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What a week it has been! This week we have stopped being children and started being detectives. We have been learning about Tutankhamen and investigating his death. We need to decideif he has been murdered. There are lots of suspects and lots of motives, we have learnt about the…

This week our main focus was the book Scarecrows Wedding. The reason for choosing this book is one of the children noticed a picture of Mrs Parkinson on her wedding day in the classroom and started to ask lots of questions.

Children interpret books in lots of different ways.....

From the…

This week in Rainbow class we have been very busy!

"We have been learning about 2D shapes and making our own posters about them." - Esther

In DT we have been learning about vegetables and healthy eating.

"We made a healthy salad collage." - Ada

"In computing we were playing…

The reading tests are all completed now and we are busy looking at how the children have done, then we can make sure that those who need it are challenged and those who need a little support can get it. We have started in earnest this week with the spelling tests throughout school and hope to have…

Another action packed week has flown by for us here at Pool House.

A special mention this week to all the juniors who do play leading at lunchtime’s. They volunteer to play with the infants at dinnertime and help them to enjoy themselves. Although this is a very pleasurable and rewarding thing…

Well Moonbeam class have had another busy week. 

In English this week we had a visit to Moonbeam zoo and the children saw lots of crazy animals. 

"I saw some monkeys dancing!" (Aiesha)

"The snake tried to eat us but we ran away." (Conner)

The children then wrote their own recount of…

Blogtastic Blogging. 

We have been blogging. We have become detectives. We have been organising numbers and using extended partitioning. It has been a busy week, in a busy class. 

Star of the Week is Hayden. 

Merit Ceritificates went to Max and Evie. 

This week in Rainbow Class we have been learning "all about london" - Nicole W

"There was a fire that started on Pudding Lane." - Kayden

"The fire started in 1666" - Caroline

"The fire started in Thomas Farriner's bakery." - Arham. 

We designed our own Stuart period houses like they…

This week we completed our own propaganda posters, which all have a hidden message. The pick of the bunch can be seen on our Battle of Britain display. This display will continue to grow throughout the half term.

In English, we continued to study the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. We began…

We have had another busy week in Sunshine Class. 

We have been out for a walk in the local environment. We made a flat stanley and put it in an envelope to send home. On our walk we went to the post box to post out letters home.

We also made cakes this week ready for our phonics stay and…

Another busy week of reading tests this week and next week, we will begin with the spelling tests…consider yourselves forewarned!

The challenges this week are both anagrams. An anagram is when you mix up the letters of one thing to make another.  

Infant Challenge

What famous fairy…

The week went so quickly last week, that I forgot to do my Blog and suddenly, it was this week!

Anyway, apologies for that and hope you all had a great weekend. Last week saw more children completing their reading tests for me, so well done to all of those children-you have all tried your best…