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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello P5B Families!<\/p>\n
I hope you managed to enjoy some of the lovely sunshine we had this week.\u00a0 I know we used the opportunity to go outside for our class novel and took refuge in the nice shade under a tree.<\/p>\n
Here are our learning highlights from the Yellow Table:<\/p>\n
Daniel really enjoyed a micro:bit lesson with Miss Smith about how smart technology can be used to help the environment.\u00a0 This week, the children explored the sensors on the micro:bits and have incorporated some of these great ideas in to their Climate Smart models.\u00a0 The models are almost finished now and the children will now focus the remainder of their time largely on preparing their presentations.<\/p>\n
Aadhya liked playing outside in the sunshine.\u00a0 After our class novel, we played \u2018Duck, Duck, Goose\u2019.\u00a0 A favourite all around!<\/p>\n
Georgia loved our class novel.\u00a0 We have reached a VERY EXCITING part where there is a plan to bring an extinct animal back to life!\u00a0 Some of the children enjoyed making daisy chains as they listened.<\/p>\n
Rowan said he liked House Groups today.\u00a0 The children will have a follow up activity on Teams so look out for this.<\/p>\n
Alex continues to enjoy learning about Time with Mrs Morrison who takes us for maths once a week.<\/p>\n
Anthony has been making progress with playing the recorder during music and has now mastered a tune called \u2018Apples and Bananas\u2019 he tells me.<\/p>\n
Ksawery was quite engrossed in a lesson at the start of the week that related to materials needed to build a school.\u00a0 The children were given a list of how much an item costs as well as its environmental impact.\u00a0 Each group had a \u00a32000 budget and the challenge was to spend this (or close to it) but to have the lowest environmental impact.\u00a0 This activity involved much discussion e.g. \u201cShould we buy metal desks that cost less but have a high environmental impact or wooden desks that cost more but have a low cost to the environment?\u201d\u00a0 Tricky decisions indeed!\u00a0 This prompted a pupil wondering what our school budget was and he asked Mrs McKissack and found out.\u00a0 This lesson helped the children to think about what materials they will select for their own pretend sustainable school and why.\u00a0 A worthwhile lesson indeed!<\/p>\n
My highlight was reading our novel under the shade outside.\u00a0 The sun was shining and the birds were singing.\u00a0 It was very restful.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to Kasper, our Hot Chocolate winner this week.<\/p>\n
I hope you all enjoy the long weekend and I will see you back on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Regards<\/p>\n
Mrs Brown<\/p>\n
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Hello P5B Families! I hope you managed to enjoy some of the lovely sunshine we had this week.\u00a0 I know we used the opportunity to go outside for our class novel and took refuge in the nice shade under a … Continue reading