SJB Primary School

Year 1 have been busy this week. We read our new story… Traction Man! We designed a superhero car for him to use. We carefully put the wheels on, painted our cars and decorated them.

We have covered three topics in class since half term.

We have looked at staying safe online- computing.

The greatest commandments- RE

Forces and magnets- science

Next week we will starting our final RE topic: The Nativity Story.

Year 2 have been investigating the properties of 3D shapes in Maths this morning.

This is Miss Booth and Kyla reading alternate pages. This is a great way to practise after some echo reading. Children are reading alone but still feel supported because the adult is joining in. Always help out if your child gets stuck. Give them the word so they can move on quickly. Scroll back through the blog if you want to see echo reading.

Year 2 have started their Science unit on Materials this week. We have been investigating which materials we can squash, bend, twist and scratch.

It’s ‘dead complicated’ to make a Mummy (tee-tee) but we managed. Well done Ruby on volunteering for the mummy operations table and thank you to Karolina and Maddie for such super additional models.

Year 4 children researched their family histories and discovered family members who served in wars and to whom we are all very grateful. This gratitude continues today as we think of all service personnel, NHS staff and other key workers. We marked the event on 11th November, as always, at 11am with two minutes of reflective silence.

All of our KS2 children have been taking part in an athletics event. Most of the KS2 children in the country are taking part in this competition and it’s great to be doing it with them.

All the children have tried to beat their first scores in running, throwing and jumping. Those who do beat their scores get a certificate.

Mr Maher has been asked to select the top 6 boys and girls in Y3,4,5 and 6 to take part in another national competition.