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So what has been happening at Darlinghurst Primary and Nursery School this week?

 RW - Mrs Weston - RW have implemented lots of literacy and numeracy activities this week. We have written our news, listed things we will need for our Maldon trip and written about fruits we like and dislike to taste after a tasting session in the classroom. We have ordered numbers, compared numbers and completed addition and subtraction sums. We are very much looking forward to our trip on Monday and hope that the weather holds this time!

 RM - Mrs McIntosh - Firstly, can I say a big thank you to the parents for being so understanding about postponing the trip - fingers crossed for Monday!!

This week we have done our weekly "news" writing - the children are doing really well at their independent writing. We have also done lots of adding and subtracting - it is finally sinking in for many of them - please practice as much as possible over the holidays in preparation for yr 1!
We also did a tasting session on fruit that we like or don't like. Lots of children tasted grapefruit or pineapple for the first time!
Have a great weekend! Mrs M
 
 1B - Mrs Barrington - Whilst time is running out, class 1B haven't slowed down.  We have been busy writing instructions for different games.  It has taken as a while but we have finally finished.  Some of our classroom games have been numeracy based and the children have enjoyed playing snakes and ladders both as a board game and on the interactive whiteboard.  It is good to see the old traditional games being played by this generation of children.   With our gift of £20 we  decided as a class to have ice cream and decorations.  This should happen next week sometime.  Please note we have finished our weekly spellings as a class.
 
 2/1D - Mrs Dutton - A great week for working together as a team! Together we have learnt our words and actions, designed costumes, made props and thought about special effects for our assembly on the Great Fire of London. Our assembly was fabulous on Friday, well done everyone. We have also designed and started to make a seaside board game and a puppet theatre, We have found out about Southend-on-Sea in the past and we are designing a postcard as if we lived 100 years age. No, Mrs Dutton was not alive then! 
 
 2/1B - Mrs Bernard - Hi everybody!
 
I can't believe that next week is our last full week. I am looking forward to having a fun end of term. This week the children have been finishing off their non-fiction books about sea animals and they have done very well. They were creating their covers today and they are looking beautiful. They were also working hard on some seaside based multiplication problem solving. It was not easy, but they all tried very hard.
 
We had our final dress rehearsal for Friday's class assembly, which was brilliant. I am a very proud of all the children in both 2/1B and 2/1D for the hard work they have put into their performance, you are going to be great!
 
We have a fun week ahead of us next week. We will be having our class swaps, Sports Day and as well as making ice cream we have lots of other fun things planned. If you have any ideas of things that you would like to do in class children, just let me know.
 
Enjoy your weekend!! - Miss Bernard
 
 3S - Mrs Peacher - This week some of the children had a very exciting time performing in Joseph alongside the cast from Jay'C Drama House. The children did a fantastic job and I am very proud of them all. Well done !! Go, go, go year 3!!!
 
4B - Miss Bolton - I can't believe where the time is going, the end of the school year is creeping up fast now! I like to start early with end of year jobs and 4B have been busy bee's this week with 'finishing off' work. They always do me proud with this as what is usually an arduous job, always gets done and with a smile by the class. We are on track to get ALL work finished by Monday.
My end of year teacher jobs are also getting done, so I'm really looking forward to enjoying the last week or so with the children and having some fun!
Unfurtunately last week, I was off ill, so the Kentwell Hall photos didn't get put up on the blog. So apologies for the delay, here they are.
 
 4AB - Mr Bird + Mrs Amran - The children started the week by going through their reports, discussing the levels achieved and adding their own comments about how they felt they had done in year 4. This period of reflection is inevitably linked to thinking about the future and they tried very hard to extract information about who their class teacher would be in year 5. Fortunately it was possible to distract them with some Tudor topic work, olympic averages and an excellent performance of 'Joseph' at the Westcliff Hotel. The class want to pass on their congratulations to all the Darlinghurst children and staff who were involved in the production.
Our work on averages for sporting data has produced some superb results, with many of the children really coming to the fore by demonstrating a newfound confidence in this concept. With the Tudor work coming to a close soon the children are still producing some high quality work and have clearly enjoyed the topic.
We hope that once the reports have been opened and details of year 5 are known they will all be ready for the final preparation for entering their new school year.
 
 5J - Mrs Johnston - 5J are still sewing!  Some of the class have finished their panels for our British Isles banner, the end is in sight!
5J have been practising their persuasive language both in writing letters to a newspaper editor and then in debate.  They then took their skills and used them in a real life situation, trying to persuade their teachers to change their minds! 
Next week will be action packed with many exciting activities. WE ARE GOING SWIMMING ON MONDAY - THEY NEED THEIR SWIM SUITS AND TOWELS!  We will be back at the end of the day, if we are late, it will only be by 5 or 10 minutes.
SPORTS DAY IS ON WEDNESDAY - REMEMBER COLOURED T-SHIRTS - SEE NEWS AND VIEWS.
 
 5D - Mr Duff - As the end of term approaches, we are still full steam ahead with enthusiasm. You have been great all week with the numerous different tasks we have been doing. A huge thank you to Elouize's mum for a superb drumming session and another big thank you to Daniel's dad for an excellent harmonica lesson. Next week we have the activities that you all wanted. Remember we are swimming on Monday !
 
 Year 6 - Well this week saw the whole of year 6 watching the production for the first time, this included Mr Martin and Mr Hautler. Previously the children had only seen their own scene. We also got the children into their seating for the production. So far so good!!!

Not long to go !! Let's enjoy it !!
 
Don't forget the raffle !
 
Have a good weekend