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Year 6 – Keep Calm and Carry On

What a wonderful time we have been having in Year 6! The children have been exceptional and have shown such enthusiasm during our History topic, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’.  

We have made some delicious Woolton pies! Having learnt all about rationing, the children were tasked with producing a vegetable pie, just like those made in WWII. With only one rationed item allowed on their ingredients list, the children chose a selection of vegetables to form the basis of their pies. From broccoli to sweetcorn, swedes to potatoes, the choices were endless! In the kitchen, the children have shown such politeness and inquisitiveness and they have been absolute pleasures. The pies were a great success, enjoyed by many. The teachers thoroughly enjoyed taste testing the final products, too! 

Not only this, but we were so incredibly lucky to have a visit from Mr Stiles, who enjoyed sharing his knowledge with us about his wartime experiences. He was evacuated at the age of 5 from Southampton in 1939. His story can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/35/a5942135.shtml. The children were delightful and listened with such interest. After his presentation, the children were able to ask Mr Stiles some questions and see some special wartime memorabilia that he had brought in. We are all so very grateful to Mr Stiles for giving up his time to come and talk to us.

 

Our History topic was summarised this week with our Evacuation Day. We had so much fun dressing up and immersing ourselves into different activities in order to understand what it would have been like to be evacuated. Some of the activities included taking part in a wonderful wartime English and Maths lesson, performing some drama, talking about how Basingstoke was affected by bombing, and painting some beautiful postcard pictures.

Overall, the children have had a wonderful time learning about WWII and their enthusiasm and interest has made the topic very enjoyable for us to teach! Well done Year 6!

 

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Year 3 update including Ukulele Concert

What a busy half term we have had so far! 

Year 3 have been working hard and immersing ourselves into our project where we have learnt lots about ‘The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.’ Last week the children completed drawings and poems all linked to this and blew us away with their fantastic vocabulary choices. We will share some of these with you after we publish them this week. 

Tomorrow, Monday 5th December, we will be heading off to St Mark’s Church on Homestead road where we will meet Rev Nicola and take part in activities linked to the Christmas Journey. Please can you ensure your children have a warm coat, water bottle and a fruit snack to take with them. We will return to school in time for lunch. 

On Tuesday 13th December, we are inviting you to a short ukulele concert for your children. They have been learning to play since the beginning of September. Below shows the times of the concert, please only arrive five minutes before through the main entrance.

3C – 9.50am
3SB – 10.45am
3T – 11.40am   

We look forward to you joining us for these concerts. 

Year 3 Team  

Keep Calm and Carry On!

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a wonderful time we have been having in Year 6! The children have been exceptional and have shown such enthusiasm when finding out so many historical facts during our history topic, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’.  

This week, we have started making our Woolton pies. Having learnt all about rationing, the children were tasked with producing a vegetable pie, just like those made in WWII. With only one rationed item allowed on their ingredients list, the children chose a selection of vegetables to fill their pies with. From broccoli to sweetcorn, swedes to potatoes, the choices were endless! In the kitchen, the children have shown such politeness and inquisitiveness and they have been absolute pleasures. The pies were a great success, enjoyed by many. Miss Pettitt thoroughly enjoyed taste testing 6P’s dishes, too! All children will have participated in the preparation, cooking and tasting process by the end of next week.

We were also incredibly lucky to have a visit this week from Mr Stiles who enjoyed sharing his knowledge about his wartime experience including what is was like to be evacuated from Southampton as a young boy in 1939. His story can be found here:   https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/35/a5942135.shtml 

The children were delightful and listened with such interest. After the talk, the children were able to ask Mr Stiles some questions and see some special memorabilia that he had brought in such as a baby’s gas mask, books and newspaper articles. It was such an interesting and informative talk – we are all so very grateful to Mr Stiles for giving up his time for us. As well as sharing his story so passionately with the children he is a keen fundraiser for a special charity close to his heart. We would like to make a contribution on behalf of Year 6 to help the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This charity is focused on improving access to care, research and campaigning for people affected by motor neurone disease. Please send in your donations, however big or small, to class with your child by Friday, 2nd December and we will forward all contributions as well as letters of thanks from the children to Mr Stiles.

We cannot wait for our ‘Evacuation day’ on Tuesday 6th December where all children will need to come to school that day dressed as a wartime evacuee. Further information can be found on the website post and has been emailed to parents.

Please remember, to Keep Calm and Carry On!

Best wishes,

The Year 6 Team.

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Raging Rivers in Year 4

Year 4 have had a great half term so far learning all about rivers. We kick-started our topic making rivers in a tray. The children were set the challenge of making a river out of foil which could hold water and show meanders. We had to use natural resources to make it as realistic as possible.

 
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We then spent some time thinking about the features of a river and using clues to work out the different parts. Ask us to tell you what makes up a river. The children have become geographers and used map work skills to locate waterfalls around the world as well as learning about coordinates. 
In science, the children have been busy learning about 'States of Matter' and conducting experiments with solids, liquids and gases. The favourite one so far was all about melting where the children had to time which solids would melt the quickest – melted chocolate smelt very yummy! Next week, we are learning about condensation and the water cycle!
We are so proud of all the children for working so hard in every subject. They take pride in all their work and are just amazing. Over the next few weeks, we are going to be very busy learning carols for the Christmas Carol concerts. It is hard to believe that the Autumn term is nearly over!
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