The class had two entries into this year’s Music Festival. The whole class formed a choir to sing “Long White Sails” and “Cantata”. They sounded amazing on the stage, pitch perfect and beautifully in time. Then six of the class formed a fiddle group to perform three pieces. Once again their delivery was excellent, all working well together. The adjudicator was so impressed that both groups were invited back to perform at the Gala Concert on the Thursday night. At the end of this concert their efforts were rewarded when they were presented with the “Outstanding Contributor to the Music Festival” Award.
Here we are at the start of the 3rd week of the new school year. I’m not sure where the first two weeks have gone. I am happy to be back in the Upper Primary class and have enjoyed getting to know all the children again.
This term our topic is based around Japan. We will be looking at the geography of the country, it’s culture and traditions, famous landmarks, home life and school life, food and sports. We’ll also be trying our hand at some origami and calligraphy, as well as finding out about Buddhism and Shinto. Due to Japan’s location it is also subject to earthquakes and tsunamis, so we’ll look at how these occur and the effects they can have.
Spelling and Maths homework start this week and I have put a copy of the Homework Information sheet the pupils received today under the Homework Tab.
Numeracy isn’t all worksheets and textbooks.Working with concrete materials can help to deepen understanding and consolidate learning. Calculations don’t always need to be done on paper either!
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