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For Maths week Reception played lots of games with dice. We used a games sheet and added our own counters and characters to play the game and matched our dice to dominoes. Maths in Reception is lots of fun!
 

As part of our work during anti- bullying week Year 5 designed an anti- bullying Superhero. They thought about how their Superhero’s powers would stop bullies, how they would protect the vulnerable and what they stand up for. 
 

Year 4 commemorated Remembrance Day by reading some war poetry. They then composed their own poem to express their gratitude to all those who made and continue to make sacrifices in wars. They then made their own poppy display sheet on which to present their poem. 
 

We have all had a busy week carrying out lots of different maths activities. We have taken part in a maths treasure hunt, played lots of fun maths games and represented numbers using bar models, part whole models, place value charts and place value counters. We also took part in a national times…

To mark remembrance day, Y6 drew poppies and used the watercolours to reflect the sombre and reflective mood of the day. They then outlined their designs to make them stand out and evaluated their work effectively. 

Year 5 had a fantastic day at the Beacon studying Chardin’s painting of ‘The House of Cards’ which is on loan from the National Art Gallery. We practiced building a house of cards like the boy in the painting and soon discovered how tricky this is. We then designed our own playing…

Year 2 have spent the afternoon looking at the poppy artwork by the artist Georgia O’Keeffe. They learned how to use chalk pastels to create poppy artwork in her style. They learned how to blend the pastels for a greater effect. They were very pleased with the final result.

This morning our Year 2 children represented the school at the Remembrance service at Egremont War Memorial. They observed the event with reverence and respect. The class Beacons presented and laid a wreath at the War Memorial that the whole class made. We are very proud of them all.

Year 3 wore red and joined the rest of Key Stage 2, on the yard, at 11 o’clock for a 2 minute silence to mark Remembrance Day. During the afternoon we created some lovely poppy fields using oil pastels. Lest we forget ! 
 

Nursery celebrated Bonfire night by watching some fireworks with Reception and having a sparkler if they wanted to. We also had a hot chocolate. Happy Bonfire night.

Year 1 finished off learning about Diwali today.  We created some lights holders to celebrate. It was good fun decorating the cups in bright colours.  When we put the tea lights in we loved how they looked.  We were very excited to take them home to show our families.  The children were able to…

Year 3 enjoyed Maths week, this week. They were solving problems linked to addition and subtraction, doing an outdoor maths treasure hunt and practicing times tables skills to compete in England Rocks on TTR.