Eggsellent Eggsperiment

THE EGGSELLENT EGGSPERIMENT in DT:
Group 1 Results

The results are in for the DT Group 1 egg drop!  First of all a very well done to everyone- it's never easy to go first & I think you've inspired a lot of creative ideas for our future groups!

CongratulEGGtions to Karla, Ben, Alfie F. & Liam for creating egg-survival capsules!  Their eggs were perfectly in tact after the big drop!  I must say, Liam's football idea was indeed a risky design, but it certainly paid off well!

Keira, Emma & Jack: You had greatly detailed designs as well!  Live and learn!

And Kyle, oh Kyle...  A total smash!  You had such careful cushioning as well!  I think you know exactly what you'd do differently next time.  Great job just the same!  I'm glad you all had so much fun!

-Mrs. Pell

What a Circus!

We certainly had a jam-packed end to our 3rd week of school!  The children participated in Circus-Style workshops in The Big Top (which we also watched being assembled!) and we had a great time watching a special performance just for the Swallowtail Federation with our friends before having a glorious picnic outside!  It was a very special week for us all!  We were delighted to see so many of you join in for more fun on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon too!  Well done Mrs. Amos for her excellent clown dancing!  ;)

For our Creative Writing this week, we listened to a song by the Rascal Flatts called "My Wish".  The children wrote about what they thought the lyrics meant, who it was written for, how it made them feel and some even wrote about a wish they had for someone important to them!  The children wrote lovely, thoughtful responses to the message of the song.  Some of it very close to their hearts, so watch out for that piece of writing in their books!  I will however, share a couple of excerpts from Alfie's wonderful writing:

"The song makes me think about a clear night with lots of bright stars.  It makes me feel calm and happy because it has a mixture of up tempo and down tempo.  It makes me feel relaxed and want to sing!"

Despite our hectic schedule on Thursday and Friday, we did manage to get some Maths done!  Year 3 have wowed me with their great times table practice!  Keep up the great work!  And a very well done this week to Alfie, Gracie & Jack!

-Mrs. Pell

Amazing Times Tables Gracie!

Congrats Jack on your first 10/10 this year!

This week in Cheetahs' Class, we have been learning all about place value!  The children all worked incredibly hard using 3 and 4 digit numbers.  We played lots of games such as 'guess my number' and solved some really tricky puzzles.  We all had a go at the coded 100 square from the Nrich website which you can try too...https://nrich.maths.org/6554.

In English this week we have been thinking about whether a character's appearance always matches their personality.  We discussed how Sophie was scared of BFG because he looked different, but once she got to know him quickly realised he was not so scary after all.  The children had a go at matching a range of story characters to their personality before mixing things up to create some very interesting characters!  The children then moved on to create their own characters; describing both their appearance and personality.

The children had a fantastic day on Tuesday celebrating 100 years of Roald Dahl.  Lots of children and adults dressed up for the occasion and we all enjoyed the carousel of activities: making Mr Twits beard, creating our very own dream catchers, inventing George's marvelous medicines and bug hunting outside.  Lots of the children's work will be on display in the library so please stop by to take a look :)

A Welcoming Week!

Dear Cheetahs,

                        What a spectacular start to the year we had last week!  We're very proud to call you our new Cheetahs!  We are so lucky to have students that are so enthusiastic about learning.  A big well done to our new Year 3s for taking on board all of the new things that come along with moving up in the school; and a big way-to-go to the new Year 4s for showing them the way everything works!  It's shaping up to be a wonderful year- so keep working hard!
                         Mrs. Sales was so impressed with how eager to learn everyone has been & Mrs. Pell was delighted by how neatly everyone has written (and handwritten!) in their workbooks already!

Mrs. Pell

Wishing you a wonderful September at Catfield Primary!   We're so pleased to be back!

Mrs. Sales

Superb Maths & editing Robert!

¡Fantastico trabajo Kayleigh!

Great Handwriting Isabella!