Mrs Needham and Mrs Jenning's Class: News items
Key Stage Two News Bites and 50 years of the jumbo jet (Years 3 and 4)
Date: 15th Feb 2019 @ 9:49am
Here's this week's News Bites from Discovery Education and learn all about 50 years of the jumbo jet.
Now click on Discovery to take the quiz!
Date: 14th Feb 2019 @ 2:23pm
Yesterday Ann Tipper came to visit us in the afternoon to talk about our Reconciliation service and the 6 parts of the Mass. We all made a cross which we wrote the 6 parts of Mass on and drew some pictures to represent these stages. At the end we all took part in a prayer service where we all read part of the prayer, it was lovely to take part in such a beautiful service. Thank you Ann for such a lovely afternoon, I’m sure we will all remember it.
Key Stage Two News Bites and Fake news and social media (Years 3 and 4)
Date: 22nd Nov 2018 @ 12:15pm
Here is this week's News Bites. Learn all about how fake news and social media.
Now click on Discovery to take the News Bites Quiz!
Safer Internet Day in the Junior Department
Date: 5th Feb 2019 @ 7:48pm
Today the children in our school supported Safer Internet Day. The day started with an assembly by Mrs Needham who taught the KS2 department about what it means to consent to something and how we should ask permission before doing something online.
After, the digital leaders acted out some drama scenes which showed some incorrect behaviours online. The children then made suggestions about what should have happened.
All the children received their own St Vincent’s orange wristband to remind them of the messages from the day!
Each child also made a pledge about how they are going to behave online. You can see these displayed on the classroom windows.
Other activities the children completed were: a safer internet survey, an online choices quiz, drawing the internet activity and data jargon buster.
The Year 5 & 6 children had a fantastic workshop this afternoon by Ian Richardson from Intqual Pro. He taught the children about how to behave online, how to keep a safe password and just how many devices are connected to the internet including pillows and toasters!!! The session was ended with an interactive quiz and prizes. Well done to the winners and thank you to Ian Richardson and Barry Searle from Intqual Pro.
The day ended with the Digital leaders all receiving a GOLD note to thank them for all their effort and hard work over the last few weeks in preparation for today!
We hope all the children have enjoyed the day and learned lots about consent and correct behaviours when online.
Good luck to all the children in completing their ‘What would you do?’ homework.
Online Safety Assembly from Google
Date: 12th Dec 2018 @ 8:25pm
Today the children in the junior department had a fantastic, interactive assembly by Google. They talked about their new scheme called ‘Be Internet Legends’. This teaches the children all about how to stay safe online through five key areas:
Sharp - Think before you share
Alert - Check it’s for real
Secure - Protect your stuff
Kind - Respect each other
Brave - When in doubt, discuss
The children were reminded about how to play the game ‘Interland’ where they can visit different worlds and learn how to stay safe online.
Well done to all the children, you all joined in really well!
Mrs Needham
Date: 7th Dec 2018 @ 10:27am
On Wednesday we received a visit from Chantel, a geologist. We got to join in with lots of fun experiences and investigations including: sorting rocks based on their properties, exploring types of fossils and even making our own fossils! At the end Chantel asked us a dinosaur mystery which we had to crack. As a reward for solving the problem we were able to see the mammoth tooth! We all agree that the highlight of the session had to be smelling the dinosaur poo!
A big thank you to Chantel for such an interesting session and for teaching us so much about fossils and rocks!
Date: 21st Nov 2018 @ 5:34pm
Today we attended a presentation about Remembrance Day by two students from Loreto Grammar School.
We learnt lots of interesting facts about the World Wars, including how they used goldfish in the war! Learning about the jobs of children during the war was very thought provoking and made us realise how lucky we all are.
Thank you to the girls for coming and giving this presentation to us!
Welcome to Miss Jamieson's class
Date: 14th Nov 2018 @ 9:37pm
Welcome to Miss Jamieson’s Class!
We have all enjoyed the first term in the Junior Department and are enjoying discovering our new school and classroom! We have all been contributing to our classroom displays and all agree that our displays are fun and colourful. Some of our best work is our: English writing inspired by the BFG, self-portraits and superhero’s to solve the UN global goals.
We are all trying really hard and have been challenging ourselves in our learning. During every lesson we are encouraged to use the 5 B's (brain, buddy, board, basket and boss), the self-selecting task trays and our quality baskets. Miss Jamieson and Mrs Savill have both said how proud they are of our attitudes to learning in all lessons.
In our classroom we have our ‘Wow’ Wall where we display the work that we are especially proud of. Make sure you see whose work is on the wall next time you are in the classroom!
We have been enjoying planning and participating in collective worships linked to our RE curriculum. Each week one person will plan and deliver the worship to the class. The collective worships that have been organised so far have been incredibly respectful and thought provoking.
In our classroom we have a lovely reading corner where we are encouraged to sit and read from a wide selection of books. We are all avid readers and love sharing our book recommendations to others in the class.
We are very excited to see what else we will do this year! This page will be updated regularly, so check back to see what else we have been doing.
Thank you,
Miss Jamieson, Mrs Savill and Year 3!
Date: 11th Nov 2018 @ 9:02pm
Our science topic this term is rocks and fossils. To start this topic we learnt how to classify items based on key characteristics and practised these skills by sorting sweets. We sorted our sweets in categories such as: colour, hardness, whether it crumbled and using the streak test. We are very excited to carry on learning about rocks this term!
Date: 11th Nov 2018 @ 8:42pm
On the 19th of October we learnt about the UN and the work they complete. In the morning we learnt about why the UN was created and what would happen if we didn’t have this organisation. We discussed the Global Goals and some of us presented to the class which they thought were the most important. Everyone enjoyed creating our Global Goal superheros who were going to help the UN meet the goals by 2020.
In year three our country was Italy so we as a class we learnt about Italy and practised our Italian. We all made hats with Italian landmarks on and wore them to eat our lunches! In teams we competed to see who can make the best Italian landmark out of straws in under 3 minutes, it was lots of fun!
Date: 11th Nov 2018 @ 8:16pm
For the previous two Thursday afternoons year three have enjoyed learning and practising lacrosse. These lessons have been run by Jack from Timperely Lacrosse club. Our class learnt how to safely pass the ball and ‘three s’s’ of how to scoop a ball. Alongside learning lots of new skills they have been able to play fun games which have required teamwork and communication.
Key Stage Two - Discovery news, quiz and 100 years since the end of World War One
Date: 1st Nov 2018 @ 7:13pm
See this week's news!
Now see if you can answer the questions in the quiz by clicking on Discovery
Date: 24th Jul 2018 @ 8:45pm
Year 6 had an amazing trip to Beyond (AKA Chill Factore)
Date: 27th Feb 2018 @ 12:52pm
Year 5 and 6 had fantastic fun building snowmen this morning.
Guest speaker from a Code Computer Love
Date: 6th Feb 2018 @ 4:42pm
Today Year 5 & 6 were visited by Louis Georgiou from Code Computer Love. He talked about his digital agency including websites and apps that his company has designed. The children were quizzed about online safety and then were tasked with starting to design a new website.
Thank you Mr Georgiou for all your hard work today. The children really enjoyed your presentation and workshop today.
Date: 6th Feb 2018 @ 4:19pm
The Year 6 digital leaders presented a fantastic assembly this morning to Year 3 & 4 about how to stay safe online. They performed 2 different scenarios and questioned the children about what they learned from each play.
Well done Year 6 Digital Leaders!!!
Date: 23rd Jan 2018 @ 8:08pm
Today, our Digital Leaders team attended a workshop at St John's RC Primary School. We met with 4 other schools:St Hugh's, St Elizabeth's, Holy Name and St John's to discuss our plans for the rest of the year.
We shared ideas about what we have already done and drew up an action plan of what we want to achieve.
Digital Leaders: Staying safe online campaign
Date: 17th Dec 2017 @ 9:04pm
The Digital Leaders were sent out to hand out leaflets giving advice about staying safe online this Christmas.
We hope you all received your copy!
Well done Digital Leaders for being such excellent ambassadors.
Mrs Needham
Date: 12th Dec 2017 @ 9:04pm
Many children performed in a music concert to showcase just how much they have learned over the term. We were all blown away by the talent. Well done to all who took part!
Date: 29th Nov 2017 @ 9:48pm
On Tuesday we took part in the Trafford Basketball League. This was our first time entering the tournament and we had a very enjoyable day.
We played 6 matches in total (including one friendly.) We won 2, drew 2 and lost one in the league section to finish third in our group and we beat Stamford Park in our final game. Winning this game meant we finished 5th overall.
To finish off a great day we were awarded the fair play award for great sportsmanship and team play.
Well done everyone!
Date: 29th Nov 2017 @ 8:28pm
Our Digital Leaders team has now been set up and is fully established. We have a group of 10 pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 who have been set the task of helping children in our school to stay safe online.
Our team consists of the following representatives:
Year 5 - Andrew, Franzi, Carmel, Alice and Lucas
Year 6 - Eva, Sinead, Victoria, Noel and Aaron
The first task the team were given was to design a poster about staying safe online. You may see some of these on the classroom windows and doors around the Year 5 and 6 corridor. Next, the leaders have designed a survey for their respective year groups and are currently in the process of getting these completed and analysed.
Keep up the hard work Digital Leaders!
Mrs Needham
Anti-bullying raps with Mrs O’Keefe’s class
Date: 22nd Nov 2017 @ 4:10pm
As part of Anti-bullying week, Year 6 thought about what to do if they become a victim of bullying or cyber bullying. They designed their own rap to give advice. Here are some of the raps.
Sports Leaders trip to Old Trafford.
Date: 18th Oct 2017 @ 2:15pm
On Tuesday the school Sports Leaders went to Old Trafford as part of their leadership programme. Lily, Daniel, Oskar and Isabel attended workshops, took part in a stadium tour and created their own sports lessons.
During the morning session they listened to some very inspirational Paralympians speak about their achievements and involvement in sport.
Date: 20th Oct 2017 @ 11:57am
Mr Ashley and Miss Taylor came to talk to Year 6 about dental hygiene and the importance of looking after our teeth. The children had a fantastic afternoon and learnt so much!
Date: 13th Oct 2017 @ 5:04pm
Today Year 6 had a visit from Altrincham Fire Service to discuss staying safe around haloween and bonfire night.
They had fantastic questions to ask the firemen and Miss Coyle was chosen to try on the outfit that is worn when fighting a fire!
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