Summer Fair

Next Friday is our summer fair, well l'm pretty sure it's called a summer fair but I suppose some people might call it a summer fete. To confuse things even more, I have even heard it called the summer BBQ. Can I say now that all three are the same thing and it is after school next Friday, which is the 19th.

Why the coconut? That's the stall my class and I will be on and personally speaking I am thoroughly looking forward to it. Having been to the last two, I can honestly say it's the best school summer fair/fete/bbq that I been to and a huge thank you must go to our fantastic PTA for organising it.

So I would love to see as many people there as possible supporting the PTA, our school and just as importantly having fun!!!

 

Borough Sports

The team has been selected and next Wednesday afternoon is D-Day (tried to get a topical link in there). Having be victorious in the last 4 years the pressure is on Mr Hautler to bring home the cup but as a school have been promoted to the Premership this year and competition will be extremely tough. So I wish all the children the best of luck and go out and enjoy yourself. Have fun!!

 

Anyway, that's enough about next week, what's been happening this week at Darlinghurst Primary and Nursery school?

Nursery  - am
 
We played outside - Maisie
We done some painting, I helped to paint a face - Tyler
We played on the bikes - Toby
We played in the cars - William
We played in the Nursery house - Harley
We did drawing on the easel - Holly
We played on the computers - Luke
We planted some cress seeds - Maisie
 
Nursery pm
 
We dressed up as policeman (when Jan the community officer came in) - Chelsey
We played on the bikes - Layton
We did colouring in - Kelcey
We played outside - Emily
We planted cress seeds - Ben
We did sharing - Harrison
 

RW - Mrs Dutton + Ms Thomson - We have had a really enjoyable week finding out about Charles Darwin and the important things he did. We took a ‘Thinking Walk’ just like Darwin did and started a doodle book after looking at plants and insects, using magnifying glasses to see details and pictures to find out what we were looking at. We had so much fun we want to have more ‘Thinking Walks’ to find out more about nature.

Caitlin said “ I loved the daisies”

John said “We saw different  types of insects. We saw bees collecting nectar.”

Roman said “Thank you for our honey bees.”

 

RM - Mrs Collison + Ms Thomson - A super week of exploring nature has been had by all and I am sure there will be many future Charles Darwins who started life in Mrs Collison's Reception Class!!

Here's what the children have said:
 
Gemma said: 'I have enjoyed learning about Charles Darwin and I know when he got older he had a big, white beard. When he was little he had a little black beard and he went on thinking walks around his garden.  He found lots of ants!'
 
Olivia R said: 'I liked going on our thinking walk.  I found lots of insects and flowers but didn't have enough room to draw them in my doodle book!'
Shaun said: 'I liked using binoculars and a camera when I went on my thinking walk.'
 
Ryan B said 'I liked watching the DVD about Charles Darwin.  I found out that he was a naughty boy at schoo!!
 
Ship Ahoy!!!...Here's to more pirate adventures next week!
Have a safe weekend - Mrs Collison & Mrs Thomson
 
1/2B - Mrs Barrington - Water, water everywhere in class 1/2B as most of you know we have been learning all about capacity.  This gives us a great opportunity to be outside with the water trays.  Lots of children have been comparing containers and explaining their findings to the class. 
 
Rebecca would like you to know that it took 6 small jugfuls to fill her teapot.  Saeed used a measuring jug and measured 1000ml.
 
Next week we shall be making our sunglasses so let's hope we have some sun! 
 
Rebecca and Samuel are looking forward to their bike ride on Sunday.
 

1/2D - Mrs Dutton - This week we have been having fun with water finding out about capacity (there have been many sets of clothes drying on our indoor class washing line) and some of us soaked our bathroom floors while completing our  homework,  playing with different containers in the bath! Sorry parents!! In our writing time we have enjoyed the story The Sail And The Whale and have been thinking about different beach settings. Bailey said “The best part of this week was  working out how many cups of water fitted into an empty bottle. It took 4.”  

                                                                                 

3/2B - Miss Bernard - Hello everybody!

Another busy week has flown by. The children were really excited because we started to investigate Dinosaurs, Rocks and Soils. These are subjects that they are all eager to learn about. I would also like to congratulate them all for their positive approach towards Maths this week. I introduced the Column Method for adding and taking away, which I know some of them found quite difficult, but all of the children worked hard and tried their best. Well done!

 

Graham from Creative Partnerships also came in to conduct a workshop with the children where they made models and incorporated the noises boxes that they made during a previous session. We all had great fun. One group made a tree which will be part of an exhibition in Victoria Circus on July 2nd, the rest of the class made robots. The children were very inventive and creative. They look fantastic.

 

Here are some of the things that the children have really enjoyed this week:

 

“I like the robots because I like making things”- Ai’sha

 

“Making the tree, it was fun and clever how we did it”- Phoebe

 

“Our model with Graham was half alien/half robot. It was fun seeing what it looked like”- Scarlett

 

“Making the robots was fun”- Evan

 

“ The robots were fun because my mum thought of some good ideas”- Alfie

 

“Our palm tree looked good”- Brendan

 

“I liked finding out about rocks”- Tayyaba

 

“I think learning about different rocks is fun. One of the rocks had the same name as me, Slate”- Kaya

 

“Finding out names of the different rocks was interesting”- Mikayla

 

“Rocks are beautiful”- Bethany

 

“Finishing my Viking long-ship was fun and they all turned out good”- Thomas

 

“Writing our Viking Plays was fun. Our group made ours up as we went along”- Aaliyah

 

 

We have had a great week. We do work hard in our class, but it also involves lots of fun!

 

Have a fantastic weekend! - Miss Bernard

 

3/2C - Mrs Grant - This week we have been learning about dinosaurs, fossils and rocks. In literacy we have written a Viking play script which we then acted out. In numeracy we have been adding 2 and 3 digit numbers and showing our working out, which has been quite hard for some of us as we forget to write it down, but Mrs Grant makes us show it to so that we can see where we are going wrong. In RE we have drawn a picture of the Viking goddess of death, Hel. She was a beautiful woman from the waist up but a rotting corpse from the waist down. By Sarah

 

4B - Miss Bolton - This week we have been learning about the Tudors, The War of the Roses, Henry VII and his son Henry VIII. We have especially enjoyed learning about Henry VIII and creating a diary imagining we were him. In numeracy we have learnt how to use a compass and had great fun going outside and using the compass to plot a route from the bike shed to the stage! - Caleb and Louis. 4B.

4J - Mrs Johnston - The gremilin ate Freddie's blog from before half-term but he was tracked down and made to write it out again in his best gremlin handwriting!
 
This week in 4J we have been practising our mental maths.  On Wednesday we watched a French puppet show of Little Red Riding Hood which was brilliant.  My favourite part was when the wolf chased the grandma and then ate her!
On Thursday we took part in an assembly about getting rid of nits and I was some hair.  I also gave a talk about my transformers and everyone said it was good.
We made puppets in class.  I made a future predator from Primeval.  Beck made a sponge puppet, lots of children used socks - clean ones!
We have also all been training lots for the Borough Sports.
 
This week's blog has been written by Abbey.
 
This week we have been learning about the Tudors.  We have learnt about the War of the Roses and Henry VIII.  We have written letters pretending we were in Tudor times and two people acted out being Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.  We have really enjoyed this week and hope next week is just as fun!
 
5D - Mr Duff - Firstly I would like to say how mature you all were with the maths testing we have been doing this week. No nerves, no worrying and just doing your best. This is very much a testament to the way you have grown up this year, well done.
 
Graham from Creative Partnerships came in and made our classroom into a huge mess (which I had to apologise to the cleaner for) but having said that we had a huge amount of fun and made some wonderful sculptures.
 
Mr Rochester spent some time in our class this week and got you thinking about what will 2020 look like and what you thought you might be doing or have done by then. Some excellent discussion were had and it was amazing to see what you thought off. You then wrote a letter to your future self and this will be sent to your home address next week but it's only to be open in the Year 2020, so you can look back and reflect on what your thoughts were back in the year 2009. A fantastic concept and a lesson well taught, thank you Mr Rochester.
 
You all have your sunflower seeds to grow and observe. Don't forget to note any changes on your observation sheet. Prize for the tallest sunflower!!!
 
We were back out to our quadrats this week looking for any changes. We noticed that two were very similar to last week but one had sprung into life and had lots of daisies were visable. Photos were taken and Darwin Doodles drawn, both of which will make up part of our final display.
 
Next Thursday we will be going to Old Leigh and visiting the cockle sheds. It will be a great day out and a packed lunch will be needed. Before you go though, we need the permission slips back in, so bring those back in next week please.
 
Enjoy your weekend !!
 
5B - Mr Bird - The following entry has been compiled by Molly.
 
This week, Class 5B have been sketching, Charles Darwin, H.M.S Beagle, a variety of plants and also learning the techniques of shading.
 
We have also planted Sunflower seeds and over the course of the weeks up to the end of term. What we have to do is see whose sunflower gets the largest (but we're not aloud to change it and if it needs repotting we have to show Mr Bird, just to make sure there is no cheating!) 
 
Friday was our last time at the swimming pool and over the last four weeks everybody has really enjoyed themselves. This week in the pool we had floats, sinkers, mini surfing boards and balls.
 
Have a nice weekend and see you Monday. Molly.
 
I would like to add a comment about the way the children have participated in all of the elements relating to our science themed fortnight. The level of enthusiasm for the work, both in and out of the classroom, has been excellent. Our nature observation walks and field studies, have encouraged everyone to take a full and active role in expanding their knowledge of evolution and some of the work undertaken by Charles Dawin.
 
The children have been giving regular progress reports on their projects and we are all looking forward to seeing the end product in July.
 
A final note for parents and carers of children in 5B, please remember to return the permission slips for our trip next week.
 
 
6M - Mr Martin - This week year 6 have been doing art eg. making ideal garden diaramas, creating eco friendly  theme parks and designing our  bunting for the  Guiness world book of records. Also preparing for Borough Sports which are next week on Wednesday 17th June.  We have officially finished our display about Charles Darwin. We have enjoyed this week's lessons and we are looking forward to competing in the Borough Sports next week.
 
6H - Mr Hautler - This week we started our diaramas on our gardens and we did '6H has got talent' to audition for our leavers assembly in order to get a speaking role the play. In P.E we did relay which some of us didn't like. We also got our places for Borough Sports.
By Nathan and George.