BLOG 17TH JUNE 2022

Weekly Round Up

We’ve had classes experiencing a range of trips this week with Reception visiting Newham Grange Farm and Nursery and B1R enjoying a day at Hardwick Park.

We also had our Y6 children going to A.V. Dawson’s new headquarters in Middlesbrough for a World of Work at your Feet event where they found out about the range of jobs available within a company, supporting them to be aspirational in the future.

6A and 6M have also been swimming four afternoons this week with Year 5 starting their block of swimming today. It is such an important part of the curriculum for the children to be able to swim 25m.

It was also lovely to have our first parental engagement afternoon when B3G welcomed their parents to support with their curriculum work.

We’ve got a busy few weeks coming up, so please keep a look out for different events on the diary dates below.

Class Showcase

This week, our featured classes are 2T, 3A, 4HM and B3G, so please enjoy reading what they have been learning about.

YEAR 2T

This week in Year 2, we have been learning about money in maths. We have been recognising the value of coins, adding money and making different amounts with the coins that we know.

Our Reading Skills sessions are somewhat different this half term. We have been listening to Jack and the Beanstalk. Using this story we have been some hot seating, discussing what we think of Jack and the Giant and sequencing the story.

YEAR 3A

In Year 3 we have spent the last week planning our food technology unit – burger design! 

We have learnt about health and nutrition, how to craft the perfect patty and also considered how to maintain high levels of food hygiene. We had an amazing day creating and eating our food – they were delicious! We tried beef, turkey and chickpea burgers to help us understand how to design a balanced menu.

YEAR 4HM

Over the last couple of weeks, Year 4 have been exploring the physical and human features of where they live. We started by identifying where the North East is located on a map of England, we then used this knowledge to create an annotated plastercine model  that included: the counties of the North East as well as large settlements.

B3G

This half term B3G have enjoyed DT where our focus has been making pastries. We have explored various pastries from shortcrust, filo, choux and puff. We were able to identify that most pastries have the basic ingredients but it’s the process of creating it that varies.

As a class we made 2 different pastries ‘Puff pastry’ and ‘Shortcrust pastry’ with a helping hand from parents. Here are some pictures to show what fun baking can be.

Diary Dates and Reminders

Thursday 23^rd June 1.30pm B2S Parental Engagement Afternoon

Wednesday 6^th July 1.30pm 3S Parental Engagement Afternoon

Date	Event
Friday 17th June	Y6 World of Work at your Feet (visit to AV Dawson)
Week beginning 20th June	Year 5 swimming week – bring kit each day
Week beginning 27th June	B3G and notified Year 6 swimming – bring kit each day
Tuesday 28th June	2T Parental Engagement Afternoon – 1:30pm
Thursday 30th June	4HM Parental Engagement Afternoon – 1:30pm
Week beginning 4th July	Year 4 swimming – bring kit each day
Week beginning 4th July	Transition Week for Year 6
Monday 4th July	1M Parental Engagement Afternoon – 1:30pm
Tuesday 5th July	SUMMER FAYRE – 3:15PM
Wednesday 6th July	Year 5 trip to Beamish
Thursday 7th July	Year 2 Danby Trip Nursery Graduation B1R Parental Engagement Afternoon – 1:30pm 5H Parental Engagement Afternoon – 1:30pm
Week beginning 11th July	Transition Week
Tuesday 12th July	SPORTS DAY 1:15PM
Thursday 14th July	Diamond Standard Award
Friday 15th July	Outdoor Lunch Event
Friday 15th July	Year 6 – JUMP 360
Monday 18th July	Year 6 Leavers Assembly – 10:00am.

Lunch Menu

Next weeks menu will be week 3

Attendance

Congratulations to 1M who have won our Awesome competition this week with 95.17% attendance.

Links to support for children and families

Cyber Crime event

Please sign up for this event at Tuned In to understand the online world and what your child may have access to and how to keep them safe.