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Date: 5th Mar 2020 @ 10:32am
Our theme for World Book Day this year is 'A Twist in the Tale'. The children looked fantastic in their costumes!
We started the day with a story in assembly - 'Little Red Reading Hood' by Lucy Rowland and Ben Mantle. This story is all about a little girl who LOVES reading and when she meets a suspicious wolf disguised as a librarian she uses all the imaginative story endings she has in her mind to write a different ending to the story for Wolf. We talked about all the other traditional tales mentioned in the story and thought of some endings of our own!
Throughout the day, the children have taken part in different activities in class to promote their love of reading...
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Year 1 - Our Trip to Chester Zoo
Date: 4th Mar 2020 @ 8:30pm
Year 1 had a wonderful day at Chester Zoo - as a start to our topic for this half term: How do plants and animals help each other?
When we arrived we took part in a workshop called "Curious Creatures". In the session we learnt all about nocturnal animals, big animals, fast animals, underwater animals and colourful animals. Year 1 even got to smell 'jaguar wee' and 'badger poo' - I think that we will remember that for a long time! Also, apparently elephants poo over 100kg every day - YUK!!!
After that we had a tour of the zoo and saw lots of animals - including the chimpanzees eating their lunch. We saw meerkats, giraffes, rhinos, monkeys, snakes, jaguars, cheetahs and many more ... but the highlight of the day was seeing the new baby elephant - it was being cared for by it's Mummy and Daddy.
It was a great day and all the children enjoyed it.
Eco-Action meeting with The Rotary Club
Date: 4th Mar 2020 @ 9:58am
The Eco-Action Team welcomed Phil from the Rotary Club to our meeting this week to discuss the letter sent to his committee (by Grace and Ellie) regarding replacement planters for the school field and also to talk to us about ideas for projects we could get involved in. Ian, also from the Rotary Club, came into school last week to measure the existing planters on the school field. Phil explained that the proposal to replace the planters with new wooden beams will be taken to the next committee meeting on the 17th March. If agreed, the planters will be replaced within the next few weeks.
Phil talked to us about different ideas we could get involved in with the local community, such as The Friends of Lyme Pitt, Newton Gardeners' Association and The Rotary Club's charity work. Check on the newsletter for updates of these plans!
RSE consultation for parents 02.03.20
Date: 3rd Mar 2020 @ 10:07am
From September 2020, Relationships and Health Education will be statutory in primary and secondary schools.
At Lyme we are 'an early-adopter' school, which means that we are starting to use the new curriculum this academic year. As part of the provess we have:
*Shared and discussed the curriculum and resources with staff.
*Created an RSE Policy which reflects the changes in the curriculum and how we will teach it at Lyme and shared this with staff and governors.
Last night we held a parental consulation meeting to talk about the changes, share the policy, curriculum and resources. Thank you to those who made it! We will be sending home a leaflet to explain the changes and where further information can be found. In addition to this, we will be sending out a questionnaire to gain views on our PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) curriculum and any further support needed.
Any questions - please come and see Mrs. Roberts.
Tasting Coconut and our new Chalkboard Wall
Date: 2nd Mar 2020 @ 4:09pm
We had a coconut in our Curiosity Cube last week, and enjoyed learning about where they come from. We opened it up (with help from a hammer!) and tried eating what was inside! Some of us enjoyed it but most said it wasn't very tasty!
We've also painted the wall in our new deconstructed role-play area with chalkboard paint, so it's finally ok to write on the walls!
Date: 2nd Mar 2020 @ 4:04pm
We've been making playdough this morning with Mrs Bloxham. We used loads of different things to change the colour and smell of it! Can you make some at home?
Date: 26th Feb 2020 @ 3:58pm
In Reception we've been reading the story 'Attack of the Cheeseburgers'! Our favourite part was near the end when the rain came and melted all the burgers. But we didn't think that was possible! So today we got some burgers and poured some 'rain' (tap water because it was our first dry day in weeks!!) on them to see what would happen! Do you think they melted?
Nope! But did the buns did go soggy and fall apart. So if you are being chased by some giant cheeseburgers, running in to the rain might just save you!
Date: 25th Feb 2020 @ 4:23pm
We've really enjoyed making pancakes with the children in FS today! We read the instructions, got all the ingredients ready and off we went! They were really tasty!
Date: 25th Feb 2020 @ 2:21pm
In Year 1, we have listened to the story 'A Promise is A Promise' by Robert Munsch.
We then talked about keeping promises and what makes someone trustworthy. We made our own Y1 Promise:-
* To be kind and caring to everyone.
* To say nice words to all our friends.
* To do good things and actions.
* To join in all activities and try our best.
We are going to try very hard to keep our Y1 promise.
Date: 24th Feb 2020 @ 6:06pm
Year 3 enjoyed learning all about the Stone Age. We started our topic with a visit from Klud who told us all about our ancient ancestors. Over the term, we created cave paintings, made Stone Age stew and built Stone Age homes.
Date: 24th Feb 2020 @ 8:33am
Thank you to everyone who has sent in some big boxes for us (we can always use more REALLY BIG ONES!). We've changed our home corner so that the children are just using boxes and other resources to make the things they need for the their role play! On Friday they were pretending to be pirates, using the boxes as boats and making swords and outfits! Who knows what they will choose to play as today!
Date: 14th Feb 2020 @ 3:39pm
CUP STRING PHONES
Today, year 4 made cup string phones. They explained how the sound travels from their mouth through the bottom of the cup, along the string and into the opposing cup. Ask your child to tell you about how they made them and what challenges they completed!
Can you solve the mystery of the Maya?
Date: 13th Feb 2020 @ 2:57pm
Year 6 superstars: Poppy, Jake H, Joel T, Jonah and Laylah!
Thank you for completing a home learning project for this half term. Well done! They look great!
Date: 11th Feb 2020 @ 4:28pm
To finish our Learning Challenge topic - Is the weather always wonderful? - Year 1 have worked in small groups to present their own weather reports.
They had to write their own short scripts and decide who was going to talk about the weather in the different parts of The United Kingdom. Also, they showed their understanding of the weather by using a range of weather words all about England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
They worked well in their teams and had great fun.
Well done Year 1!
Date: 11th Feb 2020 @ 4:17pm
Is the weather always wonderful?
Year 1 have been learning all about the different types of weather and the seasons of the year this half-term.
For their home learning they were asked to produce a creative project all about the seasons of the year.
We had some very creative designs and ideas. Thank you to all the children (and their families) who created some wonderful home learning projects.
Henry and Gavin received a prize each for their creative designs - well done.
Take a look at our home learning - we are very creative in Y1!
Date: 10th Feb 2020 @ 4:55pm
This half term, Y1 have been developing their food technology skills in DT by designing and making fruit kebabs.
We have been:
*learning about the different food groups
*finding out how much of each food group we should eat using the Eat Well Plate
*learning about seasonailty - which fruits can we get at which times of year and where do they come from?
*using our senses to describe the appearance, taste and texture of different fruits
*developing our data handling skills by creating a tally chart and bar graph to show which was the most and least popular fruits from our taste testing
*learning how to cut foods in different ways: the fork secure, the claw grip and the bridge hold - choosing the most appropriate one for the type of fruit being cut
*designing our own fruit kebab - thinking about fruits that we like and that would look nice when presented together
*combining our skills by making our kebab - and filming it (using clear instructions, like a cookery video) for half term's computing unit of work
*writing an evaluation about our finished product - saying what we liked and what we would change next time
Mrs. Roberts was very impressed with how we used our knife and fork to show the different ways of cutting we had been taught.
We had lots of fun and loved eating our fruit kebabs at the end!
Date: 4th Feb 2020 @ 3:55pm
Year 4 and 5 DT Workshop
We had a fantasic time exploring our skills for design and engineering through our DT experience day. The children learnt about motors, gears, pulleys, levers and sensors by creating a motorised lock to control water levels with sensors and their own robotic alligators which move in response to motion.
SCIENCE WORKSHOP WITH MR BOWDEN
Date: 4th Feb 2020 @ 8:51am
During Science Week, Foundation Stage and KS1 enjoyed an exciting workshop with real life scientist Adrian Bowden! The children had a go at predicting, testing, measuring, observing, classifying and recording while taking part in different investigations.
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 4:23pm
Science Week 2020
This week all of our classes have been focussing on a science topic.
Year 1 - Animals inc Humans
Year 2 - Animals inc Humans
Year 3 - Forces and Magnets
Year 4 - States of Matter
Year 5 - Forces
Year 6 - Light
Children have been observing changes, finding patterns, classifying and identifying, researching and performing all kinds of interesting, fun and crazy experiements!
Speak to your child and ask them what they have learnt this week.
We hope you've enjoyed it!
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 3:53pm
Y6 carried out an investigation to see 'How shadows change when the distance between the light source and the object changes?'
Can you solve the mystery of the Maya?
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 1:46pm
Take a look at our finished art work.
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 11:30am
We've been performing lots of different experiments, from the fun mentos and coke, to seeing what melts the ice the fastest! Ask us about the amazing "jumping colours" as well!
Science Experiments with Adrian!
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 11:18am
We've had a fantastic morning performing some different experiments with Adrian. We've been finding out about materials that float or sink! Seeing which shape rolls the best! And which material is the most "absorbent".
We've learned 5 very important scientific words: predict; test; measure; classify and observe. Can you remember what they all mean?
Science Investigation and Senses Walk
Date: 28th Jan 2020 @ 5:13pm
Year 1 - Investigation: Who will have the biggest feet?
We have worked with a partner to make predictions. Then we have discussed why someone might have bigger feet / larger hands / long legs or smaller feet / small hands or short legs.
Year 1 – Our Senses: Five Senses Walk
We have been exploring our five senses outside. We discussed what we could see, hear, taste, touch and smell … it was very interesting.
Date: 27th Jan 2020 @ 3:47pm
Science Week!
Today's assembly was all about Science Week! Mr Leather talked to the children about how important Science is and what life would be like without science or scientists. The children discussed what it would be like without electricity, without plastics, without modern medicines or modern engineering such as airplanes and cars.
Mr Leather performed two fun experiments for the whole school. One was called 'the floating tea bag' and the other was called 'the upside down glass'. Both were great fun and the children have been challenged to write a scientific explanation of how the experiements worked!
We look forward to hearing your answers!!
