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IMPORTANT DATES Wednesday 15th March Year 3 Educational Visit to the Ragged School 3L am, 3V pm This Half Term Mon 20th Feb– Fri 31st March
Summer Term
TUESDAY 18th & WEDNESDAY 19th
APRIL SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STAFF
TRAINING.
Thurs 20th April–Fri 26th May (May
Day will be taken on the 1st May)
Half term: Mon 29th May–Fri 2nd
June Mon 5th June–Fri 21st July
Parents’ Evenings
Wednesday 29th March 4-7pm
Thursday 30th March 4-6pm Parent Drop Ins
Straight after school on the
following Thursday:
Thursday 4th May
Friday 10th March 2017
Edmund Waller WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
LAST WEEK 96% OF CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL ON TIME. OUR SCHOOL TARGET IS 97%.
Fair Funding for All Schools Campaign
There will be a public meeting for parents and teachers with the Fair Fund-
ing for All Schools Campaign to discuss the impact of the cuts to education
in the UK. Venue: Edmund Waller, Thursday 16th March 7.30pm with Vicky
Foxcroft MP and others. (It is a free event but please visit http://
bit.ly/2mVwlrG to reserve tickets.)
Maths Talk
Bowie and Mya in Year 6
are so confident in their
knowledge of times tables
that they can play a match of Terrific Times Table
Tennis! They have noticed that Lloyd Hall has
been spruced up with new paint and times table
displays, to support the younger children learning
their times tables with their friends at lunchtime. Children should know all
of their times tables by the end of Year 4. Bowie explains: “To learn the 8
times tables in order, you add on ten and minus 8. e.g. 8 + 10 – 2 = 16, 16 +
10 – 2 = 24 and so on. I nearly know them out of order. I need to know
them out of order quickly, so I can answer long multiplication, BODMAS
and division questions in Maths. Knowing my times tables also helps me to
calculate the area of shapes.”
Mya knows all of her times tables with instant
recall, which means she can say the answers
straight away. She would like to
describe a pattern she noticed whilst
learning her 9 times tables: “9 x 1 = 9; 9
x 2 = 18 and 9 x 3 = 27 etc. In the tens column the digit gets bigger
by one every time and in the units column the digit gets
smaller by one every
time. Knowing my times tables
helps me to be confident
when I divide and multiply.”
Language Nut
We are really pleased to
see that there has been a
significant increase in the
number of children using
the lanaguagenut resources
regularly at home. Meier Lo
will be enjoying a Chinese
lunch with
the most
avid users
in the final
week of
term.
PLEASE TURN OVER FOR THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Class Assemblies
Wednesdays at
10:20am Rosen Hall
15th March 2W
22nd March 1G
Mathletics
Remember
that your
child’s
teacher
organises
activities
linked to the week’s Maths
focus, so that they can continue
to practise their Maths learning
at home on the Mathletics
website.
Does your child access the
challenge games regularly, where
they can represent the United
Kingdom when playing against
other children from all over the
world?
Please Switch Off Your Engines
When dropping off and
collecting your children, please
turn off your car
engines. This is
good for our
lungs, good for
the planet and
good for your
wallet.
The rules for Terrific Times Table
Tennis are easy to learn. You
need two or more players. The
first person asks a times table
e.g. 8 x 9 =. The second person
answers =72 and
asks a question to
the next player. You
repeat for as long as
you are having fun.
Three weeks ago, each Year 1 class received ten eggs,
which they placed in an incubator to hatch. The children
have now been taking care of the resulting chicks and
observing their behaviour and growth, as part of their topic:
Eggs, Let’s Get Cracking! In Year 5, the children
participated in a LEGO workshop, as part of their topic:
Designing for Life. They worked in focused teams to create cities with
imaginative infrastructures. The children share their learning with you here
and on the blog on the school website.
Isaiah: “I like the chicks, because they
are so cute. When the chicks hatched
they grew fluffy, yellow feathers. I can
see them jump and eat.”
Joelle: “The brownest chick is
the oldest. His back is turning
brown like his mother. I keep
on checking the chicks. I
know they are eating lots,
because the bowl was full to
the top with chick food. Now
it is only half full.”
Maya: “We built
each house as we
were instructed to, laying out blocks using the order of the bricks to
make the walls stronger. The next stage was putting in the doors and
windows, thinking about symmetry. We next built foundations for the
roof, spreading them apart, so that the roof did not fall in. We added in
a simple circuit (Mr Speed had reminded us how to make one), so the
houses looked like they were lit up when you looked at them from
outside. Once we had completed the lighting, we built the roof and
placed the house into the village. I helped with the layout of the village
and chose to place my house next the main road junction in the village.
My house had a cosy garden and a small pond, I thought it made the
junction area look more attractive!”
Chelsea: “One of the chicks
was going to peck my finger
with his beak. He thought my
hand was food! He should eat seeds to hep him
grow big.”
Alma: “The
chicks have
really sharp
beaks. They
are playing
nicely with each other in their box. I can look after
the chicks by feeding them and giving them
water.”
Henry: “In our class, only nine
of the chicks hatched. We
had ten eggs in the incubator.
One egg did not hatch, because I don’t think the chick could get out.
The nine chicks that hatched are in a box now. We made a den out
of some plastic, so they can play in it. I like watching them climb on
each other.”
Ivan: “We have ten chicks in our classroom, The
chicks lie down a lot, because I think they want to
have a rest. They have been busy running around in their box. Each chick used to be in
an egg in an incubator. An incubator is warm, like under their mum’s bottom. This helps
the eggs to crack open. There was one chick in each egg.”
We would like to say a HUGE thank
you to Derrick Speed. After running
his excellent Lego Science Electric
Workshop in the morning, he chose to stay on
and work with the Year 1 children in the
afternoon! We hope you enjoyed your day at
our school.
Ethan: “Some of the children in
my team designed the city with a
village, a beach and the sea. I
saw the sea and decided that I
should build a lighthouse, so if there were boats coming and they were stuck, the
people n the village would put the light on in the lighthouse to guide the boat into
land. First I made a tower, which was a ten block column, before I put in a win-
dow. I collected 3 wires, a switch, a bulb and a battery. I made a circuit with
them, so there was light in the lighthouse. I positioned the lighthouse near to the
sea and when I looked at what we had developed I thought that this was a proper
village. I felt proud of the team and my skills.”