Here are our ‘Words of the Week’ for KS1 and KS2 this week.
Key Stage 1 words are Grasshopper
Key Stage 2 words are Shinobi
As part of our literacy topic, Year-6 have been studying Charles Dickens’ novel, A Christmas Carol. Last Wednesday, we took a trip to Middlesbrough Theatre to see it performed live. We had a really enjoyable day and the children’s exemplary behaviour was commented upon by several of the staff at the theatre. They were a credit to their families and their school and we’re very proud of them. Here are a couple of pictures below.
Here are our ‘Words of the Week’ for KS1 and KS2 this week.
Key Stage 1 words are Grasshopper
Key Stage 2 words are Shinobi
A huge congratulations to Harry Burdis in Y6A.
Harry has already read over 500,000 words on a Accelerated Reader and is now a Half Millionaire.
We are so proud of Harry and his enthusiasm towards reading.
Harry was the first child to become a Word Millionaire in Y5 last year. Will he be the first child in the school to achieve it this year?
Here are our ‘Words of the Week’ for KS1 and KS2 this week.
Key Stage 1 words are Grasshopper
Key Stage 2 words are Shinobi
Last week, the children in year 4 carried out research all about Katherine Johnson. She was a black American mathematician who was responsible for calculating some of the most important and famous space flight routes including the Project Mercury missions and the Apollo missions. We used our research to create biographies all about this inspiring figure in history.
The children in year 2 have been learning all about Mary Seacole as part of Black History week. They found out about her determination to help others, using her own money to travel to nurse soldiers in the Crimean war. She even made her own herbal remedies, many of which are still used today!
The children created some fantastic fact files using all of the amazing information they learned.
Some of the wonderful work created by year 2.
For black history week we have been learning about Martin Luther King. First we looked at why we celebrate black history week. We then discussed racism and how people used to be treated differently based on how they looked. To understand who Martin Luther King was, we watched videos and read facts about him to make our own fact file. At the end of the week we made our own ‘ I have a dream’ speech bubbles highlighting the importance of everyone being treated equally and fairly.
We also created some lovely ‘ with my own two hands’ art work.
This week we also made our poppies for Remembrance day. They are going to look amazing when we put them around the school.
During Black History Week in school, Y6 have learned all about Nelson Mandela.
Did you know that Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa? He became a President after serving 27 years in prison. He was imprisoned for trying to end apartheid in South Africa which segregated white and black people and meant that white people had more rights than black people.
We have enjoyed researching and writing a biography about this very influential man.
Y3 have really enjoyed learning about black history this week! We know that all people should be treated equally but sadly, this isn’t always the case, and many groups of people around the world still suffer as a result of discrimination.
Thankfully, there are some amazing people who have done incredible things to fight for equality. This week we have been focusing on one of these people, Rosa Parks.
We started the week by learning her story, we came across lots of new vocabulary such as segregation and civil rights so we created a glossary.
We then looked at Rosa Park’s most important life events and ordered them in chronological order. We then began to think about which was the most important event. When Rosa bravely refused to give up her seat on the bus, this was a small act that caused big changes. We decided this was her most important life event because this started this bus boycott that put an end to the segregation on buses.
To end the week we used drama to act out Rosa’s courage and bravery. We stepped inside the shoes of those involved in the bus incident and discussed how different people would have reacted when Rosa stood up for her rights. We compared this to how it would be different if this happened today.
