WEEKLY BLOG – Friday 9nd February 2024

Weekly Update

Class Round Up

It’s been a busy half-term, and this week was no exception!

Year 6 was lucky to be invited to Acklam Grange to watch their amazing performance of Matilda. The amount of rehearsing and dedication that went into the production was clear, and our children thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

The reception had a lovely day on Thursday when their parents/carers came to cuddle pets with them. Everyone followed the instructions to make a lovely soft toy for bedtime and story time. Thank you for all your support and engagement with this event.

Year 3’s Stone Age Day brought their History work to life, and the children had a busy day with lots of activities led by our very own Stone Age warrior. (See the Class Roundup for more information.)

We hope you have a lovely, relaxing half-term and that spring weather makes an appearance! We will see everyone back in school on February 19th.

Year 3

We have been learning about the Stone Age in our English and History lessons this half term, and what better way of reinforcing our learning than having a Stone Age experience day! Throughout the day, we had various workshops where we lived like early humans, including arrow making, cave painting on slate slabs and archery! We also examined animal bones and skins and thought about their uses in early history before sketching pictures of the bones to bring home! What a fabulous day!

Year 4

Year 4 had a fabulous Egyptian Day. We began by watching how a body was mummified; it was quite gruesome; luckily, it was just a pretend body, but it was fascinating to learn how they completed this process, which took about 40 days. After the body was washed with wine or water, the major organs of the body were placed in special canopic jars. We laughed when our guide told us that the ancient Egyptians believed that the brain was not an important part of the body and not worth saving, so we threw it away!

Examining some replica artefacts revealed more about everyday Egyptian life. It was fascinating to learn that archaeologists were able to interpret ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs after the discovery of the Rosetta stone.

We had a go at writing our hieroglyphs with reed pens and ink on some special papyrus paper.

We were able to try some ancient Egyptian games, such as mancala and senet, which once we had played a few times, we understood and challenged each other.

We had a wonderful day, and it helped bring our topic to life

Attendance Matters

It is so important that we see your children in school every day, as missed days mean missed learning. We want all children to aim for 96% or more attendance.

Here are our attendance figures for this week: 95%

This term, we want more children and classes to achieve 96% or more (green). We will keep you updated each week.

We know you can do it!

Diary Dates and Reminders…

Clubs

Links to support our parents and children…

Measles update

Cases of measles are rising across England, including among children. It’s an infection that spreads very easily and for some people can cause serious problems. There’s no specific medical treatment for measles, so it’s important to get vaccinated as it’s the best protection against becoming seriously unwell. The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is one of the routine childhood vaccinations, so most children are already vaccinated against measles. If your child has received both doses of the vaccine, they are unlikely to have the virus. Here, we explain everything you need to know about the rise in measles cases, …

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