Leapfrog

Huge apologies for not posting the fantastic times tables work by the following children:

55 club

Abbie

77 club

Katie G

Keanu

88 club

Katie W

Sunny

99 club

Jack

Superstars who continue to be brilliant:

Mica

Megan N

Ryan

Keep up the amazing work!!

Leap frog

Well done to the following children who achieved their tables challenge:

Chelsie and Megan T

77 club

Lucas

88 club

Mica

Superstars Squares and Roots 80

Villa Vitality Day 2

Paul from AVFC came to visit us and help us to improve our football skills. We thought about what we learnt.

"I improved on my chipping and control of the ball."

Jack

"I improved on flicking the ball up in the air."

Mica

"I have learnt how to control a football more."

Joshua

"I learnt how to dribble with a football."

Katie G

Look out for some photos of us soon!

Good Work

Good work cards were awarded by our new teacher, Miss Paddam, this week. She chose:

Oliver

for

excellent participation in class discussions about the film 'The Piano'

and

Ryan

for

superb subtraction of decimal numbers.

Good luck to all of the choir members who are performing at the Lord Mayor's Gala Ball on Saturday evening. Remember your smartest school uniform!!

Leap Frog

The following children have achieved the next step in their times tables:

Reece

55 club

Conlan

66 club

Conor

77 club

Jade

Superstars Division 60

Mica

Superstars Fractions 80

Ryan

Superstars Division 100

Good Work

Congratulations to:

Abbie

for

drawing a wonderful picture of an Otter
to go on our River Wildlife display

and

Lucas

for

consistently working hard in Numeracy this week.

Well done to all of those children who had the correct P.E. kit in school-we are getting better at this, now!

Good Work

Congratulations this week to:

Harry

for

swimming in the big pool

and

reading his book really well

and

Conor

for

drawing and explaining how rivers change.

VILLA VITALITY and Good Work

During our visit to AVFC we 

went into the youth gym and used the machines.

We also went on dance mats.

Did you know that a can of Coca Cola contains 6 teaspoons of sugar?

We learnt how to plan a healthy, balanced meal.

We also had the opportunity to record a conversation about

our healthy goals in the radio station.

This week we are also celebrating the Good work of:

Christopher

who

worked out fractions of amounts by dividing

and

Jack

who

wrote in the first person brilliantly with 'ly' openers and feelings included.

What a great week in Class 5!

Leap frog

Congratulations to the following children who achieved their leapfrog tables challenges today:

Ffion

Tables challenge 2

Jack

88 club

Jade and Joshua

99 club

Madihah

Superstars Fractions 60

Joseph

Superstars Division 80

Good work

This week's gold cards were awarded to:

Lucas

for

identifying his own errors and putting them right when multiplying

and

Jade

for

writing a super diary entry in the first person.

The Solar System projects that were completed over Easter were really good.
Well done to all of the children who were given prizes.
Special prizes went to:

Katie W, Nicholas, Megan N, Mica, Karys, Ffion, Jade, Madihah, Thomas and Megan T

who put a huge amount of effort into the presentation of their work.

Easter Fun!

Congratulations to

Christopher

who won the decorated egg competition

and

Bradley and Thomas

who won the Easter Bonnet competition.

A big well done to all of you who took part too!
HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL

Professor Fluffy Visits Class 5!

This is Professor Fluffy!

She is a Professor in Engineering from Liverpool University 

who came to introduce us to life at College and University.

She helped us to find out lots of things about life after we finish at Secondary school.

Her friends Tina and TJ from Newman University college came to help us with the activities.

We even had a Graduation as students leaving university would do!

In a few weeks we will visit Newman University College

and take part in some lectures and seminars to see what they are like.

We really hope some of our parents and carers will come with us too!

If you would like to find out more about Professor Fluffy and life at university visit her website.

www.professorfluffy.com

Username: Payne

Password: Wychbury

Leapfrog

The following children have achieved the next 'leap':

Keanu

has joined 66 club

Jack

has joined 77 club

Megan N

has joined Superstars Division 60

Well done to you all.

Good Work

This week's gold cards were awarded to:

Karys

for

a huge improvement in her attitude towards Numeracy.

She even did some extra Maths homework!

and

Oliver

for

showing a really good understanding of a comprehension text.

He also wrote his answers in beautiful, joined script.

Well done to both of you!

Leapfrog

Lots of children achieved their leapfrog tables challenge this week.
Congratulations to:

Thomas, Conlan and Chelsie

55 club

Mark

66 club

Katie W

77 club

Joshua and Oliver

88 club

Megan N

99 club

Nicholas and Joseph

Superstars squares and roots 60

Good work

Congratulations to:

Reece

and

Conlan

who worked together to design and make a skateboard.

Well done boys!

Rocketry!

On Monday we went to King Edward VI Five Ways school to learn about Rockets as part of National Science and Engineering week. We had a really super time and learnt a lot too! We made some rockets using an empty film canister, an Alka Seltzer tablet and some water. We made quite a mess and the canisters were shooting off towards the hall ceiling!! We also made some rockets out of cardboard and launched them across the playground using a compressor. The ones made by us flew the highest and the furthest. We also had chance to see a real space rocket called "Starchaser" that will be sent into space later this year. We were disappointed that we couldn't go inside it though! Have a look at some of the photographs below.

We had to measure the water very carefully!

It was difficult to measure how high the Alka Seltzer rockets went.

We had to use selotape when making rockets out of cardboard.

We used a tube and added fins and a cone shaped nose to make our rockets.

Our rockets shot right across the playground and onto the field!

The space rocket was huge! We really wanted to see it launched!

Leapfrog

Congratulations to the following children who have achieved the next stage of their tables challenge:

Conor

66 club

Oliver

77club

Megan N and Jade

88 club

Mica

Superstars Division 80

Ryan

Superstars Fractions 80

Good Work

This week's gold cards were awarded to:

Ffion

for

progressing to the big swimming pool

and

Lucas

for

writing a very touching poem about his Mum

Well done!

A reminder that class 5 will be visiting King Edward school on Monday afternoon for our Rocketry experience.

Good Work

This week, congratulations go to:

Thomas

for

making really good progress in swimming

and

Madihah

for

learning her spellings and getting them all correct, every week.

Well done to both of you!

A special mention to Mica, Megan N, Nicholas, and Madihah for superb quality homework this week.

Class 5 also filled the marble jar and were given a class treat on Friday afternoon. Brilliant!

Leapfrog

These children have achieved the next leap of the school's tables challenge:

Mark

55 club

Katie G and Megan T

66 club

Jade

77 club

Mica and Nicholas

Superstars Squares and roots 60.

Everyone else had made good progress towards their next leap too! Well done.

Good Work

Congratulations to:

Ryan

for

getting all of his difficult spellings correct

and

Jade

for

an excellent use of standard written method for addition

when working out perimeters of shapes.

Well done to both of you.

Good Work

This week's gold cards were awarded to:

Megan N

for

using direct speech brilliantly in a narrative text

and

Katie W

for

trying really hard and participating well in all lessons.

A really big thank you to Tom, Oliver, Madihah, Joseph, Bradley, Megan N, Keanu, Mrs Kings and Mr Bassett who all brought their toasters to school for a Science investigation on Thursday.

Have a brilliant half term and don't forget to do your homework, including the extra book review set this week!

Leapfrog

Congratulations to:

Joshua

who has achieved

77 club

Lucas

who has achieved

77 club

and

Nicholas

who has achieved

Division 60 (b)

The third week in the row he has achieved the next leap!

Well done and keep up the good work!

Good Work

This week's good work cards were awarded  to:

Christopher

who was able to discuss the poems we read this week giving references to the text

and

Chelsie

who was a brilliant narrator in the drama activity we did this week.

A special mention to

Madihah

who was the only person to get all of her spellings correct and also succeeded in getting the challenge words right too.

All of Class 5 have worked really hard this week and it has been difficult to choose just a few names to share. Keep up the good work!

Parking Posters

We have been designing posters to promote safe parking around our school.

Our local Community Support Police Officers came in to judge our posters.

The winner was Megan N who won a book voucher.

Well done!

Her design (below) will be seen around school very soon.

Leapfrog

Congratulations to:

Nicholas

who has achieved

Superstars Division 60

Good Work

This week's good work cards were awarded to:

Conor

for good reading and improving his spelling test score

and

Keanu

for using good connectives in explanation writing.

Well done boys, keep up the good work!

Leapfrog

Congratulations to:

Nicholas

who achieved

Club 99

Good Work

This week's Good Work Cards were awarded to:

Joseph

for showing a really good understanding of decimal numbers

and solving problems involving decimals

and

Bradley

for choosing to improve his writing

and for effective self assessment.

Well done and keep up the good work!
Who will it be next week?

Firefighter Fun!

We were lucky enough to have a visit on Friday afternoon from some of the officers who work at Woodgate Valley Fire Station. They came to talk to us about fire safety at home. We were given information on how we can get a fire safety check done in our homes. All you have to do is call 0800 389 5525 or go to this link http://www.wmfs.net/
We also took part in lots of activities that taught us how to sensibly call the fire brigade in an emergency.
Have a look at some of the pictures of our exciting afternoon.

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School Closure Tuesday 18th January

Dear Children and Parents,

I am so sorry that we cannot be in school again. I am sure that some of you are concerned that important learning is being missed.

Here are a few things to do while school is closed:

*Homework that was given out on Friday-Spellings, spelling sentences, Numeracy.
*Practise any incorrect spellings from last term. (They should be written in your reading diary.)
*Read, read, read. If you have completed your school books read one of your own.
*Times tables. See if you can get your leap frog this week.

Also go to this website for some fun learning activities.
Click on the link to Education City.
You will need the

Login ID: 330Kitwell

Password: 793337

For Numeracy try Captain Cod, Fish with Manu and Monster Mash.
For Literacy try Shiver Me Timbers, Terror Temple and River Deep.

Have fun learning at home!

Mrs Edwards

Swimming

A reminder to all children and parents that we start swimming on Friday 15th January. Please ensure that you bring your kit with you and that you leave all jewellery and valuables at home.