What a week !! I am not sure where to start !! I promise to try and keep it brief !!

World Maths Day - Lots of activities, all linked to maths going on all around the school. Fun and learning mixed into together made for a good recipe. I went around taking a "few" pictures so I could add them to the blog. To say I got a little snap happy would be understatement. So I have chosen a handful of the 57 pictures I took ! A huge thank you to Miss Bernard and Miss Bolton for arranging this great day and I will quickly mention that Mathletics (www.worldmathsday.com) was so popular that the website has decided to keep it open until the 16th March, which I know the children will be very pleased with !!

World Book Day - Lots more activites, this time linked to reading and books. We had loads of parents, grandparents and other relatives come in and listen to readers, read things themselves and add to the importantance of this day. The children did class swaps, so they had the opportunity to listen to other year groups read and then in turn read to them. Finally the day ended with an assembly that all the classes took part in. Again, we have to thank Miss Wakeford and Mr Martin for all their efforts and we look forward to the same again next year !

We have received some lovely comments and feedback from parents on our guestbook about both days. So please take the time to read them and add some yourself !!

So, what has been happening in the classrooms this week at Darlinghurst Primary and Nursery school?

 

Mrs McIntosh - RM - We have had an extremely busy week, what with the Maths day on Wednesday and World book day on Thursday! Well done to all those who managed to do some reading and get some sponsor money together! We had a great morning with some parents (and grandparents) yesterday and then enjoyed half an hour of sharing books with Mr Duff's class.

At the beginning of the week I did some assessments for high frequency words (words in their envelopes) - I'm pleased to say that nearly all of the children had improved!! Well done!

Next week we are looking at the life-cyle of butterflies and sharing "The very hungry caterpillar".

Have a great weekend!

 

 

 

Miss Wakeford - RW - We have had a very busy week writing captions, reading and writing silly sentences and reading lots of different books. We thoroughly enjoyed World Maths day and then World Book day where we solely had maths and reading activities out for the whole day. Well done to all of you who took part in the sponsored read. We raised lots of money! We are looking forward to next week when we will be looking at the butterfly life cycle as part of our ‘Growing’ topic and also to Friday’s Sports Relief day when we are allowed to wear something sporty to school!

 

 

 

Miss Barrington - 1B - There has been lots happening in school this week and all over the world.  Class 1B joined in with World Maths during their ict lesson.  We competed with children from America  and  Hong Kong  which was very exciting.  Then there was World Book day.  Class 1B were very lucky because year four children helped them to write their own books. This week lots of children have been very poorly so l hope to see everybody back at school on Monday fit and healthy.

 

   

 

Mrs Dutton - 2/1D - Well done to everyone this week. While I have been unwell Mrs Clarke and Miss Fletcher have told me how well you have worked using the alphabet to find out information from dictionaries and glossaries,  as well as thinking about compound words. You have also been finding out and practising subtracting and adding 9,10 and 11 from  2 digit numbers. Next week,  we  will be finding out which of our cress  seeds  have  grown  well  and  which  have  not  grown  at  all - will  our   predictions  be  correct?

 

 

 

Miss Bernard - 2/1B - Hello Everybody!

 

We have had a really fun week with both World Maths and Book Day. Thank you so much to parents and grandparents who came in to play number games and read to and with the children.I feel that your presence enhanced the children's enjoyment on both days.

The children got so excited when they played Mathletics, it was a real challenge and was a great tool for sharpening up their mental maths skills.It was also brilliant for international links.

The children also got very excited when they knew that the YR6 children were coming in to read with them. This is some thing that we hope will be continued.

Next week we are looking at a brilliant story from the African continent called "Why Flies Buzz". We will be using the story to investigate speech marks, so look out for them in your reading books and any other reading material you have at home, children. We are also revisiting multiplication and odd and even numbers in our Maths lessons. Do you think that you could practise counting on and back in 2's, 5's and 10's, children? This will really help you with your multiplication activities next week.

 

Thank you!   Enjoy your weekend! - Miss Bernard

 

 

 

Mrs Peacher - 3P - This week class 3P have really got involved in World Maths Day and World Book Day. For World Maths Day we set up our own Conservation Gift Shops. We had to design our shop, make the items to sell and work out a float for the till. We then invited year 5 to spend some money in our gift shops and at the end we worked out the profit. For World Book Day we looked at the Anglo-Saxon myth of Beowulf and the Grendel. The children all really enjoyed the gory story!!!

 

 

 

Miss Slann - 3S - Well what a week we've had!!!! Lots of different activities that have covered all areas of the curriculum. We really had fun using the World Maths Day website and beat lots of children from around the world with our snappy mental maths! We then spent the whole of Wednesday creating our 'Conservation Gift Shop', we decided on the things we should make and sell in our shop, made them and sold them to year 5. We had to make sure that they were reasonably priced,then gave discounts and finally gave our customers change. As well as all of this we have been learning about the Anglo Saxons. We read about the legendary Beowulf and have created some amazing pop up books that tell of his troubles when fighting 'Grendel' the gruesome monster! They look fantastic and will scare all that read them!!! Phew, well done 3S, I don't know about you but I'm exhausted!!!

 

 

 

Mr Bird + Mrs Amran - 4AB - This week has provided the opportunity for the children to participate in two major events. World Maths Day followed by World Book day were celebrated with a range of activities which everyone enjoyed. Two of their favourite times were when they shared a reading activity with the nursery group and the reading of their own fantasy stories, accompanied by some suitable drama skills.

We were very fortunate to be visited by Mrs Valencia from Southend High School on World Book Day. The children listened intently to her story in French and impressed her with their ability to answer questions about the content.

Next week brings yet another addition to our curriculum with our participation in the walk or run to mark Sport's Relief Day on Friday. Please make sure your children have suitable footwear for this event so that they can enjoy the day. 

 

 

 

Miss Bolton - 4B - What a fun packed week!! Two exciting World learning days, maths and books. 4B loved taking part in the World Maths Day online games, playing other children from around the world in real time and contributing to breaking the record for maths questions answered this year on the site. I don't think 4B realised the amount of maths they were learning when they designed some new 'Homes for Gnomes' on that day also. The head gnome came and saw me yesterday to thank me for the lovely homes you designed. The gnomes are quite excited about getting them built and finally being able to move into them and out of their make-shift dens under the trees on our school field!

World Book Day was much fun too and 4B have become publishers of their own novels.

The next 2 weeks are full of exciting things too. Next Friday is Sports Relief and a morning of sporty activities are currently being planned around the school. The following week, we'll be having an Easter themed week which will include some RE, creative activities and if you're all good.....maybe some chocolate!!

Have a good weekend and don't forget those PE kits on Monday!

 

 

 

Mrs Johnston - 5J - We are really enjoying learning about the ancient Greeks.  This week they learned about why the Greek warriors were powerful.  Under Mr Bird's guidance they are experts at forming lines, moving with spears and rowing in triremes.  As one child said, "They did as they were told and trained." We are taking this message to heart in class, working on listening to instructions, following them and practising skills.

 

The children have been learning that they really need to know their times tables to enable them to divide effectively.  Please encourage your child to learn their times tables thoroughly.

 

Reading is improving.  Families keep up the good work and continue to hear your child read three or more times a week.

 

 

 

Mr Duff - 5D - We are the champions at Mathletics ! Our class answered over 13,000 questions this week and the good news is that we will be able to continue answering maths questions until the 16th March. Well done everyone ! Our reading at home is at it's highest and the children are are setting a fantanstic example within the school. You were super acting out the story of the Trojan horse, I thoroughly enjoyed watching your drama groups. Aaron was really impressed this week with your progress in table tennis and I equally impressed with you when we visited RM on Thursday morning to read to and listen to the reception children. How fun was that !

 

Overall a superb week all round ! Have a great weekend !!

 

 

 

Mr Martin - 6T - We have been making big books for keystage 1 this week in celebration of World Book Day. We've been doing a lot of science as well in preparation for SAT, we covered shadow and planets and we did a lesson on stamens and stigmas (for all those children who haven't learnt about them yet, it's the male and female part of a flower.) Mr Martin has been poorly this week so we have enjoyed the company of Mrs Cornish, Mrs Mcloughlan and Mr Bird. Get well soon Mr Martin!

 

 

 

Mr Hautler + Mrs Chatterton - 6HC - We has had a very busy week. On Wednesday we spent a lot of time designing, making and evaluating maths board games as it was World Maths Day. Thursday was International Book Day and we made big books for the Reception classes. We will be sharing these with reception children next week some time. Next Wednesday we will be starting to make dough for our gingerbread houses.

 

 

 

I do remember saying that I would add a handful of pictures, well there were so many good ones, apart from Miss Slann showing us her monster face, that I added some more. I hope you enjoyed them.

 

They say a picture says 1000 words, so I need not say anymore apart from......

 

Have a great weekend