast from 8am. We will then be travelling around the world in school!
  • Next week we have a Game On workshop. The children MUST have their PE kits in school. If they have lost/ items do not fit they need to be replaced.

Have a good week!

 

Attendance Winners!!!

Congratulations Kestrels on winning the attendance cup…

2 weeks in a row!!!

Keep up the good work!

Raffle Winners for Year 6 Enterprise

Winning ticket for the Wacky Face game is  – Pink 71-75

Second prize Aqua Blaster is –  Pink 106-110

Third prize a Teddy Bear is – Pink 51 – 55

Thank you for all your support

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 9

Congratulations to….

Max

for hard work and improved concentration whilst completing his Roman leaflet.

 

Kestrel Home Learning W9

We had a brilliant trip yesterday to St Albans. The children have learnt all about the Romans and now have a better awareness of Verulamium and what life was like.  They coped well considering how hot it was and asked lots of questions during our tour.

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

Maths- Complete the capacity sheet. think about the different capacities that can be added together to make a total. Get practical! If you have measuring jugs use these if you are finding it challenging.

PSHE – I would like the children to think about their year in Kestrel class. What has gone well for them and what do they want to improve in the future?  Fill in the sheet in your best handwriting!

 

Reminders:

  • A HUGE thank you to the adults that supported on our trip. I hope you enjoyed the day and didn’t get too hot.
  • Well done to the children for their fantastic running on our sponsored fun run! If you have any other forms/ money please bring in to school.
  • It is incredibly hot- children need to have their sunhat and water bottles in school every day. They can put sun cream on themselves.
  • Please hand home learning in on Tuesday. If you are finding the home learning challenging please speak to Mrs Adoum or myself so that we can go through it with the children.
  • Today is Y6 Enterprise. Come along from 2:30pm to take part in the different activities.
  • Any old crockery or bric a brac please bring in for the summer fete.
  • School Fete is taking place on Sunday 25th June! Come along from 12-3pm.

 

Enjoy the heat, stay safe in the sun!

 

Summer Fete!

 

Kestrel Trip

Tomorrow is our class trip to St Albans. It is going to be incredibly hot so here are some reminders of things to bring:

  • A back pack to carry things- there is no storage for personal belongings so the children will need to carry their lunches or any other items around during the day.
  • At least 2 large drinks– the forecast is very hot tomorrow so they children will need plenty to drink. I would even suggest a frozen bottle of water that will keep cool.
  • Packed lunch– those children who are having school packed lunch will collect in the morning. Please make sure they bring a bag to put their lunch in.
  • Sun hat
  • Comfortable walking shoes– we are doing a walking tour so we will be on our feet most of the day.
  • Please wear your PE top and your choice on your bottom.
  • Sun cream– I hope to go to the park in the afternoon so the children may wish to apply sun cream.
  • The children DO NOT need to bring any money as we will not be visiting the gift shop.

It will be an interesting and exciting trip which I hope the children enjoy!

 

Water Bottles / Hats / Suncream

It looks like summer is here so please remember water bottles, hats and suncream tomorrow (if they don’t have all day suncream at home).   

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 8

Congratulations to….

Adrian

for his clear instruction giving and team work during problem solving week.

REMINDER

Tomorrow is non-school uniform day.

You can wear sports clothes and we are allowing football shirt

s to be worn.

Please bring in sweets, chocolates and bottles! 

 

Remember it is also the sponsored run at 2:30 pm.

Don’t forget your sponsorship form and your running shoes!

 

Kestrel Home Learning W8

This week is problem solving week. We have been really busy doing investigations and solving problems across the curriculum! On Monday we also took part in a workshop by The Happy Puzzle Company.

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

English– Read the prefixes and suffixes with their meaning. Try and think of at least 5 different words using these spelling rules.

Maths- Have a play of Mathematical Hangman! Play with a partner and complete the sums following the rules.

Science- Complete a ‘Sound Map.’ Walk around your house, garden, local area and draw a picture of the sounds that you can hear. Around the picture write some description of the sound. Is it  loud or soft? High or low pitch?

 

Reminders:

  • The children all need to have a sun hat and water bottle in school every day.
  • Please hand home learning in on Tuesday. If you are finding the home learning challenging please speak to Mrs Adoum or myself so that we can go through it with the children.
  • Our class trip to St Albans is on Tuesday. More info to come! Keep fingers crossed for good weather!
  • Thank you to all of you that volunteered your time to come help on the trip. I have sent out letters in response.
  • Sponsered run on Friday.
  • Non-uniform day also on Friday! Please bring in chocolates, sweets or bottles for the Summer Fete.

 

Have a good week!

 

Maths Workshop

Thank you to those who attended the Maths Workshop on Tuesday evening.

Attached is a copy of the PowerPoint from the evening.

Maths Calculation Information

Maths Problem Solving Week

This coming week is Maths Problem Solving Week.

All the children will be completing activities in their class rooms.  Reception up to Year 4 will also be taking part in a Problem Solving Workshop run by The Happy Puzzle Company.

After school, in the hall from 3.15pm, on Monday only, you will have the opportunity to purchase games and puzzles for as little as 75p.

Please see the web link below for a voucher to use when making your purchase on Monday, you can print it off yourself, to claim the Happy Puzzle Voucher, or alternatively collect one on arrival at the school hall on Monday.

http://www.puzzlechallengedays.co.uk/resources/workshop-flyers.aspx

There is a Problem Solving workshop of Parents only on Tuesday at 6.30pm, please complete the return slip on the letter sent out previously to indicate your interest so that we are able to cater for the numbers.

Thank you.

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 7

Congratulations to….

 

Nathan 

for being kind and respecting others’ differences.

 

Oliver

for working hard on improving his handwriting.

Kestrel Home Learning W7

Welcome back after the half term. I hope you all had a fantastic break and are ready for our last half term! 

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

Maths(consolidation)- Practice your column addition by creating some of your own calculations. Roll a dice or create your own spinner to help select your digits. Remember the aim of the game it to make your target number!

English (extension) – Please complete the homophone sheet. Follow the instructions on the sheet and choose the correct word which makes sense.

 

Reminders:

  • Thank you for all you excellent jazzy jars! They were brilliant and creative!
  • Please have a water bottle and named hat in school every day as the weather is getting hotter. The children also need to have a jumper/cardigan as the weather can sometimes change.
  • Multi Sports on Tuesday lunch and football on Mondays.
  • I will be contacting parents shortly who have volunteered for our upcoming trip to St Albans to let them know about helping on the trip.
  • Next week is our Maths Problem Solving week.  We are lucky enough to have the Happy Puzzle company coming in to work with our class!
  • The parent workshop for problem solving will be taking place next Tuesday 13th at 6:30pm. Please book your places.
  • Next Friday we will be doing our sponsored mile.

Have a fantastic week! Miss LH

 

Summer Reminders

As the sun has started to shine and the temperatures are rising (we hope it stays…) there are just a couple of reminders for things that the children need to have in school:

  • A sun hat- this doesn’t need to be a Bromet sun hat, any style will do. Please make sure they are named!
  • You may also wish to apply sun cream to your child before school, or if they are able to apply it themselves, they may bring some in with them, for their use only.
  • Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day and if they suffer with asthma, that they have an up to date inhaler in school at all times.
  • Please regularly check that plimsolls or trainers are the correct size and the choldren have a spare pair of socks – the little feet are growing quickly!

Thank you!

 

Summer Fete! 

Jazzy Jars are due in tomorrow. There will be tables in the playground for you to put them on. 

 

Kestrel’s Well Being Day

We have had a fantastic day celebrating our mind and body!

The day began with a yoga session with Swift class followed by some Fitter Futures where we worked on our core muscles!

After break we read ‘Have you filled a bucket today?’ and thought about how we could all be bucket fillers!  Then we played Sun in the centre and told other children what we liked about them. We also had to go and write on children’s flowers things we liked about them.

Next we made mindfulness jars to help us when we want to feel calm as well as decorating smiley face biscuits!

To end our well being day we enjoy some fun outside in the sunshine with Nightingales playing tennis, football, Frisbee and golf to name a few things!

I hope you all enjoyed your day as much as I did and are feeling happy and confident for your half term. Enjoy and see you on the 5th!

Kestrel Star of the Week 6

Congratulations to…

Honey

 

 

For being a good friend and including others.

 

Watford Library 

 

Maths Games

This week we have made maths games, we tested them out in the class first then Kestrel Class came to play them.  There were some issues that needed to be addressed, but all was good in the end and lots of fun was had along the way.  Great Work year 6

Kestrel Home Learning 6

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

Maths (Extension)- This week we have been learning about fractions including equivalent fractions.

Triangle & Square groups- please complete the fraction word problem. Remember solve it step by step!

Circle– complete the equivalent fractions sheet. You can cut the fraction wall out if that helps.

English–  (Consolidation and New Learning) – Complete the Synonym and Antonyms sheets. Read the text and fill in the correct words.

Reminders:

  • Please make sure that home learning is handed in on time. Those children not completing homework or handing in homework that is not done to the best of their ability will complete it during detention.  If you have any problems with the home learning please let us know before the hand in day of Tuesday so we can go through the work with the children.
  • Please make sure the children have a water bottle in school every day. This is especially important with the weather getting hotter.
  • Multi Sports on Tuesday lunch and football on Mondays.
  • Half Term next week. We start again on Monday 5th June.

I hope you all have a wonderful half term and see you in a week for our last half term as Kestrel Class! Stay safe and have fun! Enjoy the sun!

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Star of the Week W5

Congratulations to…

Sonny

For his excellent word problem solving skills and for showing his working out correctly.

 

Kestrel Home Learning W5

Good Morning!

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

Maths (consolidation) – On Monday we learnt about multiplication using partitioning(breaking the number into tens and ones). Complete the sheet practising this skill. Use the example to help!

English (future learning) – This week we have begun our English topic about ‘Shocking Styles.’ At the end of the unit we are writing newspaper articles on dramatic/strange fashion trends thinking about how far we would go to look “cool”. To prepare for this I would like the children to have a discussion with adults from different generations about their fashion styles when they were growing up as well as researching on the internet or books.  What was the style in the 60s/70s/80s/90s/00s? Did they wear any interesting head or footwear?  What was the fashion accessories of the time. Please fill in the Mind Map or create your own poster about the fashion styles of your chosen decade.  Feel free to add pictures too!

Jazzy Jars- This week you got a letter about making your own jazzy jar! Please bring these in by 5th June or before if you have made them. The children can decorate the jars if they would like as well as filling them! Lets get creative!

Reminders:

  • Please make sure that home learning is handed in on time. Those children not completing homework or handing in homework that is not done to the best of their ability will complete it during detention.  If you have any problems with the home learning please let us know before the hand in day of Tuesday so we can go through the work with the children.
  • Please make sure the children have a water bottle in school every day. This is especially important with the weather getting hotter.
  • Multi Sports on Tuesday lunch and football on Mondays.
  • Garden on Wednesday- please have at least a light jacket in case of rain.

Have a good week! Miss LH

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 4

Congratulations to…

Masroor

For his excellent tennis skills.

 

Garden Home Challenge!

 

Mrs Turner would like our class to collect any seeds from the fruit or vegetables that you eat this week!

When you have collected the seeds put them in the fridge and bring them into school next Wednesday!

Remember to write what the seeds  are from.

We will then try and grow them!!

 

Kestrel Home Learning W4

Good Morning All!

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

Maths (consolidation) – This week Miss Bird has taught us analogue and digital time. Have a go at using your TV guide to complete some of the challenges. Please also practice telling the time this week using whichever clocks you have around the house!

Science (consolidation) – In Science we have been thinking about our topic of electricity. We used the website http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/ to think about some electrical hazards around the house. Please colour the picture and circle the hazards. (The answers are not on the back- we will go through in class!) Feel free to visit the website to help you.

Ext- If you would like to make an electrical safety poster that we can display around the school please also bring this in with your homework. You may want to use the website for some other ideas.

Reminders:

  • Please make sure that home learning is handed in on time. Those children not completing homework or handing in homework that is not done to the best of their ability will complete it during detention.  If you have any problems with the home learning please let us know before the hand in day of Tuesday so we can go through the work with the children.
  • Please make sure the children have a water bottle in school every day. This is especially important with the weather getting hotter.
  • Multi Sports on Tuesday lunch and football on Mondays.
  • Next Tuesday the Bishop of Hertford is visiting the school.
  • Our Growth Mindset workshop is on Tuesday. If you would like a ticket please see the office or Miss Weyer. It is a really great opportunity to hear Robin Launder speak!
  • It is Miss Bird’s last week with us.
  • If you have a homework survey please return by Friday.

Have a good week! Miss LH

 

Science Learning

In today’s Science lesson we began to think about electricity. We collected our thoughts on what we already know about electricity and wrote some questions that we would like to find out.

We also looked on some websites about where in our house we can find electricity and the dangers that it can pose.

The children really enjoyed the website so here is the link!

http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/

 

Attendance Cup Winners!!1

Congratulations to Kestrels for their 100% attendance.

Lets keep it up!

Science! 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 3

Congratulations to…

Ed

 

For working very hard when writing his mystery story.

 

Kestrel Home Learning W3

I hope you all had a good long weekend!

Apologies for the confusion on the book bags. Any books that haven’t been changed will be returned tomorrow.

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

Maths (consolidation) – This week we have been learning about vertical, horizontal, parallel and perpendicular lines. Please complete the sheet thinking about capital letters and which lines they use.

English (consolidation)Complete the adjectives sheet. Read the story and identify the adjectives.

 

Reminders:

  • Clubs have started. Please remind the children if they are going to a club! Games/ cards are not allowed for in school clubs.
  • Year 3 football is on Monday at lunchtime.
  • Kestrel Class can take part in Multi Sports at lunch on a Tuesday. This week the children enjoyed handball!
  • Wednesday is our garden time.
  • Construction has started on the castle! Watch this space!
  • Next week is Y6 SATs testing week.
  • It is also Miss Bird’s last week teaching with Kestrels.

Have a good week!

Miss LH

 

Growth Mindset Workshop 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 2

Congratulations to…

Maya

For supporting other children in class and including lots of different children in her games at play times.

 

Kestrel Home Learning W2

We have had a busy 1st full week back. Miss Bird has been teaching our Maths this week and we have been learning all about coasts in lots of Geography lessons!

 

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings for your group and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks each week.

English(consolidation):  In English we have been learning how to be reading detectives which includes looking closely at pictures for details. Can you spot the 10 differences in the pictures from one of our favourite pages in our class book Ottoline and the Yellow Cat?

Maths(consolidation): Complete the column subtraction sheet. Choose the challenge that you think will support your learning! If you fancy a challenge, can you prove that your answers are correct on the back of the sheet? What methods could you use?

Geography– We have been learning all about coasts, what a coastline looks like, why it looks that way and have identified different coastal features caused by erosion. Talk about your own personal experiences of the coast. Do you have any pictures at the seaside? What can you see in them? Do you know anyone affected by coastal erosion?

 

Reminders: 

  • Clubs have started this week.
  • There is no school on Monday due to the bank holiday.
  • Please make sure the children have a water bottle in school every day. This is especially important with the weather getting hotter.
  • Year 3 football on Monday at lunchtime.
  • Kestrel Class can take part in Multi Sports at lunch on a Tuesday. Enjoy learning some new sports and games!
  • Wednesday is our garden time.

Have a good week!

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 1

Congratulations to…

Millie

For being a kind and helpful friend to others.

 

Kestrel Home Learning W1

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break and enjoyed the sunshine and mountains of chocolate! We have another busy term with lots of new things to be learning about.

 

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks.

Maths (consolidation) – Please complete the mystery number puzzle by reading the clues and writing the numbers in words in the cross word.

History(new learning)- This term we are going to be learning about The Romans. I would like the children to think about what they already know about The Romans and then what they would like to find out about the topic.  Please fill in the KWL grid.

 

Reminders

  • Please make sure the children have a water bottle in school every day. This is especially important with the weather getting hotter.
  • PE kits should be in school for every Wednesday.
  • This half term we will be visiting the garden every Wednesday afternoon.
  • The PTFA AGM is taking place on Thursday at 7pm.
  • Film Night is after school on Friday.
  • From next week the children will be allowed to play football at lunchtime. Year 3’s day is Monday and one child from our class will be asked to bring in a football.

Have a good week!

 

Easter Home Learning

I can’t believe we have come to the end of Spring Term already!

It has been a busy and learning filled 11 weeks! The children have been fantastic and are showing great improvement across their lessons.

 

The home learning for Easter is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence. Please review the words that the children have already learnt as we do revisit these in our spelling checks.

Maths- Consolidation of previous learning: Miss Bird would like the class to collect their own data and then present this data by using either a bar chart or a pictogram. If they children wanted to do both this is also fine. The children may also write some sentences about their data.

Reading- Please keep reading over the holiday.

 

 

Reminders:

  • School Disco on Thursday evening (4:30-6pm)
  • Awards Assembly Friday at 9am. If your child has been given our end of term award please come along to the assembly.
  • School ends at 1:30pm on Friday.
  • Please make sure the children have a water bottle in school every day.

I hope you all have a fantastic Easter break- don’t eat too much chocolate!

Miss LH

 

Easter Art Competition

Well done for all the amazing art entries for the competition.

Kestrel Class did particularly well!

 

 

Congratulations to…

1st Place- Honey

 

 

2nd Place- Ellis

 

New school choir – sign up now!

The choir will be open to all KS2 children with no auditions needed. Rehearsals will take place at school on Thursdays from 3.15 to 4.00pm with Mrs Williams and Miss Langley Higgs.

The choir will provide a valuable opportunity for the children to develop their vocal technique and build confidence in their abilities, gaining knowledge of music theory and performance skills and, most of all, to enjoy singing together.

Please sign up now on the School Gateway!

 

Can you help with the choir?

We are looking for a volunteer piano/keyboard accompanist for occasional rehearsals and termly concerts.

We would also like to hear from any parents who want to help with the choir in other ways, whether by supporting children’s engagement during rehearsals, contributing ideas or helping to organise concerts – no musical experience necessary.

If you are interested in any of these roles, or you know someone else who might be, please contact Miss Langley Higgs.

Kestrel Star of the Week 10

Congratulations to…

Lily 

 

For her improved attitude to Maths and for working really hard on finding the perimeter.

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 9

Congratulations to…

Luca

For working tremendously hard on his equivalent fractions.

 

Kestrel Home Learning W9

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence.

Maths- Consolidation of previous learning: Complete the fraction sheet for your group.

History/EnglishNew Learning: This week we have begun to discuss Stonehenge. I would like the children to research Stonehenge further and then write a non-chronological report, presented however they like, explaining the information that they have found out. The report could be presented as a poster or leaflet as some examples.

Some useful sites are:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zg8q2hv

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/

 

Reminders:

  • Well done to Maya and Nancy & Ava– Remember the talent finals are on Friday 24th!
  • We have Miss Bird working with our class for the 7 weeks.
  • Thank you to all of you who signed up for Parents Evening. If you haven’t made an appointment please come and speak to me. 
  • Parents Evening is next Tuesday(3:30-6) and Wednesday (4:30-7).
  • Next Friday is Comic Relief.

Have a great week!

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 8

Congratulations to…

KESTREL CLASS

For your outstanding class assembly.

I am one very proud teacher!

 

Kestrel Talent Contest

A HUGE well done to everyone that entered our Talent competition!

All the acts were fantastic and it was excellent to see the variety of talent we have in our class from keyboard playing, football skills, dancing, singing and even ventriloquism!

The decision was really hard but our winners going through to the finals are:

Maya- Gymnastics

Nancy & Ava – Dance and Singing

 

Well done to everyone!

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Home Learning W8

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence.

Maths– Complete the revising multiplication facts sheet.

Class Assembly- Please keep practising your lines for the class assembly. Remember to speak clearly, loudly and with expression!

 

Reminders: 

  • On Friday it is our Class Assembly. Please join us at 9am so we can share some of our learning with you. Tea and Coffee will be provided after.
  • Friday is also our class heats for the Talent Show. I have a list of children who are taking part. They can bring in any music/props that they need for the act.
  • Parents Evening Sign up is also on Friday. Sign up will take place before and after school on the playground.
  • From next week we have Miss Bird returning to our class. She will be teaching the class alongside myself.

Have a great week!

 

Kestrel Story Map

We made a story map of ‘Stone Age Boy’. Can you retell the story from the pictures? 

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 7

Congratulations to…

Leo

For working hard to improve his writing and listening closely to advice he is given.

 

 

Kestrel Home Learning W7

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence.

Maths- In Maths we have been practicing how to measure length using a ruler. Please play some of the games on http://mathszone.co.uk/measuring/length/ to keep practicing this skill. Also if you own a ruler or tape measure at home, can you measure things in your house. What is the biggest thing you can measure? What is the smallest?

English– As it is World Book Week I would like the children to read as many stories/ poems/ fact files as they can. Enjoy the world of reading!

Class Assembly- Please learn your lines for the class assembly. Remember to speak clearly, loudly and with expression!

 

 

Reminders:

  • A HUGE thank you to those parents who came and helped on our Celtic Harmony trip. It was a fantastic day and the children represented the school brilliantly. I hope they enjoyed it (even with the rain and long coach journeys!)
  • Wednesday- It is photo day! Best hair styles and smiles at the ready!
  • Thursday– Is ‘Dress Up for World Book Day’- come in your best costumes! Remember there is a prize for the best dressed!
  • Friday 10th March is our Class Assembly.  We are also holding our class talent competition heats on this day.

Have a great week!  Miss LH

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 6

Congratulations to….

Nancy!

 

For her continued effort in Fitter Future both at home and in school! Keep it up!

 

Celtic Harmony Trip Tomorrow..

Unfortunately the weather isn’t with us for our trip tomorrow!

Please could the children bring a spare change of clothes and shoes  in a carrier bag that they can change into for our journey home.

Fingers crossed that the forecast is wrong and the sun starts to shine!

Miss LH

 

Celtic Harmony Trip

Please remember it is our Celtic Harmony Trip

on Monday!!!

We are leaving school at 9am and will be returning at around 3:30pm depending on the traffic.

This trip is outside ALL day so please make sure the children are wearing sensible, waterproof and warm clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty! Wellies or waterproof shoes would be best as it will probably be muddy!

Normal school rules apply for packed lunches- no fizzy drinks and healthy snacks. Please make sure the children have at least 2 drinks.

We will be taking part in a trading activity so the children can bring some money up to £5 which they can spend in the shop.

It will be a fantastic day and I hope the children learn lots from the trip!

Have a fab weekend! Miss LH

 

Kestrel Garden of Dreams 

 

Incredible Home Learning!

I want to say a huge well done on your efforts for the Stone Age dwellings. They were all fantastic and the variety was excellent!

If I lived in the Stone Age I would certainly have enjoyed living in them!

Here are a few of dwellings:

Kestrel Home Learning W6

Good Afternoon and welcome back after half term!

I hope everyone had a good rest and are now ready for the rest of term.

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence.

Maths– Fill in the table to sort the shapes by their properties. Use a ruler and a right angle tester (a circle folded into quarters) to complete Challenge 2 and compare the shapes.

English– In English we are going to be writing riddles. I would like the children to read/ listen to some writing that includes word play. This could be riddles, nonsense rhymes or jokes.  I would like the children to have/ know 1 example of word play e.g. can tell or a joke, has a copy of a rhyme.

TALENT CONTEST- This year for Red Nose Day we are hosting a talent contest. We will be holding Kestrel’s auditions on Friday 10th March. 2 children will then be selected to enter into the final competition. The talent can be anything from dancing, singing, sport skills to telling a joke! If the children require props/ music they will need to bring them in on this day. We really look forward to seeing the entries!

 

 

Reminders:

  • Water bottles need to be in school every day please.
  • On Friday at 2:45pm come along and visit our Garden of Dreams. We have been busy designing different decorations and making our own flowers of our dreams.
  • Next Monday (27th) is our class trip. Please make sure the children have appropriate clothing as we are outside all day. We are leaving at 9am and will be back approx. 3:30pm.
  • Thursday 2nd March is our Dress Up for World Book Day. Come in your best and most creative costumes!

Have a great week!

Miss LH

 

World Book Day 2017

 

This year World Book Day is on Thursday 2nd March to celebrate reading books, authors and illustrators. It is held in more than 100 countries around the world. A key aim is to give every child in the UK a book of their own to keep. Every child is eligible to receive a £1 World Book Day Token which can be exchanged for one of ten exclusive £1 World Book Day Books, or if you prefer, use it to get £1 off any full-priced book or audio book. Tokens must be redeemed by the end of March 2016.

 

We will be celebrating this great event on Thursday, 2nd March, by asking children to come dressed as their favourite book character. There will be prizes for the most original costume in each class and every child will receive their £1 World Book Token.

If you would like to find out more information about World Book Day, there are ideas, activities and resources at: http://worldbookday.com/

Swift Class Request

Hello, we are looking for empty shoe boxes for after half term. Any donations gratefully received! 

 

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 5

Congratulations to…

All of Kestrels 

 

For their amazing effort at Sports Hall Athletics, their continued hard work at Fitter Future and for working hard at improving their skipping !

 

Friday 10th

Remember it is ‘wear red for Home Start’ day.

Bring in £1 and you can wear red and non-uniform.

Kestrel Home Learning W5

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence. You have got 2 sets of words this week.

Maths- There are 2 maths games/activities to have a go at! We have been working on our fractions this week.

History-  I would like the children to have a go at making their own Stone Age Dwelling.It could be from any period: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic. The dwelling could be made from any materials you like such as Paper Mache, card, sticks, rocks, leaves- get creative!

PE- Keep up the fantastic work on Fitter Futures. Remember it is Fitter February and we are part of a competition to see which school can do the most workouts!

Reminders:

  • A huge well done to Kestrels for their performance in Sports Hall Athletics! They came 4th in both the boys and the girls competition out of 8 schools which were mostly Year 4! I was very proud of how they performed!
  • Every child needs their water bottle in school each day!
  • Please check PE kits fit properly, especially shoes as we have lots of growing feet!
  • At the end of the day no child is allowed to come back into the classroom. If they have forgotten a hat or bag then it will need to stay in school until the next day. This is for the children’s safety.
  • If you still haven’t returned your Celtic Harmony slip please do ASAP.
  • Next week is half term- enjoy your time off school!

Have a great week! Miss LH

 

Fitter Futures

Congratulations Kestrels on completing the most work outs in the school AND at home!

We complete 139 workouts at home in January!

I am a very proud teacher!

Keep it up for Fitter February! 

 

Sports Hall Athletics

Just a reminder:

  • We are going to Sports Hall Athletics tomorrow afternoon.
  • We are leaving after lunch and will be back in school for the end of the day.
  • Every child needs to come dressed in their PE kit and they need to have their water bottles in school.
  • The children can wear tracksuits and trainers so they are prepared for the weather.
  • IF YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED YOUR FORM THIS NEEDS TO BE IN FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE. 

Good luck Kestrels! We can do this!

 

Kestrel Week 5

Here are some of the things we will be learning this week before half term:

English- We will be turning our finished report writing into a leaflet about our favourite country to live in.

Maths- In Maths we will be learning all about fractions, both of shapes and numbers.

PE– We are taking part in Sports Hall Athletics! Good luck everyone!

Art- We will be designing our badge for WOW. Remember your research!

Have a great weekend!

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 4

Congratulations to…..

Arianna

For always having a positive attitude towards her learning and trying her hardest at every challenge given!

Home-Start

Please remember Friday 10th February is “Wear a heart or something red for Home-Start” and donate £1

 

 

Research ideas for WOW badge.

This is the badge that the children will designing.

There is a list of possible research ideas on the side of the sheet.

 

Kestrel Home Learning W4

The home learning for this week is:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence. We are starting with our dictations so if you would like to practice reading and a sentence and writing this down please do!

Maths– Complete the division sheet. Continue to practice halving numbers as this will really help when we begin fractions next week.

English- This morning we were visited by the author E.R. Reilly who talked to us about his books and set us a writing challenge. Please go on his website and complete one of the writing challenges from the tab ‘worksheets’ This is his website:  http://www.er-reilly.co.uk/

WOW– As you know, we are taking part in WOW (Walk Once a Week) which allows the children to earn badges. Every year there is a competition for the children to design their own badge that may be used for the charity. The theme this year for the badge is ‘Walk the Americas.’ Next week we will be designing our badges and so I would like the children to gather research/ ideas/ pictures to support their designs. Some ideas may be: animals, landmarks, landscapes or culture such as brown bears, Empire State Building, Maple Syrup, Tango Dancing.

PE- It it Fitter February at Fitter Futures! Please keep doing the workouts regularly. There is an inter-school competition to see which school can record the most hours so let’s see if we can win!

Reminders:

  • A letter was sent home today regarding buying some books from our visiting author. If you would like a signed copy of the book then please return your slip tomorrow! If you don’t want a signed copy but still want to buy the discounted book then please return the form by the date given.
  • Please return permission slips for our Celtic Harmony Trip and Sports Hall Athletics.  We still need an additional adult helper to walk down to the Grammar school so if you are available please let me know ASAP.
  • All children must have their own personal water bottle in school.
  • A grammar workshop for parents will run next Tuesday.
  • Wear red for Home Start will be taking place next week on Friday.

Have a great week!

Miss LH

 

Sports Hall Athletics

Good Morning!

You should be receiving an emailed letter today regarding our trip next Tuesday (7th Feb) to Sports Hall Athletics which is taking place at Watford Grammar School for Girls.

We will be leaving school at 12:30pm, after the children have finished their lunch and will walk down to the grammar school for our competition. The children will be back in time for the end of the day.

Please can they come in their PE kit along with a tracksuit/ trainers in the morning. The children also need to have their own water bottle.

We need one parent helper for this competition so if you are available and would like to help, please contact me as soon as possible.

Thank you and have a great day!

Miss LH

 

Junk Modelling Materials Needed In Robin Class

The children in Robin class are very creative! We need lots of boxes, plastic containers (not milk cartons), rolls of cardboard for our fantastic creations. The children love to make and invent, last week we had Robots, Planes and many more inventive ideas! If you have any of these we would be greatly appreciative.

Many Thanks,

Mr Libberton and Mrs Warner

 

Kestrel Week 4

Here are some of the things we will be learning this week:

Maths: We are practising our 4 and 8 times table this week, thinking about multiplication and division facts. We will be dividing numbers and starting to think about fractions.

English: This week we will be using Pie Corbett’s approach to learning and will be looking at the features of a non-chronological report. We will also be answering our big question: Where in the world would you like to live?

History: In History we are going to begin to look at different Stone Age dwellings. We are going to focus on Stone Age cave paintings and create some of our own.

PE: It is our 4th week of our skipping challenge! We are also doing another Fitter Futures workout.

Have a great weekend!

 

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 3

Congratulations to…..

Amy

For always being positive and engaged in her learning and working well to support others when working in a group

 

 

Fitter Futures

The children have told me that they have had problems completing a work out without giving contact details.

If you do not wish to add you email address or telephone number, leave these fields blank and just click the tick box to accept the terms and conditions. This should let you access the workouts!

If you are having any further problems please let me know.

Happy working out!

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Home Learning W3

Home Learning this week:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence.

Handwriting– Copy the key words as many times as you can fit on the lines.

Maths– Complete the column subtraction sheet. Choose the challenge that you would like to work on!

PE- Do a session of Fitter Futures at home. You were all given your personal logins so that you can log your workout. Any problems please speak to me. Remember it is a competition!

 

 

 

 

Reminders:

  • Please return permission slips for our Celtic Harmony Trip.
  • We are start WOW (walk once a week) this week! Every Wednesday we will be logging how you got to school in order to earn some badges!
  • Water bottles need to be in school every day.

Have a great week!

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Week 3

Here are some of the things we will be learning this week:

English: Continuing on with our E Book, we will be learning about life in Kenya & Australia as well as comparing similarities and differences.

Maths: We are learning how to use column subtraction this week. We will be using the formal methods to also help us add and subject with money.

Art: In Art we are going to be using our pop culture designs to make a printed picture in the style of Pop Art.

Science: Ask us about our experiment this week!

Have a great weekend.

Miss LH

 

Kestrel Star of the Week 2

A big congratulations to…

Tommy

 

For working hard at improving his handwriting even though he finds joining challenging! Keep it up

 

Watford Junior Challenge Run 2017

The Watford Junior Challenge Run, organised by Watford Harriers, will take place on Saturday 18 March 2017 at Cassiobury Park from 11.15am.

There will be races for U8, U10, U12 and U14.

If your child is interested in entering ask them to collect an entry form from Mrs Burns

 

Celtic Harmony Camp

A letter went home yesterday regarding our class trip to Celtic Harmony Camp on Monday 27th February.

Please return the slip and make payment as soon as possible.

It is a fantastic day for the children and they have really enjoyed it in the past!

Make sure that they have warm, waterproof clothing as we will be outside all day regardless of the British weather!

If you would like to help on the trip, please tick the box at the bottom. I will be doing a lucky dip draw to decide on helpers.

 

 

Home Learning W2

Home Learning this week:

Spellings- Please learn the spellings and put these words into a sentence.

English: Fill in the cross word using collective nouns. If you don’t know the word, research what the group of that noun is called.

 Maths: Choose your challenge and complete some addition calculations using the formal column method.

 

Reminders:

  • Please make sure every child has a named water bottle in school every day.
  • PE Kits need to be in for every Wednesday. Please make sure all kit is the correct size and named.
  • Friday is French Film Night. We are raising money for the french school trip!
  • Please do not come onto KS2 playground in the morning. If you need to speak to a teacher go to the office and we will meet you there.

Have a great week!

Miss LH

 

Week 2

Here are some of the things that we will be learning this week:

  • Maths- To use a formal written method for addition. We will be learning the expanded and  column method of addition.
  • English- We will continue to read our E Book on different countries, comparing them to the UK, organising information into paragraphs as well as learning about collective nouns.
  • History- We are going to learn about the first people in Britain and what their daily lives may be like.
  • Art: Continuing from last week we will be exploring Andy Warhol’s iconic style and looking at different ways of printing.

 

Star of the Week W1

Congratulations to….

Jessica!

For always showing determination and never giving up even when the learning is challenging.

 

 

 

Spring Term

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday.

This is what Kestrel Class will be learning this term:

English: Through our study of fiction, report text writing and poetry we will develop our writing skills, including the use of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary choices and text layout. We will be creating a dragon legend story as well as a report on where in the world we would like to live.

Maths: The children will be learning to recognise the place value of each digit in a three-digit number as well as comparing and ordering numbers up to 1000 and writing these as Roman numerals. We will continue to solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas. We will be focusing on our 4x and 8x tables. Finally we will be learning to recognise, compare and order fractions and solve problems with the same denominator.

Science: In Science we will be learning about states of matter. We will explore what is a solid, liquid and gas and their properties. Through different experiments the children will investigate how  materials can change between states, including evaporation and condensation.

History: Stone Age to Celts. In this topic we will think about how we discover History and Prehistory. We will discuss the first people in Britain and what life was like during and after the Stone Age. We will learn the differences between the Mesolithic and Neolithic period. The children we learn about the religions and beliefs of Stone Age people and their every day behaviours and jobs.

We will be going on a school trip to The Celtic Harmony Camp to experience a Stone Age Day!

Geography: We will be learning all about coasts. The children will learn what a coast is, locate coastal towns in the UK and compare these to a European coastline in addition to creating a case study of a UK coast.  We will be studying the formation of a beach and modelling our own coastal landforms.

Art: Through the study of Andy Warhol we will look at and discuss the art movement of ‘Pop Art.’ Using a variety of mediums we will be creating our own Pop Art inspired artwork including a self-portrait.

DT: We will learn how to work safely and hygienically, using tools, equipment, techniques and ingredients appropriate to the task. The children will have some basic knowledge and understanding about healthy eating and The Eat Well plate.

RE: The children will be learning all about Jesus, exploring the stories that he told, what his life was like as well as learning about the festival of Easter.

French: In French the children will learn all about their families and pets.

Music: This term we will begin to learn how to play the ocarina.

PE: Our team games this term are Netball and Tag Rugby. We will also be focusing on our fitness, taking part in a weekly skipping session to track our progress.

Jigsaw: Hope and Dreams. We will share our hopes and dreams and discuss and plan ways we can achieve these using a growth mindset approach to tackling a challenge.

Let’s have a great term!

 

Saracens Tickets!

 

For every ticket bought by a Bromet Family the school receives ‘cashback’

 

 

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