• Extension & Enrichment Activities

We hope you have had a lovely Easter holiday and are excited about the term ahead.

Mrs. Gurney, Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Morgan are really looking forward to welcoming you all back.

Our topic for the Summer Term is Awesome Adventurers 

Maths 

Mathematics sessions will develop and continue to consolidate everyone's knowledge of Number, Ratio and Proportion, Algebra, Measurement, Geometry and Statistics.

English

In English we will be writing Narratives including a thriller.  Our non-fiction focuses will be: Non-chronological reports (Christopher Columbus), recounts/ diary entries linked to Adventurers, Journalism, biographies, discussions, persuasive writing.  We will be writing Performance Poetry inspired by explorers.

We will enjoy reading an adventure story by one of our favourite authors in our Guiding Reading sessions.

Science
The children will be learning about ‘Living Things and Their Habitats’ in the first half term which will teach them about the classification of living things, including micro-organisms, building on previous work by sorting animals into groups based on their similarities and differences. They will extend their learning to find out about the standard system of classification first developed by Carl Linnaeus, choosing an animal and researching its classification.

Foundation Subjects

In History we shall be able to investigate famous explorers including: Captain Cook, Cortez and Marco Polo and to understand chronology placing geographical achievements in time order.

In Geography we shall explore islands thinking about human, geographical features e.g. mountains, deserts and other terrains, whilst researching the famous explorers.

In Computing the children will explore the concept of variables in programming through games in Scratch. 
Pupils will learn what variables are, and relate them to real-world examples of values that can be set and changed, using variables to create a simulation of a scoreboard. 

In Art, children will investigate landscape sketches and paintings focusing on the work of Leonid Afremov. 
In Design Technology, children will be created 3D islands, producing individual versions of famous landscapes using a range of media.

Transition Units
Children will also be completing Transition units in Maths, English, Science and French for Poynton High School.

As part of the transition activities for pupils joining Poynton High School in September 2021, please find included the latest Transition Challenge that has been set. These challenges are being set fortnightly and can be viewed on the challenge page at www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk/transitionchallenges

For further information and updates please visit the PHS transition website at www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk/transition2021”

Exciting news: You are being invited to attend two Induction Days with Poynton High School on Thursday July 8th and Friday July 9th - this will be an opportunity to meet your new year group, tour the school, sample high school lessons and compete for your House.  More information to follow……

https://www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk/inductiondays

 

Happy Red Nose Day everyone!

Below are a few pictures of members of staff getting in the spirit for Red Nose Day in their superhero poses.

Here are our office angels!

We got up to lots this Red Nose Day!

Read below to find out what we did.

The staff were visited by the tea break superheroes. Mrs Carvell, Mrs Kiely and Mrs McNeil said that they wanted to give something back to the staff as they're superheroes in their eyes.

Here is one of the tea break supeheroes below.

The children all got up to lots of fun activites as well. They created their own superhero training ground, designed their own mask, took part in a lip sync battle and some of the children did superhero games in their PE lesson.

Below is a collage of the day!

Here are some of our T-Shirt winners.

Thank you so much to everyone for taking part in Red Nose Day 2021.