Friday, February 08, 2008
6th to 8th February
We have now broken up for our Spring half-term holiday. It doesn't seem long since Christmas - just five school weeks!
We have finished the testing for Assessment Week and spent our Friday English and maths lessons picking up on issues that were highlighted by the testing.
Yesterday, we finished our PE unit of work on gymnastics by performing the sequences of movement that we had devised and practised. Then we finished our technology project by testing to destruction the "Morrison-type" shelters we had made using paper, thin card and artstraws. We were amazed by the strength of these, with almost all being able to support weights of more than 25 kg. The strongest is still intact. It supported 80 kg and, for safety reasons we dared not go higher than this!
This afternoon, we had an enjoyable end to the half-term as a theatre group came to school to present a drama which taught and reinforced ideas about electricity in the Key Stage 2 curriculum.
School re-opens on Tuesday 19th February (Monday 18th February is an INSET day for the teachers).
We have finished the testing for Assessment Week and spent our Friday English and maths lessons picking up on issues that were highlighted by the testing.
Yesterday, we finished our PE unit of work on gymnastics by performing the sequences of movement that we had devised and practised. Then we finished our technology project by testing to destruction the "Morrison-type" shelters we had made using paper, thin card and artstraws. We were amazed by the strength of these, with almost all being able to support weights of more than 25 kg. The strongest is still intact. It supported 80 kg and, for safety reasons we dared not go higher than this!
This afternoon, we had an enjoyable end to the half-term as a theatre group came to school to present a drama which taught and reinforced ideas about electricity in the Key Stage 2 curriculum.
School re-opens on Tuesday 19th February (Monday 18th February is an INSET day for the teachers).
# posted by Mr Jennings : 8:15 pm
